Availabilities:
| Location | Domestic | International |
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| Coffs Harbour | | |
| Gold Coast | | |
| Lismore | | |
Unit description
Introduces students to physical laws and the application of these laws to the mechanics of motion.
Unit content
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Relevant aspects of the academic skill of numeracy
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Describing motion using linear and angular kinematics
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Linear and angular kinetics
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Balance, stability and equilibrium
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Machines and free body diagrams
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Energy, work and power
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Linear and angular momentum, impulse, impacts and collisions
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Fluid dynamics aero- and hydrodynamics
Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
| On completion of this unit, students should be able to: |
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| 1 | apply the academic skill of numeracy in relevant mathematical operations |
| 2 | explain and apply concepts related to kinematics, kinetics, balance and machines |
| 3 | explain and apply concepts related to work, energy, momentum, impulse and fluid dynamics |
| 4 | integrate and apply musculoskeletal functional anatomy with biomechanical concepts as a whole in examples of human motion. |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- apply the academic skill of numeracy in relevant mathematical operations
- explain and apply concepts related to kinematics, kinetics, balance and machines
- explain and apply concepts related to work, energy, momentum, impulse and fluid dynamics
- integrate and apply musculoskeletal functional anatomy with biomechanical concepts as a whole in examples of human motion.
Prescribed texts
- Hall, S, 2019, Basic Biomechanics, 8th edn, McGraw Hill, New York. ISBN: 9781260085549.
Prescribed texts may change in future study periods.