SEM302 - Advanced Stress Analysis
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
|---|---|
| Offering information: | Available at the Burwood (Melbourne) campus from 2026 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Previously coded as: | SEM422 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Mathew Joosten |
| Prerequisite: | SEP291, one unit in SEJ201 or SEM201 and one unit in SEM216 or SEM222 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SEM318 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | 1 x 2 hour seminar per week. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Online independent and collaborative learning including a 1 x 2 hour seminar per week. |
Content
In this unit students will extend their knowledge of basic stress analysis concepts introduced in second year units to more complex situations. Several new concepts/approaches will be introduced including energy methods, stress transformation and failure analysis. Students will learn how to apply these analytical approaches to real-life/industry-based problems, including examples where they are required to apply engineering judgement to simplify the analysis and understand the limitations of the analytical tools. By the end of this unit students will be able to confidently design engineering structures using classical analytical techniques.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Demonstrate application of stress analysis concepts to various structures both from a practical and theoretical context. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Recognise, develop and solve numerical problems related to stress analysis based mechanisms. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Research, analyse, apply and evaluate methods concerning stress analysis of structures and materials to a range of engineering scenarios. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Design of systems that involve stress analysis with respect to surrounding boundary conditions. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1 | Weekly submission of given analytical problems (related to the weekly topic) | 20% | Weeks 2-11 |
| Assessment 2 Problem solving task 1 | Written report including calculations | 15% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 3 Problem solving task 2 | Written report including calculations | 15% | Week 10 |
| End-of-Unit Assessment | Timed online test | 50% | End-of-Unit Assessment Period |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit students must achieve a mark of at least 40% in the End-of-Unit Assessment.
Learning Resource
Prescribed text(s): Hibbeler, 2017, Mechanics of Materials in Si Units, 10th edition (or 9th edn), Pearson Education.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEM302 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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