Unit of Study ENGN2005 Statics of Solids (2025)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Enrolment information

You need prior expected knowledge - consult the course progression.

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

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Gold Coast	Term2	Term2
Lismore	Term2	Term2
Online	Term2	N/A

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

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.

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	50%
Quiz	30%
Report	20%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	50%
Quiz	30%
Report	20%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Report	50%
Quiz	30%
Report	20%

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