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Classes and seminars in Trimester 2/Semester 2, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of your trimester or semester.
Last updated: 2 June 2020
One unit from SEM111 or SEJ103; plus one unit from SEB101 or SEP101
SEE010 or SEJ010
SEM222
Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.
3 x 1 hour classes per week, 1 x 1 hour seminar per week, 2 x 3 hour practicals per trimester. All students are required to attend and participate in practical activities for this unit at scheduled sessions during the trimester.
3 x 1 hours of class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 1 hour online seminar per week and 2 x 3 hour practical sessions per trimester. Students are required to attend and participate in project-based activities at the Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus on the scheduled day during the trimester intensive week (typically week 7).
This unit will include detailed analysis of various loading conditions in members including axial, multi-axial, pure bending, bending of composite beams, elasto-plastic bending, elastic and elastoplastic torsion, stress concentrations, transverse shear stresses in beams, shear flow and combined loadings and appropriate selection of materials to avoid failure through understanding of loading conditions and material properties. The unit will also address failure types including yielding, creep, fatigue, corrosion and structure-property relationships.
These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this Unit
At the completion of this Unit successful students can:
Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1
ULO2
ULO3
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
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.
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must achieve an overall mark of at least 40% in the examination and a mark of at least 50% in the practical report.
Prescribed text(s): Hibbeler, 2017, Mechanics of Materials in Si Units, 10th edition (or 8th edn or higher), Pearson Education.
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SEM216 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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