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Unit of Study ENGN2005 - Statics of Solids (2025)

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Unit description

Examines the responses of bodies or systems of bodies at rest and the internal stress-strain response of solids when subjected to loads.

Unit content

Module 1:  Introduction to engineering mechanics

Module 2:  Sectional properties, internal forces, stresses and strains and friction

Module 3:  Structural analysis of simple structures

Module 4:  Axial loads, buckling and torsion

Module 5:  Bending, shear and combined loadings

Module 6:  Stress and strain transformation and deflection of beams

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Gold Coast
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Lismore
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On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

define and calculate load actions and frictional forces acting on bodies in equilibrium

apply engineering analysis methods to determine internal forces in simple structures or structural members and draw internal force diagrams

define and calculate sectional properties, internal stresses and strains in solid materials

analyse the behaviours of structural members under axial load, torsion, bending, shear and combined loadings

draw free body diagrams and apply equilibrium equations to determine unknown reaction forces

calculate normal and shear stresses on inclined sections, determine principal stresses, maximum shear stresses, and their orientations using stress transformation equations and Mohr's circle.

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