CEME 2002 - Structural Mechanics

This course is intended to provide students with a thorough understanding of the theory and application of structural analysis as it applies to trusses, beams and frames. This course is a core course for students studying Civil Engineering and Architectural and Structural Engineering. Emphasis is placed on developing the student's ability to both model and analyse statically determinate and indeterminate structures. The course will demonstrate the determination of loading from Australian standards, the distribution to structural members and the pathways that loads take to get to a structure's foundations. The course is taught in a flipped class mode, with on campus workshops reinforcing the course material supplied in the lecture notes and pre-recorded videos. Theoretical mechanics components are assessed via regular assignments and the final examination. A group design project allows students to demonstrate the application of mechanics, learnt in their degree program to this point, and loading and load paths to the design of a realistic structure in conjunction.