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Engineering Mechanics - MINE1300
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Excluded: CVEN1023, CVEN1300, MMAN1300
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

To provide students with an understanding of the basic engineering principles governing the statics, kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies as applied to mechanical components.Statics: definition of force and moment, static equilibrium of rigid bodies, statical equivalence of systems of forces, centre of mass, centroid, centre of pressure, frictional forces. Kinematics: linear and angular motion, motion in a plane, relative displacement, velocity and acceleration. Dynamics: equations of motion for rigid body, work and energy, impulse and momentum, strain energy.
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to apply the principles of statics and dynamics outlined above to the analysis of systems of forces, the motion of mechanisms and the relation between forces applied to an object and the resulting motion.


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