Biaxial stress fields, axisymmetric stress analysis, yield criteria, strain energy methods, buckling of struts. forced damped vibrations of single degree of freedom systems, torsional vibration, force transmissibility, balancing of rotating and reciprocating masses, Graphical determination of principle stresses and strains.

1. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND CRITICAL UNDERSTANDING OF A RANGE OF MECHANICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH STATIC AND DYNAMIC DESIGN SOLUTIONS.
Knowledge & Understanding
Problem Solving
Reflection

2. INTERPRET QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE DATA RELATING TO PRACTICAL WORK AND COMMUNICATE THE RESULTS OF THE WORK BY WRITTEN REPORTS, INCORPORATING A STRUCTURED COHERENT ARGUMENT.
Knowledge & Understanding
Problem Solving
Reflection

3. SOLVE A SERIES OF LABORATORY BASED PROBLEMS BASED AROUND STRESS AND STRAIN EVALUATION.
Knowledge & Understanding
Problem Solving
Reflection

Laboratories, including PC's with Excel and measurement instruments in particular.
Bending moment / shear force beam, biaxial stress analysis rig, curved beam rig, thick cylinder.

Prior study of Mechanical Principles (D\L) or equivalent.

Learning on all aspects of the contents will be facilitated via a Virtual Learning Environment.

Practical and analytical assignments using laboratory-based work.

Problem solving and student-centred learning.

Online Examination - length 1 hour. Weighted at 50% which will assess Learning Outcome 1, 2 and 3.

An assignment weighted at 50% which will assess Learning Outcome 2 and 3.

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Thompson, W. T., 1993, Theory of vibration with applications, Chapman and Hall, ISBN: 0-41254620-5

Hibbeler, R. C. 2017. Mechanics of Materials. 10th Ed, Pearson Boston, ISBN: 978-0-13-431965-0, 0-13-431965-6

Hibbeler, R. C., 2016, Statics and Mechanics of Materials, , Pearson NY, ISSBN: 0-13-438259-5