Unit(s) of Assessment	Weighting Towards Module Mark( %)
Unseen examination	80
Tutorial assessment	20
Qualifying Condition(s)      A weighted aggregate mark of 40% is required to pass the module

As engineers it Is important to avoid structure or component failure due to overloading or excessive deflection and stress analysis is the way of assessing such conditions. This module extends the stress analysis delivered in earlier years to cover advanced topics to provide the student with a comprehensive range of skills. This includes increased complexity due to component shape (non-symmetric sections, composite materials and plates) and stresses caused by loading conditions not previously considered in detail (torsion and shear forces).

Completion of Modules ENG2026 and (ENG2032 or ENG2033)

To complete the strength and stiffness analyses of previous courses by considering other forms of commonly encountered structures and structural loading.

Upon successful completion of the module, you will  be able to: estimate the strength and stiffness of a representative range of structures subject to static loading

Asymmetric bending of beams:

Product 2nd moment of area

Symmetric section, asymmetric loading

Asymmetric section

Torsion of non-circular sections:

Thin closed tubes - stress, twist and warping

Open straight thin walled sections - stress and twist

Combined open and closed sections - stress and twist

Thin walled cellular structures - stress and twist

Shearing of thin walled sections:

Open sections - shear distribution and shear centre

Closed sections - shear distribution and shear centre

Composite laminates:

Constitutive equations for a single lamina

In-plane laminate analysis

Tsai-Hill failure criteria

Axisymmetric plates:

Moment-deflection-stress relationships

General deflection equation

Displacement and stresses for various boundary conditions

Annular plates

24 hrs lectures, 12hrs tutorials 2 hrs examination and 62 hours independent learning time.

Total student learning time 100 hours.

Recommended reading:   Main text   Benham PP, Crawford and Armstrong,"Mechanics of Engineering Materials", Longman Sci.   Subsidiary texts   Ross CTF, "Advanced Applied Stress Analysis", Ellis Horwood   Rees DWA, "Mechanics of Solids and Structures", McGraw-Hill   Hearn EJ, "Mechanics of Materials, vol 2", Pergammon Press   Essential reading   None   Required reading   None

1 October 2010