Principles of Statics (Review); Centre of Gravity, Centroid and Moment of Inertia; Distributed Forces; Stress and Strain; Mechanical Properties of Materials: Ductile/Brittle Materials, Hooke's Law, Poisson's Ratio; Axial load; Torsion; Bending: Shear Force and Bending Moment Diagrams; Stress Concentrations; Transverse Shear; Combined Loadings; Transformation of Stress and Strain: Mohr's Circle; Design of Beams and Shafts.
This topic aims to give students an understanding of the basic statics concepts associated with engineering mechanics and structures.
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