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ENGG1802: Engineering Mechanics (2019 - Semester 2)
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| Unit: | ENGG1802: Engineering Mechanics (6 CP) |
| Mode: | Normal-Day |
| On Offer: | Yes |
| Level: | Junior |
| Faculty/School: | School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering |
| Unit Coordinator/s: |
A/Prof Jabbarzadeh, Ahmad
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| Session options: | Semester 2 |
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| Site(s) for this Unit: |
https://elearning.sydney.edu.au |
| Campus: | Camperdown/Darlington |
| Pre-Requisites: | None. |
| Prohibitions: | CIVL1802. |
| Brief Handbook Description: | The unit aims to provide students with an understanding of and competence in solving statics and introductory dynamics problems in engineering. Tutorial sessions will help students to improve their group work and problem solving skills, and gain competency in extracting a simplified version of a problem from a complex situation. Emphasis is placed on the ability to work in 3D as well as 2D, including the 2D and 3D visualisation of structures and structural components, and the vectorial 2D and 3D representations of spatial points, forces and moments. Introduction to kinematics and dynamics topics includes position, velocity and acceleration of a point; relative motion, force and acceleration, momentum, collisions and energy methods. |
| Assumed Knowledge: | None. |
| Lecturer/s: |
A/Prof Jabbarzadeh, Ahmad
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| Timetable: | ENGG1802 Timetable | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| T&L Activities: | Tutorial: One hour plus two hour session each week. Attendance at tutorials is compulsory. Students MUST attend the tutorials specified on their individual University timetable. The tutorial problems from the specified text are listed on the documents on the unit website. Independent Study: A minimum of 6 hours per week is expected. |
Learning outcomes are the key abilities and knowledge that will be assessed in this unit. They are listed according to the course goal supported by each. See Assessment Tab for details how each outcome is assessed.
(4) Design (Level 1)
1. Apply a logical approach for solving a complex engineering problem
(1) Maths/ Science Methods and Tools (Level 1)
2. Express forces and moments as vectors
3. Calculate the resultant force and moment for 2D and 3D systems
4. Draw a correct free body diagram for any engineering entity
5. Calculate the value of unknown forces and moments acting on any three dimensional object from the equilibrium equations
6. Calculate the force in an internal member of a simple structure
7. Calculate the forces acting as a result of two objects in contact
8. Find the centre of mass or centroid of an object
9. Calculate reaction forces under action of distributed forces for different structures
10. Calculate the trajectory for a particle in space
11. Determine the forces acting on an object undergoing acceleration
12. Use momentum principles to determine the forces and motion of objects undergoing collisions
13. Use energy methods to determine the kinematics of a particle under conservative forces
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| Assessment Description: |
* indicates an assessment must be repeated if a student misses it due to special consideration. Long Quiz 1: Held 4:15-5:30 PM, Friday, of Week 4, at a venue indicated in your Timetable. Closed book and based on the material covered to date. Long Quiz 2: Held 4:05-6:00 PM, Friday, of Week 9, at a venue indicated in your Timetable. Closed book and based on the material covered to date. Long Quiz 3: Held 4:05-6:00 PM, Friday, of Week 13, at a venue indicated in your Timetable. Closed book and based on the material covered to date. Assignment: Due on Friday of Week 11. Late assignment will receive a penalty of 10% per calendar day. Short Quizzes: Online short quizzes held weekly. There may be statistically defensible moderation when combining the marks from each component to ensure consistency of marking between markers, and alignment of final grades with unit outcomes. |
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| Policies & Procedures: | See the policies page of the faculty website at http://sydney.edu.au/engineering/student-policies/ for information regarding university policies and local provisions and procedures within the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies. |
| Prescribed Text/s: |
Note: Students are expected to have a personal copy of all books listed.
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| Online Course Content: | https://elearning.sydney.edu.au |
Note that the "Weeks" referred to in this Schedule are those of the official university semester calendar https://web.timetable.usyd.edu.au/calendar.jsp
| Week | Description |
| Week 1 | Forces, Moments |
| Introduction, Vectors, Newton’s Laws | |
| Week 2 | Moments and Couples in 3D |
| Resultants, Couple | |
| Week 3 | Resultants in 3D |
| 3D force systems | |
| Week 4 | Revision: 2D&3D examples |
| Equilibrium in 2D | |
| Assessment Due: Long Quiz 1* | |
| Week 5 | Equilibrium in 2D |
| Equilibrium in 3D | |
| Week 6 | Method of Sections & Frames and Machines |
| Plane Trusses, Methods of Joints and Sections | |
| Week 7 | Revision: Trusses, Frames and Machines, equilibrium examples |
| Centre of Mass and Centroids | |
| Week 8 | Types of Friction, Dry Friction, Flexible belts |
| Centre of Mass and Centroids, Beams- external effects | |
| Week 9 | Revision: Centroids and Friction |
| Introduction, Rectilinear motion, Plane Curvilinear Motion | |
| Assessment Due: Long Quiz 2* | |
| Week 10 | Rectangular coordinates, other coordinate systems |
| Week 11 | Relative Motion & Revision |
| Kinetics of Particles, Force Mass and Acceleration: Newton’s Second Law, Equation of Motion, Rectilinear and Curvilinear Motion | |
| Assessment Due: Assignment 1 | |
| Week 12 | Impulse, Linear Momentum and Impact |
| Work and Kinetic Energy, Potential Energy | |
| Week 13 | Revision |
| Assessment Due: Long Quiz 3* | |
| STUVAC (Week 14) | No lectures; No Tutorials |
| Exam Period | No Exam |
Course Relations
The following is a list of courses which have added this Unit to their structure.
Course Goals
This unit contributes to the achievement of the following course goals:
| Attribute | Practiced | Assessed |
| (6) Communication and Inquiry/ Research (Level 1) | No | 0% |
| (5) Interdisciplinary, Inclusiveness, Influence (Level 1) | No | 0% |
| (4) Design (Level 1) | No | 16% |
| (3) Problem Solving and Inventiveness (Level 1) | No | 0% |
| (1) Maths/ Science Methods and Tools (Level 1) | No | 84% |
These goals are selected from Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018 which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 2018 for details of the attributes and levels to be developed in the course as a whole. Percentage figures alongside each course goal provide a rough indication of their relative weighting in assessment for this unit. Note that not all goals are necessarily part of assessment. Some may be more about practice activity. See Learning outcomes for details of what is assessed in relation to each goal and Assessment for details of how the outcome is assessed. See Attributes for details of practice provided for each goal.
