UNSW Handbook Course - Mechanics of Solids 2

Mechanics of Solids 2 - MMAN3400


	Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
	School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
	Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Undergraduate
	Units of Credit: 6
	EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
	Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6
	Enrolment Requirements:
	Prerequisite: MATH2019, MMAN2400; Exclusion: MECH2412, MECH3400
	Equivalent: MECH3400
	CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
	Tuition Fee:See Tuition Fee Schedule
	Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

Membrane stresses in axisymmetric shells, simple bending, bending of composite and reinforced concrete beams, principal and cross moments of area, unsymmetrical bending, transverse shear stresses in beams, shear centre, column buckling, theory of elasticity: compatibility – equilibrium – constitutive equations – plane stress/strain, st Venant’s principal, application of theory of elasticity to axisymmetric problems, torsion of prismatic bars, Prandtl’s membrane analogy, torsion of multiply connected thin-walled sections, deflection analysis based on the principle of virtual work, various modes of fracture, crack-tip stresses, stress intensity factor, fracture toughness, crack growth due to fatigue.

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