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Subject details
This section contains a brief description of the various
subjects in all engineering degree courses, the diploma
course in building surveying, and all graduate diploma
courses.
It should be noted that details of subjects taught by engineering
schools to students in other courses (e.g. environmental
health which is offered by the Applied Science
Faculty) are given in the chapter of the faculty offering the
course.
Subjects in this section are grouped in numerical order
within the following codes:
Code Department, School or Faculty
CE Civil Engineering and Building
E A Manufacturing Engineering
EE Electrical Engineering
EF Faculty of Engineering
ME Mechanical Engineering
MF Manufacturing Engineering
MM Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
MP Manufacturing Engineering
SM
SP
Mathematics
Physics
Subject length
UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED ALL SUBJECTS ARE SEMESTER
SUBJECTS.
Students should note the following definitions with regard
to reading material prescribed for engineering subjects:
Preliminaty reading
Introductory material which students are expected to read
before classes commence.
Textbooks
Materials essential to the subject.
Ref@I'@nce~
Materials that will be referred to throughout the duration of
the subject.
Unless otherwise specified, students are advised not to pur-
chase textbooks or references until classes commence.
cE114 Applied Mechanics
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No. of hours per week: three hours for two
2 semesters
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Prerequisites: nil
3. Instruction: lectures, tutorials, laboratory work
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Assessment: examination 80%, assessed work
20%
Subject aims and description
A first-year subject in the degree course in building surveying
designed to develop in students an understanding of the
basic principles of mechanics and their application to the
behaviour of loaded members and simple systems. Basic
concepts of structural mechanics are covered together with
stress and strain, behaviour of simple structural members
and basic deflection.
References
Kinsky, R. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials. Sydney:
McGr6-w-Hill, 1986
CE116 Engineering Science - Solid Mechanics
No. of hours per week: three hours for two
semesters
Assessment: examination 80%, assessed work
20%
A common first-year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering.
Subject aims
To introduce students to the fundamentals of engineering
mechanics and strength of materials.
Subject description
Basic concepts: forces and force systems, loads, equations of
equilibrium, reactions for statically determinate beam, frame
and truss systems. Analysis of pin-jointed trusses. Shear force
and bending moment concepts and diagrams.
Stress and strain: types of stress, general stress-strain
relationships, linear elastic parameters.
Performance of loaded members and simple connections:
behaviour of compound members, short and long columns,
circular shafts. Stress and deflections in statically determinate
beams. Deflection by integration to the elastic line.
Elementary beam design concepts. lntroduction to
hydrostatics: hydrostatic pressure, pressure measurement,
hydrostatic thrust, pressure vessels.
lntroduction to structural behaviour: structural forms and
their behaviour under load, stability, structural failures.
Text boa ks
Kinsky, R. Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials. Sydney:
McGraw-Hill, 1986
CE173 Construction
No. of hours per week: six hours in first semester,
five hours in second semester
Prerequisites: nil
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, field inspections,
drafting classes
Assessment: examination 80%, diary, reports,
research project, folio of work 20%
Subject aims and description
A first year subject in the Degree in Building Surveying,
intended to develop in students an understanding of the
general principles of construction of single and double-storey
residential buildings, and to teach the rudimentary aspects of
free hand sketching and drafting.
Textbook
Victorian Timber Framing Manual. Melbourne: Timber Promotion
Council, 1980
References
Australian Standard AS1 100 Technical Drawings
Glossary of Building and Planning Terms
Notes on Science of Building V.G.P.5.
CE192 Statutory Control
This subject has two components:
CE192A Statutory ControllPlan Checking 1 and
CE192B Introduction to Construction Law.
CE192A Statutory ControllPlan Checking 1
No. of hours per week: three hours in first
semester, five hours in second semester
Prerequisites: nil
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, assignments
Assessment: examination 80%, assignments 20%
Subject aims and description
A first year subject in the Degree of Building Surveying,
intended to provide students with an unde~tanding of the
role and duties of a building surveyor and an introduction to
acts and regulations.
This subject covers topics such as administration and law,
local government. The role of building surveyor. Statutory
functions related to Acts and regulations. The building
surveyor as manager.