Faculty of Science and Engineering

Engineering Foundation Year

Unit Outline

307529 Engineering Mechanics 100

Semester 1, 2014

Unit study package number:

307529

Mode of study:

Internal

Tuition pattern summary:

Lecture: 2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Science Laboratory: 3 x 3 Hours Semester
Workshop: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
This unit does not have a fieldwork component.

Credit Value:
Pre-requisite units:

25.0
307808 (v.0) Bachelor of Engineering or any previous version
OR
311721 (v.0) Bachelor of Engineering, Bachelor of Commerce or any previous version
OR
132210 (v.0) Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and Communication Engineering),
Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) or any previous version
OR
303763 (v.0) Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Bachelor of Science
(Chemistry) or any previous version
OR
304168 (v.0) Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical Engineering), Bachelor of Science
(Extractive Metallurgy) or any previous version
OR
307020 (v.0) Bachelor of Engineering (Civil and Construction Engineering), Bachelor of
Science (Mining) or any previous version
OR
132010 (v.0) Bachelor of Engineering (Computer Systems Engineering), Bachelor of Science
(Computer Science) or any previous version
OR
131510 (v.0) Bachelor of Science (Physics), Bachelor of Engineering (Electronic and
Communication Engineering) or any previous version
OR
177610 (v.0) Bachelor of Engineering (Mining Engineering) or any previous version

Co-requisite units:

Nil

Anti-requisite units:

Nil

Result type:

Grade/Mark

Approved incidental fees:

Information about approved incidental fees can be obtained from our website. Visit
fees.curtin.edu.au/incidental_fees.cfm for details.

Unit coordinator:

Name:
Phone:
Email:
Building:
Room:

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Rodney Entwistle
+618 9266 7579
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Name:
Phone:
Email:
Building:
Room:

Natalie Lloyd
+618 9266 7574
N.Lloyd@curtin.edu.au
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Name:
Phone:
Email:
Building:
Room:

Rodney Entwistle
+618 9266 7579
R.Entwistle@exchange.curtin.edu.au
204
516

Name:
Phone:
Email:
Building:
Room:

Tony Lucey
+618 9266 7048
T.Lucey@curtin.edu.au
204
413

Administrative contact:

Name:
Phone:
Email:
Building:
Room:

Deborah Fukuyama
+618 9266 4390
D.Fukuyama@exchange.curtin.edu.au
204
317

Learning Management System:

Blackboard (lms.curtin.edu.au)

Teaching Staff:

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Acknowledgement of Country
We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous Elders, custodians, their descendants and kin of this land past and present.

Syllabus
Newton's Laws; Forces as vectors, equilibrium of concurrent and non-concurrent forces; Couples and distributed forces. Equilibrium
of statistically equivalent systems; Free bodies and free-body diagrams; Analysis of simple frameworks, trusses; Internal actions within
a beam using free-body diagrams; Variations in resisting forces along a beam; Relationship between load and response; Axial stress
and strain, elasticity; Axial deformation; Shear stress and strain, shear modulus; Deformations in shear; Thermal effects and resulting
stress and strain; Principles of compatibility; Concept of stiffness and properties of area and material that influence response;
Superposition; Kinematic equations; Linear motion; Projectile motion. Curvilinear and relative motion; Plane kinetics, Newton's second
law in n-t coordinates; Linear momentum; Elastic and inelastic collisions. Work, forces and power; Potential and kinetic energy; Elastic
energy; Energy conservation; Plane kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies; Rotation about a fixed axis. Hydrostatic pressure; Static
fluid forces on simple structures; Analysis of fluid; Momentum flux of all fluid flows. Bernoulli's equation.

Introduction
This unit consists of three teaching modules including Statics, Dynamics and Fluid Mechanics and covers a wide range of topics in
Mechanics with theoretical calculations, analyses and practical tests to ensure that students can effectively apply those fundamental
principles, concepts and theories to real engineering problems.

Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit students can:

Graduate Attributes addressed

1 Apply the conditions of static equilibrium to simple structures

2 Apply Newton's laws of motion to particulate dynamics
3 Use a systems approach to estimate forces generated by fluids and fluid flows
4 Utilise the concept of free body diagrams
5 Perform calculations to analyse strengths of structures

Curtin's Graduate Attributes

Apply discipline knowledge

Thinking skills

Information skills

(use analytical skills to solve problems)

(confidence to investigate new ideas)

Communication skills

Technology skills

International perspective

Cultural understanding

(value the perspectives of others)

(value the perspectives of others)

Learning how to learn

(apply principles learnt to new situations)
(confidence to tackle unfamiliar problems)

Professional Skills
(work independently and as a team)
(plan own work)

Find out more about Curtin's Graduate attributes at the Office of Teaching & Learning website: ctl.curtin.edu.au

Learning Activities
Lectures: 2 x 1 hour lectures per week.
Workshop: 1 x 2 hour workshop per week (group size about 20).
Practical Tests: 3 x 3 hour laboratories (each laboratory comprising two 'observe-record-infer' exercises) per semester.
Other: Directed reading/learning exercises.

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Learning Resources
Online resources
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This custom text is available in a downloadable format. It covers the statics module only.
(http://www.pearson.com.au/9781486022540 )

Other resources
Meriam, J.L., and Kraige, L.G. 2008, Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 1: Statics, SI Unit, 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons. (ISBN: 978-0-47178702-0)
Meriam, J.L., and Kraige, L.G. 2008, Engineering Mechanics, Vol. 2: Dynamics, SI Unit, 6th Edition, John Wiley & Sons. (ISBN: 978-0-47178703-7)
Hibbeler, R.C. 2010, Engineering Mechanics, Vol 1: Statics, SI Unit, 12th Edition, Person Prentice Hall. (ISBN:978-981-06-8134-0)
Hibbeler, R.C. 2010, Engineering Mechanics, Vol 2: Dynamics, SI Unit, 12th Edition, Person Prentice Hall. (ISBN:978-981-06-8137-1)
Gere. J.M. and Goodno, B. J. 2009, Mechanics of Materials, SI Unit, 7th Edition, Cengage Learning. (ISBN:978-0-495-43807-6)
Hibbeler, R.C. 2011, Mechanics of Materials, SI Unit, 8th Edition, Person Prentice Hall. (ISBN:978-981-06-8509-6)

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Assessment
Assessment schedule
Task

Value %

Date Due

Unit Learning
Outcome(s)
Assessed

Tutorial Quizzes

10 percent

Week: Between
Teaching weeks 3 and
12 inclusive
Day: Various
Time: Various

Lab Practical Tests

25 percent

Week: Teaching Weeks 1,2,3,4,5

2-4 for Labs 1a & 1b
and so on
Day: Various
Time: Various

Mid Semester Test

15 percent

Week: Teaching Week 5 1,2,3,4,5

(Wednesday 2nd April)
Day: Wednesday
Time: 19:00

Final Examination

50 percent

Week: Examination
Weeks
Day: Refer to
examination timetable
Time: Refer to
examination timetable

1,2,3,4,5

1,2,3,4,5

Detailed information on assessment tasks

1. Workshop quizzes (5%) and Participation (5%). Each of teaching weeks 3-12, the workshop will include a 15-minute quiz.
2. Assessed laboratory practical tests (assessed 'on-the-spot'). Refer to your individual time table for your lab attendance days.
3. 1 hour closed-book class-test (plus 10-minute reading time) to be conducted on Wednesday 2nd April 2014. The test will
cover the content of teaching weeks 1-3 inclusive.
4. 2-hour closed-book end-of-semester examination Note: No personal notes are allowed in the examination. A formulae sheet
will be attached to the examination paper. The final examination may include materials from directed readings or learning
exercises and laboratory work. The only allowable calculator is the HP10s or HP10s+.
The examination will contain four questions: One on Statics topics, two on Dynamics topics and one on Fluid Mechanics.
To pass this unit you must achieve an examination mark of at leat 40%.

Fair assessment through moderation

Moderation describes a quality assurance process to ensure that assessments are appropriate to the learning outcomes, and that
student work is evaluated consistently by assessors. Minimum standards for the moderation of assessment are described in the
Assessment Manual, available from policies.curtin.edu.au/policies/teachingandlearning.cfm

Late assessment policy

This ensures that the requirements for submission of assignments and other work to be assessed are fair, transparent, equitable, and
that penalties are consistently applied.
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All assessments which students are required to submit will have a due date and time specified on the Unit Outline.
Accepting late submission of assignments or other work will be determined by the unit coordinator or Head of School and will
be specified on the Unit Outline.
If late submission of assignments or other work is not accepted, students will receive a penalty of 100% after the due date and
time ie a zero mark for the late assessment.
If late submission of assignments or other work is accepted, students will be penalised by ten percent per calendar day for a
late assessment submission (eg a mark equivalent to 10% of the total allocated for the assessment will be deducted from the

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marked value for every day that the assessment is late). This means that an assignment worth 20 will have two marks deducted
per calendar day late. Hence if it was handed in three calendar days late and marked as 12/20, the student would receive 6/20.
An assessment more than seven calendar days overdue will not be marked. Work submitted after this time (due date plus
seven days) may result in a Fail - Incomplete (F-IN) grade being awarded for the unit.

Assessment extension
A student wishing to delay the completion or submission of an assessment task after the original published date/time (eg
examinations, tests) or due date/time (eg assignments) must apply for an assessment extension using the Assessment Extension form
(available from the Forms page at http://students.curtin.edu.au/administration/) as prescribed by the Academic Registrar. It is the
responsibility of the student to demonstrate and provide evidence for exceptional circumstances beyond the student's control that
prevented them from completing/submitting the assessment task.
The student will be expected to lodge the form and supporting documentation with the unit coordinator before the assessment
date/time or due date/time. An application may be accepted up to five working days after the date or due date of the assessment
task where the student is able to provide an acceptable explanation as to why he or she was not able to submit the application prior
to the assessment date. An application for an assessment extension will not be accepted after the date of the Board of Examiners'
meeting.

Additional assessment information

Pass requirements
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Achieve an overall grade/mark of greater than or equal to 50% AND

Achieve an examination mark of greater than or equal to 40% AND
Make reasonable attempts to complete all assessment activities.

Referencing style
The referencing style for this unit is Chicago.
More information can be found on this style from the Library web site: library.curtin.edu.au.

Plagiarism
Plagiarism occurs when work or property of another person is presented as one's own, without appropriate acknowledgement or
referencing. Plagiarism is a serious offence. For more information refer to academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au.

Plagiarism monitoring
Work submitted may be subjected to a plagiarism detection process, which may include the use of systems such as 'Turnitin'. For
further information, see academicintegrity.curtin.edu.au/students/turnitin.cfm.

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Additional information
Textbooks
A document providing advice on the use of textbooks to support the learning of Engineering Mechanics 100 is mounted on
Blackboard, and a list of recommended reference books is also indicated at the 'Learning Resources' section in this unit outline.
Teaching Weeks
All students should note that 'Teaching Weeks' refer to the actual unit teaching periods (i.e. the 'Tution Free Weeks' are excluded).
These are numbered differently to the "Weeks" shown in Curtin Academic Calendar.
Important Notice on the Exam Assessment
Please be advised that there is no supplementary assessment for this unit. If a student fails this unit, he/she is required to repeat the
same unit including all of the assessment tasks.
Students may be granted a deferred assessment following a formal application. Deferred assessments for semester 1, 2014 will be
held on 21-23rd July 2014.
Failure to attend the examination/assessment on the day and time set will result in a fail grade for this unit. Under no circumstances
will alternative arrangements be made to suit individuals.
Scientific Calculators
All students enrolled in EFY units that require examination assessment will be issued with a HP10s or HP10s+ Scientific Calculator. This
is the only approved calculator to be used in examinations for these units.
The calculator can be collected from the Assignment and Enquiry Office located on Level 2 of building 204 from Teaching Week 1.
You will need to present your ID card for collection.
Please note that only one calculator will be issued per student and any replacement calculators are the responsibility of the student.
Attendance at Laboratories
It is mandatory that all students wear STEEL CAPPED SAFETY BOOTS to ALL LABORATORIES. These must be leather upper boots
and meet the Australian Standard AS/NZS 2210.

Enrolment
It is your responsibility to ensure that your enrolment is correct - you can check your enrolment through the eStudent option on
OASIS, where you can also print an Enrolment Advice.

Supplementary and Deferred Exams

Deferred examinations will be held at a date to be advised (see next section). Supplementary examinations, where applicable and
when granted by the Board of Examiners, will be held at a date to be advised (see next section). Notification to students will be made
after the Board of Examiners meeting via the Official Communications Channel (OCC) in OASIS.
It is the responsibility of students to be available to attend a supplementary or deferred examination on the date advised and to
check their OASIS account on a weekly basis for official Curtin correspondence. If your results show that you have been granted a
supplementary or deferred examination you should immediately check your OASIS email for details.
DEFERRED EXAMS
Semester1 2014 will be held on July 21, 22 and 23, 2014
LOCATION AND TIME
Specific venues and time of exams will be allocated to units at a later date.
Students granted a deferred exam will be notified via OCC.
Failure to attend the examination/assessment on the date of time set will result in a fail for the unit. Under NO circumstances will any
other arrangements be made to suit individuals.

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Student Rights and Responsibilities

It is the responsibility of every student to be aware of all relevant legislation, policies and procedures relating to their rights and
responsibilities as a student. These include:
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the Student Charter

the University's Guiding Ethical Principles
the University's policy and statements on plagiarism and academic integrity
copyright principles and responsibilities
the University's policies on appropriate use of software and computer facilities

Information on all these things is available through the University's "Student Rights and Responsibilities website at:
students.curtin.edu.au/rights.

Student Equity
There are a number of factors that might disadvantage some students from participating in their studies or assessments to the best
of their ability, under standard conditions. These factors may include a disability or medical condition (e.g. mental illness, chronic
illness, physical or sensory disability, learning disability), significant family responsibilities, pregnancy, religious practices, living in a
remote location or another reason. If you believe you may be unfairly disadvantaged on these or other grounds please speak to the
Student Equity Advisor Team member in your Faculty. Contact details are at: http://eesj.curtin.edu.au/contact.html
You can also contact Counselling and Disability services: http://www.disability.curtin.edu.au or the Multi-faith services:
http://unilife.curtin.edu.au/diversity_and_faith/faith_services.htm for further information.
It is important to note that the staff of the university may not be able to meet your needs if they are not informed of your individual
circumstances so please get in touch with the appropriate service if you require assistance. For general wellbeing concerns or advice
please contact Curtin's Student Wellbeing Advisory Service at: http://unilife.curtin.edu.au/student_wellbeing_service.htm

Recent unit changes

We welcome feedback as one way to keep improving this unit. Students are encouraged to provide unit feedback through eVALUate,
Curtin's online student feedback system (see evaluate.curtin.edu.au/info/). Recent changes to this unit include:
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The tutorial session has been replaced with a Workshop wherein the students will actively participate.
The Workshop time has been extended to 2 hours per week
One hour per week of lecture time has been moved to a combination of Workshop instruction and Online Media.

See evaluate.curtin.edu.au to find out when you can eVALUate this unit.

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Program calendar
Program Calendar Semester 1, 2014
Week

Begin Date

(Teaching
Week)

Lecture/

Pre-readings

Workshop/Other

Assessment Due

Seminar

Orientation

24 Feb

1.(1)

3 March

Force Vectors and

particle equilibrium

Ch. 1, 2.1-2.4, 3.1-3.3

#1

2.(2)

10 March

Force resultants and

equilibrium of rigid
bodies

Ch. 4.1, 4.3, 4.5-4.9,

Ch 5.

#2

3.(3)

17 March

Internal forces. Truss

analysis

Ch. 6.1-6.4

#3 + quiz 1

4.(4)

24 March

Internal forces

Ch. 7.1-7.3

#4 + quiz 2

5.(5)

31 March

Properties of areas
and materials

Ch. 9.1, 9.2, 10.1-10.5

+notes

#5 + quiz 3

Mid-semester test,
2nd April,
6:45 pm - 8:15pm

6.(6)

7 April

Dynamics #1

7.

14 April

Tuition Free Week

8.

21 April

Tuition Free Week

9.(7)

28 April

Dynamics #2

Notes of BB

#7 + quiz 5

10.(8)

5 May

Dynamics #3

Notes of BB

#8 + quiz 6

11.(9)

12 May

Dynamics #4

Notes of BB

#9 + quiz 7

12.(10)

19 May

Dynamics #5

Notes of BB

#10 + quiz 8

13.(11)

26 May

Fluid Mechanics #1

Notes of BB

#11 + quiz 9

14.(12)

2 June

Fluid Mechanics #2

Notes of BB

#12 + quiz 10

15.

9 June

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Notes of BB

#6 + quiz 4

Study Week

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16.

16 June

Examinations

17

23 June

Examinations

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