| Module code | MOW 227 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
| Module content | Analyse statistically determinate structures to obtain section forces and moments and stress distributions. Thin-walled pressure vessels. Stress and strain transformations. Introduction of stress tensor. Derivation of stress transformation equations. Eigenvalue/vector analysis for principle stresses and strains. Mohr’s circle. Failure criteria. Fatigue strength design. All analysis techniques above are applied to the open-ended design of components like beams and shafts. |
| Module credits | 16.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | SWK 122 |
| Contact time | 4 tutorials per week, 3 lectures per week |
| Language of tuition | Separate classes for Afrikaans and English |
| Academic organisation | Mechanical and Aeronautical En |
| Period of presentation | Semester 2 |
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