ENCI461
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Mechanics of Solids and Structures
Subject
ENCI - Civil Engineering
Description
Analysis of statically determinate structures: reactions, member forces in trusses, bending moment, shearing force and axial force diagrams for frames; introduction to indeterminate structures; effects of moving loads, influence lines, Muller-Breslau principle; determination of displacements using moment area theorems, energy theorems and virtual work; Maxwell's theorem; normal stresses in non-symmetric sections; principal axes, shear centre; plastic torsion of circular shafts, torsion of non-circular sections; principal stresses, failure theories; elastic buckling of columns.
Prerequisite(s): Engineering 317 or Civil Engineering 317.
Prerequisite(s): Engineering 317 or Civil Engineering 317.
Course Attributes
Fee Rate Group(Domestic) - D, Fee Rate Group(International) -C, GFC Hours (3-1.5T), FRGD - D (Fee Rate Group(Domestic) - D), FRGI - C (Fee Rate Group(Int'l) - C), GFCH - 3-1.5T ((3-1.5T))
Courses may consist of a Lecture, Lab, Tutorial, and/or Seminar. Students will be required to register in each component that is required for the course as indicated in the schedule of classes. Practicums, internships or other experiential learning modalities are typically indicated as a Lab component.
Component
LEC
Component
TUT
Units
3
Repeat for Credit
No
Subject code
ENCI