Module Descriptors
MECHANICAL FUNDAMENTALS
MECH40552
Key Facts
Digital, Technology, Innovation and Business
Level 4
30 credits
Contact
Leader: John-Glen Swanson
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 96
Independent Study Hours: 204
Total Learning Hours: 300
Assessment
- EXAMINATION - UNSEEN IN EXAM CONDITIONS (SUG2) weighted at 50%
- REPORT weighted at 50%
Module Details
Module Additional Assessment Details
1 x 2 hour class test (50%) which will assess Learning Outcome 1.
1 x written report 2,000 words (50%) which will assess Learning Outcome 2.
1 x written report 2,000 words (50%) which will assess Learning Outcome 2.
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: 48 hrs lectures: 48 hrs laboratory/tutorials
Practical and analytical assignments using laboratory equipment
Problem solving and student centred learning
Contact hours: 48 hrs lectures: 48 hrs laboratory/tutorials
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 Indicative Content
Mechanics - Units & Prefixes, Newton's Laws of Motion, Free body diagrams, Stress / Strain Relationships and Hooke's Law, Solid Body Statics, Friction, Work & Energy Equations, Impulse and Momentum, rectilinear and curvilinear 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.
physical systems of units.
Newtons 2nd law - application to different problems, scalar and vector quantities, balancing problems.
Introduction to vibrations.
Bending stress due to bending.
Shear stress due to bending.
Beam deflection analysis.
Torsion of shafts.
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.
physical systems of units.
Newtons 2nd law - application to different problems, scalar and vector quantities, balancing problems.
Introduction to vibrations.
Bending stress due to bending.
Shear stress due to bending.
Beam deflection analysis.
Torsion of shafts.
Module Texts
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, ISBN: 0333949218
Mechanics of engineering materials, PP Behham et al, Longman, 1996, ISBN: 0582251648
Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics (SI), Ferdinand Beer et. al., 2010, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0071311076
Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics (SI), Beer, 2010, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0071311084
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
An Introduction to Engineering Mechanics, D Reid, Palgrave, 2000, ISBN: 0333949218
Mechanics of engineering materials, PP Behham et al, Longman, 1996, ISBN: 0582251648
Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Statics (SI), Ferdinand Beer et. al., 2010, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0071311076
Vector Mechanics for Engineers: Dynamics (SI), Beer, 2010, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN-10: 0071311084
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 Special Admissions Requirements
None.