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ENGG1802: Engineering Mechanics (2016 - Summer Main)
| 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
Dr Cafe, Peter |
| Session options: | Semester 2, Summer Main |
| Versions for this Unit: | |
| Site(s) for this Unit: |
https://elearning.sydney.edu.au |
| Campus: | Camperdown/Darlington |
| Pre-Requisites: | None. |
| Brief Handbook Description: | The unit aims to provide students with an understanding of and competence in solving statics 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 visualization of structures and structural components, and the vectorial 2D and 3D representations of spatial points, forces and moments. |
| Assumed Knowledge: | None. |
| Lecturer/s: |
A/Prof Jabbarzadeh, Ahmad
Dr Cafe, Peter |
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| Tutor/s: | to be announced | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Timetable: | ENGG1802 Timetable | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: |
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| T&L Activities: | Tutorial: 2 hour lecture is followed immediately by a 3 hour tutorial on two seperate days each week. Attendance at lectures is compulsory. Attendance at the first 2 hours of tutoials is compulsory. The tutorial problems from the specified text are listed on the documents on the unit website. |
Attributes listed here represent the key course goals (see Course Map tab) designated for this unit. The list below describes how these attributes are developed through practice in the unit. See Learning Outcomes and Assessment tabs for details of how these attributes are assessed.
| Attribute Development Method | Attribute Developed |
| Ability to extract a simplified version of a problem from a complex situation | Design (Level 1) |
| Basic proficiency in solving statics problems in engineering. Basic proficiency in constructing visual representations of structures and structural components in 2D and 3D. | Maths/Science Methods and Tools (Level 1) |
| Basic report writing. | Communication (Level 1) |
For explanation of attributes and levels see Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table.
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.
Design (Level 1)| Assessment Methods: |
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| Assessment Description: |
There are 6 tutorial quizzes, one conducted each week, on the topics of the previous two tutorials and accompanying lectures. They are closed book with calculators allowed. The best 5 out of 6 are counted for assessment as 50% of the final assessment mark. The final exam covers all topics and contributes 50% of the final assessment mark. |
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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 | Couple and resultants |
| Revision: 2D examples | |
| Introduction, Vectors, Newton’s Laws | |
| Forces, Moments | |
| Week 2 | Revision: 3D Examples |
| 3D force systems | |
| Moments and Couples in 3D | |
| Resultants in 3D | |
| Week 3 | Equilibrium in 2D |
| Plane Trusses: Methods of Joints | |
| Equilibrium in 3D | |
| Week 4 | Plain Trusses: Method of Sections |
| Centre of Mass and Centroids | |
| Frames and Machines | |
| Space Trusses | |
| Week 5 | Types of Friction, Dry Friction |
| Centre of Mass and Centroids (cont) | |
| Beams: Distributed forces for Beams | |
| Flexible Belts | |
| Week 6 | Potential Energy and Stability |
| Principles of Virtual Work and Equilibrium | |
| Revision | |
| Week 13 | Revision |
| STUVAC (Week 14) | No lectures; No Tutorials |
| Exam Period | Assessment Due: Final 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 |
| Design (Level 1) | Yes | 12.5% |
| Maths/Science Methods and Tools (Level 1) | Yes | 87.5% |
| Information Seeking (Level 1) | No | 0% |
| Communication (Level 1) | Yes | 0% |
These goals are selected from Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table which defines overall goals for courses where this unit is primarily offered. See Engineering & IT Graduate Outcomes Table 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.
