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Title: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: iamdan08 on March 09, 2008, 05:54:15 pm: I was just curious to see what detailed study everyone is doing. For me, it's Materials and structures. I have found it REALLY easy and I'm quite enjoying it. What is everyone thinking of theirs if they have started it?
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: unknown id on March 09, 2008, 06:14:59 pm: I'm doin further electronics, which is quite a nice follow-on from normal electronics :)
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Post by: ed_saifa on March 09, 2008, 06:33:03 pm: We're doing materials and structures as well. I'm so glad we're not doing further electronics.
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: Collin Li on March 09, 2008, 07:43:05 pm: Quote from: ed_saifa on March 09, 2008, 06:33:03 pm
We're doing materials and structures as well. I'm so glad we're not doing further electronics.

Further electronics is not like electronics, area of study two. It is pretty easy, in my opinion.
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: Captain on March 10, 2008, 03:58:06 pm: Quote from: unknown id on March 09, 2008, 06:14:59 pm
I'm doin further electronics, which is quite a nice follow-on from normal electronics :)

I am also doing further electronics. Best out of the three, IMO.
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: cara.mel on March 10, 2008, 04:07:48 pm: Majority will be doing structures and materials (across the state) because that was in the old study design (old, as in 2004). Similarly, in U4 most people will be doing sound.

I found structures and materials to be the hardest area of study by far, boo to engineering :P
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: ed_saifa on March 10, 2008, 04:45:07 pm: structures and materials is hard? =O. What is structures and materials anyway? Is it like chemistry or ambiguous stuff?
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Post by: cara.mel on March 10, 2008, 04:49:54 pm: Just from my point of view it was :P

The only thing I can remember at the moment is stress and strain graphs. xD
And labelling parts of a structure as being in tension or compression
Too hot to think of other things.

Its not like chem at all
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: iamdan08 on March 10, 2008, 05:27:32 pm: Structures and materials is the study of how properties of constructions and materials are affected by forces and loads, and what measures are put in place to ensure they are safe. You look into things such as stress, strain, torque etc.
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: Captain on March 10, 2008, 05:28:16 pm: Quote from: caramel on March 10, 2008, 04:49:54 pm

The only thing I can remember at the moment is stress and strain graphs. xD

I'm doing stress/strain graphs anyway, as part of my EPI
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: Mao on March 10, 2008, 08:29:05 pm: Structures and materials are:

Stress (F/m^2) + Strain (change in length/length)

Stress vs Strain
stiffness - aka young's modulus
strength - highest stress
yield point/elastic region - linear region of graph
plastic region - everything past linear region
break point - the end of everything
toughness - total area under graph

torque (and equilibrium conditions)

and that is ALL!

that's, uh, a few definitions, and a stunning 4 formulas :D
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: Fyrefly on March 20, 2008, 11:19:05 am: Of all the revision lectures I went to, I found the overwhelming majority do structures and materials (like I did).
Twas funny @ end of year tho... in the entire lecture room, I was the ONLY person who was doing photonics.
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Post by: chid on March 20, 2008, 11:00:33 pm: Im doing Structures as well.

Does the EPI count as SAC or is it just a requirement of the course to do it?
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: iamdan08 on March 20, 2008, 11:05:46 pm: Mine counted!!!
Title: Re: What detailed Study are you doing?
Post by: Ninox on March 20, 2008, 11:28:43 pm: My school did structures and materials and I believe it was the easiest of the detailed studies for unit 3. If you're planning on going into materials engineering, or just happen to be doing it, like me, you'll find a lot in common. The same stress/strain graph is revisited but in more detail, amongst other things.