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Introduction Slides

Contact Details

Unit Coordinator: Mostafa Jamshidian
Room 2.43, Civil and Mechanical Engineering Building (224)
Email: mostafa.jamshidian@uwa.edu.au

Unit Support: teachinggops-team2@uwa.edu.au

  • Timetabling issues contact

Unit Overview:

  • Mechanics is a branch of physics related to force, matter and motion
    • Kinematics is the study of motion
    • Focus on objects moving significantly less than the speed of light

Labs

  • Statics lab (Wk5-6)
    • Predict the failure load if a truss bridge
  • Dynamics lab (Wk8-11)
    • Shoot a rocket (aka coke bottle) into space (aka ~50 m into the air) and model its path

Assessment

  1. Weekly Online Assignments (15%)
  2. Practical Session Quizzes (5%)
  3. Lab 1 (8%)
  4. Lab 2 (12%)
  5. Mid Semester Exam [Wk7] (15%)
  6. Final Exam (45%)

Labs

  • Bring laptops