EGB121 Engineering Mechanics
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| Unit code: | EGB121 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | EGB102 or EGB113 or EGD113 or PVB101. EGB102 can be enrolled as a concurrent prerequisite to EGB121. |
| Antirequisite(s): | EGD121 |
| Equivalent(s): | ENB110 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $993 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $5,100 |
| International unit fee | $5,400 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2021, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | EGB121 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | EGB111 or EGB113 or EGD113 or PVB101. EGB111 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as EGB121 |
| Equivalent: | ENB110 |
| Anti-requisite: | EGD121 |
| Coordinator: | Tuquabo Tesfamichael | t.tesfamichael@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is a foundation engineering unit that will develop the necessary skills in analysing mechanical and civil engineering systems (cranes, buildings, bridges and mechanical equipment) to maintain equilibrium leading to the determination of direct, bending and shear stresses that will aid you in design. The principles of engineering mechanics are essential for the purpose of accurate design and analysis of mechanical components and structures. This is an introductory unit and provides the basic knowledge and skills in statics and mechanics of materials including mechanical properties of rigid bodies. It forms the foundation for advanced engineering units such as Stress Analysis, Structural Analysis and Mechanical Design by developing your basic knowledge and skills that are important to your engineering degree and career.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Draw free body diagram (FBD) of structures and analyse the force system in structures such as trusses, bridges & mechanical equipment (CLO 1.1, CLO1.2, CLO 2.1)
- Calculate forces and stresses in these structures with relation to materials properties. (CLO 1.1, CLO1.2, CLO2.1)
- Draw bending moment (BM) & shear force (SF) diagrams in beams and calculate the relevant stresses of different materials. (CLO 1.1, CLO1.2, CLO 2.1)
- Analyse and solve problems in determining the static behaviour of beams, structures and machine elements. (CLO 1.1, CLO1.2, CLO 2.1)
- Observe materials properties of structural metals (e.g. steel), interpret the data to understand their imporance in design. (CLO1.1, CLO1.2, CLO2.1, CLO 2.3)
Content
1. Stress-strain and mechanical behaviour including Young's modulus, ductility, yield and tensile strengths of common engineering materials. 2. Generalised 2D forces and moments.
3. Support and reaction forces on typical engineering structures.
4. Free-body diagrams (FBD) and equilibrium of a rigid body.
5. Calculation of axial stress and strain in members of structures & machine components.
6. Bending and deflection of beams (BM & SF diagrams), including stress, centroid and moment of area calculations.
Learning Approaches
Teaching Mode: 5 hours per week + 2 laboratory practicals
Online lectures with interactive sessions - 2 hours per week
Tutorials in flexible learning space - 1.5 hour per week
Practicals in laboratory space - 2 x 2 hours practical sessions
Online Mastering Engineering exercises - 1.5 hour per week
Learning Approaches
Lectures (24 hours) will cover the main concepts with real world applications and examples in an interactive fashion online. You will work in teams during the tutorial sessions to solve problems based on the concepts covered in the lectures and you will get the opportunity to ask questions interactive fashion during your tutorial sessions (18 hours). In addition you will perform laboratory exercises (4 hours) to verify or to understand the concepts covered in the lectures and be able to interpret the data to critically reflect the results obtained. You will be able to solve more problems using online Mastering Engineering to enhance your problem solving approach, skills and knowledge.
The basic material will be available through chapters in the text book , video recording using Echo360, online Mastering Engineering as well as resources used in lectures from the unit's Black Board website.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive ongoing formative feedback through the semester during the problem solving tutorial sessions and laboratory practicals, and online Mastering Engineering.
Formative feedback will be given on you submitted work on problem solving activities as well as laboratory.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will include regular problem solving activities throughout the semester, laboratory exercises and an end of semester Assessment . Criterion Reference Assessment will be used to evaluate your work in this unit.
There are 3 summative assessments to demonstrate your technical and problem solving knowledge and skills in the topic.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Online Quiz
You will work through tutorial problems and will submit your work online 3 times during the semester and get online feedback and assessment.
Relates to learning outcomes
The learning outcomes the assessment relates to:
Draw free body diagram (FBD) of structures and analyse the force system in structures such as trusses, bridges & mechanical equipment (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Calculate forces and stresses in these structures related to various materials properties. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Draw BM & SF diagrams in beams and calculate the forces and stresses of different materials. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Assessment: Portfolio
You should submit a portfolio created during the tutorials and practicals to demonstrate your problem solving capability and practical knowledge. You can work in groups during laboratory but you must provide an individual portfolio.
Relates to learning outcomes
The learning outcomes the assessment relates to:
Draw FBD of structures and analyse the force system in structures such as trusses, bridges & mechanical equipment (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Calculate stresses in these structures with various material properties. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Draw BM & SF diagrams in beams and calculate the stresses (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Interpret laboratory data of materials properties and failure of materials and understand their importance in in-service.( CLO 1.1, CLO 2.1, CLO 2.3)
Assessment: End of Semester Assessment (Theory)
The End of Semester Assessment is mainly problem solving exercises with both familiar and unfamiliar problems as well as conceptual questions.
Relates to learning outcomes
The learning outcomes the assessment relates to:
Draw free body diagram (FBD) of structures and analyse the force system in structures such as trusses, bridges & mechanical equipment (crane) (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Calculate forces and stresses in these structures related to various materials properties. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Draw BM & SF diagrams in beams and calculate the forces and stresses of different materials. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Pearson Mastering Engineering.
Prescribed text: Statics and Mechanics of Materials, by R. C. Hibbeler, 5th edition, Pearson, 2018
Risk Assessment Statement
You will undertake online lectures, and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and as such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
You should have undergone a general health and safety induction and competency test online and received a safety induction certificate with a sticker on your ID card prior to your practical session. You will be required to undertake practical sessions in the laboratory under the supervision of the demonstrators and technical staff of the School. If you do not have a general safety induction certificate or sticker you will be denied access to laboratories. In any laboratory practicals you will be advised further of requirements of safe and responsible behaviour and will be required to wear appropriate protective items (e.g. closed shoes or steel capped shoes).
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2021, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | EGB121 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | EGB111 or EGB113 or EGD113 or PVB101. EGB111 can be enrolled in the same teaching period as EGB121 |
| Equivalent: | ENB110 |
| Anti-requisite: | EGD121 |
| Coordinator: | Tuquabo Tesfamichael | t.tesfamichael@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This is a foundation engineering unit that will develop the necessary skills in analysing mechanical and civil engineering systems (cranes, buildings, bridges and mechanical equipment) to maintain equilibrium leading to the determination of direct, bending and shear stresses that will aid you in design. The principles of engineering mechanics are essential for the purpose of accurate design and analysis of mechanical components and structures. This is an introductory unit and provides the basic knowledge and skills in statics and mechanics of materials including mechanical properties of rigid bodies. It forms the foundation for advanced engineering units such as Stress Analysis, Structural Analysis and Mechanical Design by developing your basic knowledge and skills that are important to your engineering degree and career.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Draw free body diagram (FBD) of structures and analyse the force system in structures such as trusses, bridges & mechanical equipment (CLO 1.1, CLO1.2, CLO 2.1)
- Calculate forces and stresses in these structures with relation to materials properties. (CLO 1.1, CLO1.2, CLO2.1)
- Draw bending moment (BM) & shear force (SF) diagrams in beams and calculate the relevant stresses of different materials. (CLO 1.1, CLO1.2, CLO 2.1)
- Analyse and solve problems in determining the static behaviour of beams, structures and machine elements. (CLO 1.1, CLO1.2, CLO 2.1)
- Observe materials properties of structural metals (e.g. steel), interpret the data to understand their imporance in design. (CLO1.1, CLO1.2, CLO2.1, CLO 2.3)
Content
- Stress-strain and mechanical behaviour including Young's modulus, ductility, yield and tensile strengths of common engineering materials.
- Generalised 2D forces and moments.
- Support and reaction forces on typical engineering structures.
- Free-body diagrams (FBD) and equilibrium of a rigid body.
- Calculation of axial stress and strain in members of structures & machine components.
- Bending and deflection of beams (BM & SF diagrams), including stress, centroid and moment of area calculations.
Learning Approaches
Teaching Mode: 5 hours per week + 2 laboratory practicals
Online lectures with interactive sessions - 2 hours per week
Tutorials in flexible learning space - 1.5 hour per week
Practicals in laboratory space - 2 x 2 hours practical sessions
Online Mastering Engineering exercises - 1.5 hour per week
Learning Approaches
Lectures (24 hours) will cover the main concepts with real world applications and examples in an interactive fashion online. You will work in teams during the tutorial sessions to solve problems based on the concepts covered in the lectures and you will get the opportunity to ask questions interactive fashion during your tutorial sessions (18 hours). In addition you will perform laboratory exercises (4 hours) to verify or to understand the concepts covered in the lectures and be able to interpret the data to critically reflect the results obtained. You will be able to solve more problems using online Mastering Engineering to enhance your problem solving approach, skills and knowledge.
The basic material will be available through chapters in the text book , video recording using Echo360, online Mastering Engineering as well as resources used in lectures from the unit's Black Board website.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive ongoing formative feedback through the semester during the problem solving tutorial sessions and laboratory practicals, and online Mastering Engineering.
Formative feedback will be given on you submitted work on problem solving activities as well as laboratory.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment will include regular problem solving activities throughout the semester, laboratory exercises and an end of semester Assessment . Criterion Reference Assessment will be used to evaluate your work in this unit.
There are 3 summative assessments to demonstrate your technical and problem solving knowledge and skills in the topic.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Online Quiz
You will work through tutorial problems and will submit your work online 3 times during the semester and get online feedback and assessment.
Relates to learning outcomes
The learning outcomes the assessment relates to:
Draw free body diagram (FBD) of structures and analyse the force system in structures such as trusses, bridges & mechanical equipment (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Calculate forces and stresses in these structures related to various materials properties. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Draw BM & SF diagrams in beams and calculate the forces and stresses of different materials. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Assessment: Portfolio
You should submit a portfolio created during the tutorials and practicals to demonstrate your problem solving capability and practical knowledge. You can work in groups during laboratory but you must provide an individual portfolio.
Relates to learning outcomes
The learning outcomes the assessment relates to:
Draw FBD of structures and analyse the force system in structures such as trusses, bridges & mechanical equipment (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Calculate stresses in these structures with various material properties. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Draw BM & SF diagrams in beams and calculate the stresses (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Interpret laboratory data of materials properties and failure of materials and understand their importance in in-service.( CLO 1.1, CLO 2.1, CLO 2.3)
Assessment: End of Semester Assessment (Theory)
The End of Semester Assessment is mainly problem solving exercises with both familiar and unfamiliar problems as well as conceptual questions.
Relates to learning outcomes
The learning outcomes the assessment relates to:
Draw free body diagram (FBD) of structures and analyse the force system in structures such as trusses, bridges & mechanical equipment (crane) (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Calculate forces and stresses in these structures related to various materials properties. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Draw BM & SF diagrams in beams and calculate the forces and stresses of different materials. (CLO 1.1, CLO 1.2, CLO 2.1)
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
QUT Blackboard website for EGB121.
Pearson Mastering Engineering.
Resource Materials
Prescribed text(s)
Statics and Mechanics of Materials, by R. C. Hibbeler, 5th edition, Pearson, 2018
Risk Assessment Statement
You will undertake online lectures, and tutorials in the traditional classrooms and as such, there are no extraordinary workplace health and safety issues associated with these components of the unit.
You should have undergone a general health and safety induction and competency test online and received a safety induction certificate with a sticker on your ID card prior to your practical session. You will be required to undertake practical sessions in the laboratory under the supervision of the demonstrators and technical staff of the School. If you do not have a general safety induction certificate or sticker you will be denied access to laboratories. In any laboratory practicals you will be advised further of requirements of safe and responsible behaviour and will be required to wear appropriate protective items (e.g. closed shoes or steel capped shoes).