Module Descriptors
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
MECH30556
Key Facts
School of Creative Arts and Engineering
Level 3
30 credits
Contact
Leader: Neil Packer
Email: N.Packer@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 96
Independent Study Hours: 204
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
  • EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAMINATION CONDITIONS weighted at 50%
  • LABORATORY REPORT - INDIVIDUAL weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
1 x 2 hour examination (50%) which will assess Learning Outcome 1 and 2
1 x Laboratory report (50%) (3000 words maximum) which will assess Learning Outcome 1 and 2
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Texts
Applied Statics and Strength of Materials, L Spiegal and G F Linbrunner, 2003, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0130938262
An Introduction to Engineering Mechanics, D Reid, 2000, Palgrave, ISBN: 0333949218
Module Indicative Content
Newton's laws of motion, conservation of energy, conservation of momentum, Archimedes principle and the continuity equation to engineering systems.
Free body diagrams; modelling of beams to obtain reaction forces and shear force/bending moment relationships.
Fundamental engineering units, SI systems of units. Stresses and strains, mass, displacement, velocity, acceleration, momentum, linear and angular motion, temperature, pressure.
Constant acceleration equations and the concepts of impulse, force, work, energy and power.
Systems modelling using resolution of vectors, case studies.
Technical report writing, working in teams.
Module Learning Strategies
3 hours Lectures/tutorials per week over two teaching blocks (1:n)3
1 hour practical per week over two teaching blocks (1:n)1
Module Resources
Video PC projection and laboratories