Module Descriptors
INTRODUCTORY MECHANICS AND FLUIDS
MECH40463
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 4
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Neil Packer
Email: N.Packer@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 48
Independent Study Hours: 102
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- COURSEWORK weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
2 problem based or laboratory assignments (100%) overall,
50% Solid Mechanics, [learning outcome 1, 2] Tutorial questions / scientific paper production
50% Fluid Mechanics [learning outcome 1, 2] Hydraulic design
50% Solid Mechanics, [learning outcome 1, 2] Tutorial questions / scientific paper production
50% Fluid Mechanics [learning outcome 1, 2] Hydraulic design
Module Learning Strategies
Learning on all aspects of the contents will be facilitated by attending lectures.
Practical and analytical assignments using laboratory equipment
Problem solving and student centred learning
Contact hours: 24 hrs lectures:24 hrs laboratory/tutorials
Practical and analytical assignments using laboratory equipment
Problem solving and student centred learning
Contact hours: 24 hrs lectures:24 hrs laboratory/tutorials
Module Texts
Fundamental Engineering Mechanics, P J Ogrodnik, Prentice Hall, 1998
Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, YA Cengel, J.M. Cimbala, RH Turner, 4th Edn., McGraw-Hill, 2012, ISBN 0071325115
An introduction to Engineering Mechanics, D Reid, Palgrave, 2000, 0333949218
Foundation Engineering Handbook, Robert Day, 2010, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0071740090
Statics and Mechanics of Materials, Ferdinand Beer et. al., 2010, 1st Edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN-10: 0073380156
Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences, YA Cengel, J.M. Cimbala, RH Turner, 4th Edn., McGraw-Hill, 2012, ISBN 0071325115
An introduction to Engineering Mechanics, D Reid, Palgrave, 2000, 0333949218
Foundation Engineering Handbook, Robert Day, 2010, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0071740090
Statics and Mechanics of Materials, Ferdinand Beer et. al., 2010, 1st Edition, McGraw Hill, ISBN-10: 0073380156
Module Resources
Laboratory equipment including
Airflow rig
Deadweight tester
Venturi rigs
hydrostatic tank
Hounsfield and Lloyd tensile testers
Bending moment/shear force beam
Spring stiffness rig
hardness testing
Thin Cylinder
Force components rigs
Crane rig
Flywheel rig
Gyroscope rig
Cylinder head flow rig
Airflow rig
Deadweight tester
Venturi rigs
hydrostatic tank
Hounsfield and Lloyd tensile testers
Bending moment/shear force beam
Spring stiffness rig
hardness testing
Thin Cylinder
Force components rigs
Crane rig
Flywheel rig
Gyroscope rig
Cylinder head flow rig
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Indicative Content
Mechanics - Units & Prefixes, Newton's Laws of Motion, Stress / Strain Relationships and Hooke's Law, Solid Body Statics, Friction, Work & Energy Equations, Impulse and Momentum, Rectilinear Motion, Projectiles.
Fluid definitions and properties. Pressure and velocity and flow. Conservation of mass, energy and momentum applied to fluids. . Flow and pressure measurement. Pipe flow and fluid power. Buoyancy and stability of floating bodies.
Fluid definitions and properties. Pressure and velocity and flow. Conservation of mass, energy and momentum applied to fluids. . Flow and pressure measurement. Pipe flow and fluid power. Buoyancy and stability of floating bodies.