DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ACADEMIC PROGRAMME
SEMESTER 1 OF 2023
STRENGTHS OF MATERIAL 2 (MSMV211)
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LEARNING AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY
The work to reach the outcomes of the module will be divided into several weeks, with the following activities
for each week:
a)
b)
c)
2.
Lectures will be face-to-face supplemented by Moodle instructions.
Video lessons (including worked-out examples) for all Chapters is available on Moodle site:
https://learn.mandela.ac.za/course/view.php?id=7456. Students can work on their own through the
indicated video lectures, examples and quizzes related to the relevant section.
Lecturers respond to enquiries from students with Q&A sessions on the “Discussion Forum” on the Moodle
site. Students may also email the lecturer: karl.dupreez@mandela.ac.za.
ASSESSMENT
Continuous Assessment Approach
a)
A mark is allocated to each student consisting of the following components and weighting:
PIN JOINTED
FRAMES, CHAPTER
1 and 2
TEST 1
CHAPTER 4 and 5
TEST 2
30%
PRAC
TENSILE
PRAC
SHARPY
END OF MODULE
ASSESSMENT
(EMA1)
FINAL
MARK
5%
5%
60%
100%
b) A minimum of 50% is required to pass the module.
c) A minimum of 50% for each practical is required to pass the module.
d) A Supplementary End of Module Assessment (EMA2) will be done for students that were not successful at
the first attempt.
e) Please note: All assessments will be done with a Moodle on-line (Face-to-Face) in the classroom. Bring
your own Laptop/Cell phone to complete the assessment.
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3.
LEARNING AND TEACHING SCHEDULE SEMESTER 1 2023
Note that schedule may change, depending on COVID guidelines of the university.
WEEK
0
First teaching cycle: 20 February – 6 April
Recess: 7 April – 16 April
Second teaching cycle: 17 April – 2 June
Mid-year End-of-module assessments (EMA1): 5 June – 26 June
Recess: 27 June – 16 July
Mid-year End-of-module re-assessments (EMA2): 17 July – 21 July
DATE
TOPIC
COMMENTS
20 Feb
Room M154 North Campus
 Introduction Lecture
21 – 3 March
PIN JOINTED FRAMES
 Reactions
 Methods of section
 Method of Joints
6 March – 10 March
Chapter 1
 Stress
 Strain
 Allowable Stress
13 March – 17 March
Chapter 2
 Normal Strain
 Shear Strain
20 March – 24 March
Chapter 3
 Tension and Compressive Tests
 Stress Strain Diagrams
 Hooke’s Law
 Modulus of Resistance
 Poissons’s ratio
 Shear Stress-Strain Graph
28 March @ 09h05
TEST 1 (Chapter 1 – 3)
Room M134
29 March – 7 April
Chapter 3: Practicals (Tensile and
Materials Laboratory
Charpy)
Practical Hand in Due date: 5 May
7 April – 16 April
Recess
17 April – 21 April
Chapter 4
 Axial Loads
 Statically Indeterminate Problems
 Thermal Stress
24 – 28 April
 Stress Concentrations
1 May - 5 May
Chapter 5
 Torsional deformation
 Angle of twist
 Statically Indeterminate Problems
8 May – 12 May
 Non-circular shafts
 Thin-walled shafts
16 May @ 14h00
TEST 2 (Chapter 4-5)
22 May – 26 May
Chapter 6
 SF and BM in beams
 Construction of BM and SF Diagrams
29 May – 2 June
Revision + Make-up Tests
5 June – 16 June
19 June – 23 June
27 June – 16 July
End of Module Assessment 1 (EMA1)
End of Module Assessment 2 (EMA2)
Recess
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