Unit information: Research and Communication 2 in 2010/11

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Unit name Research and Communication 2
Unit code EMAT20003
Credit points 10
Level of study I/5
Teaching block(s) Academic Year (weeks 1 - 52)
Unit director Mr. Jon Sims Williams
Open unit status Not open
Pre-requisites

None
Co-requisites

None
School/department Department of Engineering Mathematics
Faculty Faculty of Engineering

Description including Unit Aims

This unit has two elements: Professional Studies and Understandings. The Professional Studies is taught by the Engineering Managament Group. The Understandings element is largely student taught, ranging across all other subjects in the Engineering Design Course.

The objective of this unit is for the student to become competent in basic structural and stress analysis. Specific objectives are to enable the student (i) to understand how to derive load cases; (ii) understand the definition of designing for stiffness and designing for strength; (iii) understand how to derive abstract structural models from real life designs; (iv) understand basic framework and beam theory; and (iv) understand the principles of framework analysis and stress analysis.

Intended Learning Outcomes

  • The student will know how to identify and derive load cases
  • The student will know how what is meant by design for stiffness and design for strength
  • The student will be able to derive abstract models from real life designs
  • The student will know technique for deriving loads in simple frameworks and beams
  • The student will know how to derive stress and strain for simple frameworks and beams

Teaching Information

  • 3 lectures introducing the topic of structural mechanics
  • 57 hours private study
  • 1 lecture introducing the design exercise and bridge design techniques
  • Up to 6 x 2 hour supervised design classes
  • 6 hours of attending peer presentations
  • 1 feedback lecture

Assessment Information

100% coursework (80% report; 20% presentation) Report: 20 page report to include bridge design concept, load case analysis, stress analysis, deflection analysis and buckling analysis Presentation: 12 minute power point presentation

Reading and References

  • Structural Mechanics I course notes
  • Roark Formulas for Stress and Strain

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