10 in-course online tests based on sections listed in the indicative content covering learning outcomes 1, 2 and 3.

This module is for DISTANCE LEARNING only.

It will cover the fundamental aspects required for engineering study, namely:-
- SI units, conversion factors
- Scalars, Vectors and Vector addition
- Linear, angular and curvillinear motion. Constant acceleration models
- Momentum. Impulse, Force, Newton's laws of motion
- Free body diagrams, modelling forces, resultant forces
- Beams in Bending
- Work, Energy and Power
- Stress, Strain and Hooke's Law: materials testing
- Bending and Torsion Equations
- States of matter, temperature, heat and pressure
- Fluids in motion, Fluid forces, Bernoulli's equation
- Material Properties

AL UNDERSTANDING OF THE FUNDAMENTAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES IN THERMO-FLUIDS AND SOLID MECHANICS.
Knowledge & Understanding

2. APPLY UNDERLYING CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES TO THE ENGINEERING FIELD.
Application

3. DEVELOP ENGINEERING MODELS FOR PRACTICAL PROBLEMS.
Analysis

A dedicated VLE site will support all learning. A core text book will be specified and the core activities will be based around the text. Goals will be set for 10 sections and during each section a short in-course test will contribute to summative assessment. Laboratory exercises will be developed for study at home.

http://Blackboard.staffs.ac.uk

Ogrodnik P. J., Fundamental Engineering Mechanics, 1997, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0582297990

Cengal Y.A. and Turner R., Fundamentals of Thermofluid Sciences, 2004, McGraw Hill, ISBN: 007123926
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Must have studied 'A' level maths or physics or equivalent.