Note: GENG2004 is a co-taught unit alongside ENSC3004
Contacts
Unit Coordinator: Professor Elena Pasternak
- Consultation time: Thursday 3-3:45, Rm ENCM 2.48
Unit Administrator: Yvette Harrap - Email: ensc3004-ecm@uwa.edu.au
Send ALL queries regarding the unit here
Please address by first name (e.g. Elena/Yvette/name of the facilitator) or formally (Professor Pasternak/Ms Harrap) should you prefer it
Assessments
- Quizzes - 30%
- Top 5/7 go towards final mark
- Lab Reports - 20%
- 5 reports in total, due within one week of lab
- Final Exam - 50%
Self-assessed homework also provided
Attendance will be taken in practical classes, but it does not contribute to your overall mark.
What is Solid Mechanics About?
- Study of deformable solid bodies materials that change shape or volume when subjected to external forces
- It is a branch of continuum mechanics which models behaviour of solids and fluids as continuous matter rather than discrete particles
Solid mechanics is the study of the relationship between the loads applied to a body and the stress and strain (deformation) caused by the internal loads within the body
Purpose: to design safely any structure for strength and serviceability
See: Mechanical Failure