- Course Code
- EG 3015
- Credit Points
- 15
- Course Coordinator
- Dr A R Akisanya
Pre-requisites
EG 2029 (CAS 9).
Notes
Available only to candidates following an Honours degree programme.
Overview
This course focuses on the fundamental relationship between the stresses and strains within engineering components and the load and displacements imposed at their boundaries. Analytical, experimental and numerical (finite element) methods are used predominantly for two-dimensional geometries and both elastic and plastic responses are considered. The design implications of material deformation are discussed.
Students carry out experimental work to determine the stress distribution in an internally pressured cylinder. The finite element results of the stress distribution are compared with the thin-walled and thick-walled pressure vessel analyses.
27 one-hour lectures, 5 one-hour tutorials and 3 three-hour practicals in total.
1 three-hour written examination paper (90%) and in-course assessment (10%).