Module information on this degree can be found below, separated by year of study.
The module information below applies for the current academic year. The academic year runs from August to July; the 'current year' switches over at the end of July.
Students select optional courses subject to rules specified in the Mechanical Engineering Student Handbook, for example at most three Design and Business courses. Please note that numbers are limited on some optional courses and selection criteria will apply.
Mechanics
Module aims
This module aims to provide students with the ability to derive, from first principles, mathematical descriptions of mechanics applications and to use these descriptions to solve a wide range of mechanics problems.
ECTS units: 5
Learning outcomes
On completion of this module students will be able to:
1. Recall the basic laws of force and motion
2. Manipulate quantities of force and moment, and of translation and rotation about a fixed axis in terms of vectors
3. Apply vector methods to solve simple problems involving relative velocity and acceleration in mechanisms
4. Analyse, using free body diagrams, the forces acting on elements within mechanisms
5. Resolve forces and moments acting on rigid bodies to determine their equilibrium.
Module syllabus
Statics: Forces, moments, couples, equilibrium and free body diagrams for 2D and 3D applications, equivalent systems of forces and couples, Coulomb friction, screw threads, belts, clutches. Kinematics and Dynamics of a Particle: Rectilinear, curvilinear, angular motions, normal and tangential acceleration components, radial and transverse (polar) acceleration components, Newton's second law. Kinematics of a Rigid Body: Translational motion, rotational motion, general plane motion, relative velocities and accelerations in mechanisms using vector velocity and acceleration equations, sliding contacts, Coriolis acceleration.
Pre-requisites
Teaching methods
Allocation of study hours | |
Hours | |
Lectures | 24 |
Group teaching | 10 |
Lab/ practical | |
Other scheduled | |
Independent study | 91 |
Placement | |
Total hours | 125 |
ECTS ratio | 25 |
Assessments
Assessment type | Assessment description | Weighting | Grading method | Pass mark | Must pass? |
Examination | 1.5 Hour exam | 95% | Numeric | 40% | Y |
Examination | Progress test | 5% | 40% | N |
Reading list
Core
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Engineering mechanics : dynamics /
SI ed., Computational ed., Cengage Learning
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Engineering mechanics : statics
Computational ed. International Student ed., Thomson
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Engineering mechanics : dynamics /
5th ed. in SI units /, Prentice Hall
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Engineering mechanics : Statics /
5th ed. (in SI units)., Pearson
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Engineering mechanics. Dynamics
Fifteenth edition in SI units / SI conversion by Jun Hwa Lee., Pearson
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Engineering Mechanics: Statics, SI Units
Fifteenth edition, Pearson Education Limited
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Engineering Mechanics: Statics, SI Units
Fifteenth edition, Pearson Education Limited
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Engineering mechanics. Statics
Fourteenth edition in SI units, Global edition., Pearson