Solid Mechanics

Subject to approval of the Dean of Engineering and Forestry

ENCI230, ENCI234

Assessment

You cannot pass this course if the average mark of the mid-term test and the final exam is below 40%.

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’s understanding of the course material. Your presence and participation at these tutorials is compulsory: absence or an inadequate attempt at solving the tutorial problems will result in the deduction of 2% from your overall course mark.

Assignments should be done in pairs, and are normally due at 9.00 am on the due date. The assignments questions will be handed out one week prior to its due date. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Lab Reports are due by 5 pm, two weeks after the laboratory class. They should be prepared according to the guidance given in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering’s Communications Portfolio Guide. The report must be 8-10 pages long (including one for a title page, and another for an executive summary). Other components are Introduction, Method, Results and Analysis, Discussion, Conclusions and References. Include sufficient information to make the report as comprehensive as possible. Additional calculations and data can be included in an appendix.

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 each assignment. As Lab Reports have title pages, they must not have coversheets. Coversheets can be found at L:\CoverSheets on the department’s network, or on LEARN (under assignment tab).

All assignments and the calculations for the laboratory report must be completed on engineering calculation paper. These can be purchased from the ENSOC shop or obtained free from companies advertising at the Engineering Expo. These should be prepared according to the guidance given in the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering’s Expectations for Calculation-based Assessments document. Assignments which do not have a completed coversheet, are not written on engineering calculation paper, and/or do not follow the expectations for calculation-based assessments will not be accepted.

Students may apply for special consideration if their performance in an assessment is affected by extenuating circumstances beyond their control. Applications for special consideration should be submitted via the Examinations Office website http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/exams/ within five days of the assessment. Where an extension may be granted for an assessment, this will be decided by direct application to the course co-ordinator and an application to the Examinations Office may not be required. Special consideration is not available for items worth less than 10% of the course. Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.

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.