Module code | SWK 122 |
Qualification | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology |
Module content | Equivalent force systems, resultants. Newton's laws, units. Forces acting on particles. Rigid bodies: principle of transmissibility, resultant of parallel forces. Vector moments and scalar moments. Relationship between scalar- and vector moments. Couples. Equivalent force systems on rigid bodies. Resultants of forces on rigid bodies. Equilibrium in two and three dimensions. Hooke's law. Trusses and frameworks. Centroids and second moments of area. Beams: distributed forces, shear force, bending moment, method of sections, relationship between load, shear force and bending moment. |
Module credits | 16.00 |
NQF Level | 05 |
Programmes |
BEng in Chemical Engineering 4-year programme
BEng in Chemical Engineering 5-year programme BEng in Civil Engineering 4-year programme BEng in Civil Engineering 5-year programme BEng in Computer Engineering 4-year programme BEng in Computer Engineering 5-year programme BEng in Electrical Engineering 4-year programme BEng in Electrical Engineering 5-year programme BEng in Electronic Engineering 4-year programme BEng in Electronic Engineering 5-year programme BEng in Industrial Engineering 4-year programme BEng in Industrial Engineering 5-year programme BEng in Mechanical Engineering 4-year programme BEng in Mechanical Engineering 5-year programme BEng in Metallurgical Engineering 4-year programme BEng in Mining Engineering 4-year programme BEng in Mining Engineering 5-year programme BEng Metallurgical Engineering 5-year programme |
Service modules | Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences |
Prerequisites | WTW 158, admission to relevant programme |
Contact time | 4 lectures per week, 2 tutorials per week |
Language of tuition | Module is presented in English |
Department | Civil Engineering |
Period of presentation | Semester 2 |
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