Solid Mechanics

Subject to approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry

ENCI230, ENCI234

Assessment

1. You cannot pass this course unless you achieve a mark of at least 40% in each of the mid-semester test and the final exam.  A student who narrowly fails to achieve 40% in either the test or exam, but who performs very well in the other, may be eligible for a pass in the course.

2. Each tutorial will have problems that need to be submitted at the end of the session. However, these are not assessed. Solutions to the problems will be uploaded on LEARN.
The sessions give the instructors the opportunity to assess individual student weaknesses in the material covered in the lectures.  Your presence and participation at these tutorials is compulsory: absence will result in the deduction of 2% from your overall course mark.

3. Assignments should be done in pairs and are due at 9.00am on the dates shown, one week after the problems are distributed at lectures. See Assessment table for the dates the assignments are due.  Late submissions will not be accepted.

Assignments and Lab Reports should be dropped into the homework boxes on Level 2 (Civil/Mechanical Engineering Building) next to lecture rooms E14 and E16. A completed coversheet must be attached to the front of the assessment. Coversheets can be found at L:\CoverSheets on the department’s network.

All assignments and the calculations for the laboratory report must be completed on engineering calculation paper. These can be purchased from the ENSOC shop next to the Eng-Cafe or obtained free from companies advertising at the Engineering Expo. Assignments which do not have a completed coversheet and/or do not use engineering calculation paper will not be accepted.

4. Students in this course can apply for aegrotat consideration provided they have sat the mid-term test, the final exam or both.

Notes

In the four lectures each week the core material covered in the course will be presented.  Students are expected to jot down key concepts and ideas as they are discussed, or illustrated with diagrams and graphs.  Examples and problems will be used to illustrate techniques and concepts but you (students) are expected to put in time outside lectures to refine your understanding through revision and additional reading to develop your problem solving skills by working through illustrative problems

The lecture material is supported by tutorials. These tutorials provide an excellent opportunity to develop problem solving skills in a supportive environment. Make sure you take full advantage of these sessions.

Here is a rough guide to the amount of time you should be putting into the various aspects of this course.

Contact Hours

Lectures 48 hours
Tutorials 11 hours
Laboratories  3 hours
Total 62 hours
Independent Study
Lecture review and reading 24 hours
Tutorial prep, lab and assignment 30 hours
Test and exam preparation 36 hours
Total 90 hours

Note: This is an indication of average expected workload and the actual time spent by the student may vary widely.

Indicative Fees

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.