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Before taking this unit you must take ME10001

Aims: To provide an appreciation of practical engineering skills. To provide an understanding of measurement techniques and instrumentation.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Give verbal presentations of experimental and technical work.
* Determine the most appropriate techniques for gathering information given an experimental configuration.
* Select suitable measuring techniques.
Skills:
Experimentation and report writing.
Content:
Interpretation and communication of experiemtnal results and analysis. Experimental techniques and measurement techniques. Uncertainty in engineering problems.

ME10009: Thermofluids 2

Credits: 5

Credits: 5

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX60CW40

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take XX10118

Aims: To continue to develop algorithm design and programming techniques in C++. To acquire a large variety of numerical and mathematical techniques to be used for those engineering problems modelled in terms of ODEs. To provide a strong mathematical and computational foundation for solving equations arising in the modelling of engineering systems.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Understand how the various standard ordinary differential equations (ODEs) arise in engineering.
* Understand and use numerical techniques in the solution of such ODEs.
* Understand and apply the techniques of Fourier series, Laplace transforms and transforms to ODEs.
* Understand the use of object orientation and its relation to C++ classes.
Skills:
Problem solving, numeracy.
Content:
Numerical solution of ordinary differential evolution equations using Euler's method and the Runge-Kutta methods, including reduction to first order form and numerical stability analysis. Numerical solution of two-point ordinary differential boundary value problems using a direct method (the tridiagonal matrix algorithm and an indirect method (the shooting method). Local and Global Truncation Errors: choosing a suitable numerical method and the improvement of accuracy. Translating engineering problem statements in English into ODEs, and hence into C++ software. C++ classes, private and public member data and functions, constructors and destructors and their relationship with memory management, data hiding, and Fourier Series and Laplace transforms.

ME20015: Thermofluids 3

Credits: 5

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop the students ability to apply the principals of thermodynamics, heat transfer and compressible gas flow to problems of engineering importance. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Understand the thermodynamic principles, characteristics of gas turbines, steam turbines and IC engines, together with related energy conservation and environmental issues. Solve simple heat transfer problems (including steady-state and trained conduction in solids, convection, radiation, and the design of heat exchangers).
Content:
THERMODYNAMICS & COMBUSTION : Steam plant: superheating, reheating, CHP and combined cycles. Gas turbines and jet engines: intercooling, reheating and introduction to jet propulsion. Introduction to combustion, heat release, emissions and the environment. HEAT TRANSFER : Heat conduction: steady-state and transient conduction in solids (including composite slabs and cylinders). Convective heat transfer: dimensional analysis and empirical correlations. Introduction to radiation. Heat exchangers: design using the LMTD method.

ME20016: Solid mechanics 3

Credits: 5

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce the vibrations of mechanical systems in a one degree of freedom context. To introduce the theory of torsion in non-circular and open- sections, bending in unsymmetrical sections and the concept of fatigue failure. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Set up the equations of motion for systems with one degree of freedom; find natural frequencies of free motion; calculate rates of decay from viscous damping and vice versa; determine motions resulting from a sinusoidal force, unbalance and base excitation. Calculate shaft critical speeds. Find torsion stiffnesses and strengths for closed and open structural sections. Calculate second moments of area for unsymmetrical sections. Determine the fatigue life of some simple structural forms.
Content:
One degree of freedom systems: free and forced vibration; base excited motion; unbalance excitation; vibration isolation. Torsion of open and closed structural sections, unsymmetrical bending. Stress concentration, fatigue strength and cumulative damage in structural components.

ME20017: Solid mechanics 3 with French

Credits: 5

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce the vibrations of mechanical systems in a one degree of freedom context. To introduce the theory of torsion in non-circular and open- sections, bending in unsymmetrical sections and the concept of fatigue failure. To review the content of first year Solid Mechanics course in the French language. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Set up the equations of motion for systems with one degree of freedom; find natural frequencies of free motion; calculate rates of decay from viscous damping and vice versa; determine motions resulting from a sinusoidal force, unbalance and base excitation. Calculate shaft critical speeds. Find torsion stiffnesses and strengths for closed and open structural sections. Calculate second moments of area for unsymmetrical sections. Determine the fatigue life of some simple structural forms.
Content:
One degree of freedom systems: free and forced vibration; base excited motion; unbalance excitation; vibration isolation. Torsion of open and closed structural sections, unsymmetrical bending. Stress concentration, fatigue strength and cumulative damage in structural components. language review topics: Force and moments as vectors; 3D free body diagrams; 3D systems using vector analysis; principal of superpositioning.

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To continue to develop algorithm design and programming techniques in C++. To acquire a large variety of numerical and mathematical techniques to be used for those engineering problems modelled in terms of PDEs. To provide a strong mathematical and computational foundation for solving equations arising in the modelling of engineering systems. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Explain how the various standard partial differential equations (PDEs) arise in engineering. Us numerical techniques in the solution of such PDEs.
Content:
Derivation and numerical solution of Fourier's equation of heat conduction, Laplace's equation, Poisson's equation and Wave equation.

ME20246: Metals & alloys (EG20009)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10232 or take ME10245

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce the principles of alloy constitution and show their application to the thermal and mechanical treatment of engineering alloys. On completion the student should be able to identify common types of alloy phase, describe strengthening mechanisms in alloys systems, interpret simple binary phase diagrams, describe the effects of heat treatments on steels, Al and Ti alloys., describe the process of 'shape memory' in specific alloy systems.
Content:
The properties and structure of metals, dislocations and strengthening methods of metals including solid solution strengthening, precipitation hardening, grain size (Hall-Petch) and cold work using high strength alloy steels, aluminium alloys and titanium alloys as specific examples. Solid solutions and intermetallic phases. Phase diagrams of binary systems, invariant reactions. Equilibrium microstructures using tie lines and lever rule. Coring. Departures from equilibrium, quenching, hardenability and tempering of steels. Shape memory alloys.

ME20248: Introduction to materials for sports science (EG20030)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To understand the science underlying the use of materials in applications used in sport. To appreciate the nature of the physical stresses imposed on materials, both natural and artificial, and how the materials react to stresses. To explore the use of high technology advanced materials in sports applications.
Content:
An introduction to mechanical properties: the nature of elastic stress and elastic strain. The elastic limit. Types of stress and strain. Elastic compliance. Plastic deformation and fracture. Energy absorption during loading and fracture, energy release. Specific stress and specific strain. Compare and contrast metals, ceramics and polymers as sporting materials. The limitations of homogeneous materials. Composite materials and why they are used in sport. The law of mixtures for composite materials. Natural and artificial composites; several examples of each, outlining the structure and properties. Comparison of natural composites ( wood, bone, skin etc) with artificial composites. Case studies of sports equipment , e.g. sport shoes, football studs, racquets, vaulting pole, sports bicycle; the method of construction and the performance advantages that ensue.

ME20249: Industrial training (EG20032)

Credits: 60

Level: Intermediate

Academic Year

Assessment:

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
Please see the Director of Studies for more detailed information about the Aims & Learning Objectives of the Industrial training year.

ME20250: Solid body mechanics 3 (EG20075)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80PR20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10238 and take ME10239

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To expand on statics and dynamics knowledge gained in first year Solid Mechanics courses to cover more advanced structural mechanics topics and to introduce dynamics topics dealing with vibrations as applied to sports engineering applications. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Determine Euler buckling loads for sections in compression; Calculate stresses and deflections of beams made from composite materials; Calculate shear stresses and twist in non-circular bars; Determine resonant frequencies in single and two degree of freedom systems.
Content:
Buckling of struts; Bending of composite beams; Torsion of bars made from non-circular sections; Principles of vibration, resonance, single, two and three degrees of freedom systems; whirling and balancing of shafts. Associated Laboratory experiments: Euler Buckling Loads, Measurement of Natural Frequencies.

ME20251: Fluid mechanics & aerodynamics (EG20076)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX80PR20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To give the students a knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. After taking this unit the students should be able to: Determine hydrostatic forces, buoyancy describe the principles and practice of pressure measurement, understand the basic principles of fluid flow and the analysis of different types of flow. Determine the drag contribution from an arbitrary shaped body.
Content:
Hydrostatic Equation, Forces on Submerged Surfaces, Bouyancy, Bernoulli Equation, Momentum Equation, Laminar/Turbulent Flow Laminar and turbulent flow Drag of bluff and streamlined bodies.

ME20252: Sports materials (EG20077)

Credits: 6

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX70CW30

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20257

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To give students an understanding of the contributions made by engineers and technologists towards a firm achieving its commercial goals by means of effective product and market-related policies and practices. After taking this Unit the student should be able to: Describe the commercial aspects of sports equipment manufacturing.
Content:
Special features of sport equipment manufacture; strategic planning; organisational culture and change management; financial management; marketing management; legal factors.

ME20259: Laboratory Programme II (EG20092)

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: PR100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To familiarise the student with the methods available for the measurement and observation of materials structures and properties. To develop practical and organisational skills for laboratory work. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Set up and carry out experiments to determine the microscopic structure and mechanical properties of metals and polymers. Set up methods of electrical signal measurement, recording and processing. Set up experiments to carry out vibration analysis of equipment.
Content:
Electron and Optical microscopy of metals and polymers. Spectroscopy. Mechanical properties and testing of materials, electrical measurements and data logging, vibration analysis.

ME20260: Instrumentation & measurement II (EG20103)

Credits: 3

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10243

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To provide an introduction to measurement, instrumentation and signal processing. After taking this Unit the student should be able to:
(i) understand the characteristics of elementary AC circuits and components
(ii) be able to use LVDTs and capacitance transducers;
(iii)understand the characteristics of elementary digital circuits and components
(iv) be able to set up timing devices and circuits.
Content:
Elements of AC theory, capacitors and inductors, mutual inductance, transformers. The linearly variable differential transformer (LVDT) application and associated instrumentation. Capacitance transducers. Electrical noise, AC bridges, advantages of narrow bandwidth amplification and detection. Resonant circuits, Q, oscillators, quartz crystal oscillators. Elements of digital circuits, gates, truth tables, counters. Timing, light gates and their integration with digital counter circuits.

ME20261: IT packages (EG20117)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To understand the operation and application of standard software packages used in engineering.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: Make use of a range of widely used software packages to investigate engineering problems. Appreciate the ways in which software packages are used to analyse engineered products.
Skills:
Intellectual skills include the development (assessed). Key skills include self-learning and software-based learning (facilitated).
Content:
The unit will be a hands-on introduction to the principles and operation of commercially available engineering software packages. The capabilities of the packages will be introduced by examples of their application to realistic engineering problems. The packages included will be selected from: Electrical circuit simulation. Statistical analysis. Materials selection. Solid modelling/FEAMotion analysis. Image analysis. Mathematical analysis.

ME20262: Introduction to biomechanics and biomaterials (EG20122)

Credits: 6

Level: Intermediate

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce students to the basic concepts in biomechanics and biomaterials including the applications of solid mechanics within a biomechanics context, the principles relating to biomaterials such as biocompatibility, bioactivity, and the use of biomaterials within the body. After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles and applications of biomechanics and biomaterials within a medical engineering context.
Content:
Systems of levers within the body. Determination of joint loading from external and muscular loading. Mechanical properties of soft and hard tissues. Types of implants and the materials commonly used to manufacture them. Gait analysis and determination of loading on implants. Implant testing methods; British and ISO standards. In-vivo and in-vitro experimentation. Ethical issues relating to animal and human experimentation.

Credits: 5

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX60CW40

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To provide a basic understanding of machine processes employed in the packaging industry and their integration into a product generating facility. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Understand and compare the issues involved in creating packaging for different products and forms. To be able to describe appropriate processes and systems for the manufacture and appreciate their strengths and limitations.
Content:
INTRODUCTION to packaging requirements and machine processes.
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION: Covering aspects of liquids, granules, soft and rigid objects.
MATERIALS AND FORMS: To cover machine systems such as fillers, sealers, erectors, check weighers, intermediate handling equipment, stacking labelling and coding.
PROCESS REQUIREMENTS: Covering aspects of product generation, machine sequencing, finishing and inspection, palletisation, work practices and ergonomics.

ME30195: Life support engineering

Credits: 5

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20023 or take ME20024 or take ME20071

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To introduce the student to applications of technology in life support systems used in clinical and other situations including diving and aerospace. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Have an understanding of some of the engineering principles associated with life support systems. An ability to formulate basic models of life support systems and set operating parameters associated with systems such as anaesthetic equipment, micro-gravity situations etc.
Content:
Principles of life support systems. Anaesthesia workstations including ventilators and vaporisers, breathing systems and waste gas absorbers; dialysis and filtration systems; patient and machine monitoring systems. Space applications; gas production, storage and delivery; microgravity and bone loss. Life support applications in mountaineering, diving, remote environments including an introduction to modelling the system components.

ME30195: Life support engineering

Credits: 5

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20023 or take ME20024 or take ME20071

ME30197: Business processes

Credits: 5

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW40EX60

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To provide:
* An understanding of the various business processes required to operate a manufacturing business.
* A knowledge of business economics and its use in decision making.
* An understanding of project costing
* An understanding of various business processes such as TQM, change management and BPR
* A knowledge of business strategy.
* An understanding of marketing strategy and techniques After taking this unit, the student should be able to:
* Analyse supply and demand data.
* Carry out financial appraisals of engineering projects
* Take part in the implementation of TQM, BPR and other operations management techniques.
* Write a mission statement and analyse and develop an engineering businesses strategy.
* Analyse market data and develop alternative marketing strategies.
Content:
Syllabus: Business Economics - supply demand, elasticity, financial markets. Project Accounting - Cost cash flow, ROI NPV, resource planning . Marketing - Price, the marketing mix, advertising, promotion, budgets. Operations - TQM, change management, BPR, SUR and other initiatives. Strategy - Missions, objectives, internal and external analysis, options, implementation.

ME30197: Business processes

Credits: 5

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW40EX60

Requisites:

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To co-ordinate previous studies of structural materials, first by an introduction to the classes of engineering materials followed by consideration of composite materials. Examination of the selection of materials for real engineering applications follows. On completion, the student should be able to: describe the various types of engineering materials, fibre composites, their manufacture and characteristics; discuss theoretical models for strength and stiffness of composites; describe the overall process of engineering design, and the place in it of materials selection; deduce from standard test results the materials information required for design; analyse materials requirements and propose solutions to the selection problem in specified design situations.
Content:
Introduction to engineering materials, composites and their applications in engineering. Nature of engineering materials, of fibre composite materials, manufacturing processes, elastic behaviour; elements of classical thin laminate theory, strength, toughness; the use of commercial software for designing with composites. The design process; the designer and materials selection. Design aspects of elastic properties, strength and fracture toughness. Design procedures for creep in metals and plastics, extrapolation methods. Fatigue, master diagrams for design purposes, damage accumulation laws, application of fracture mechanics, designing against fatigue. Non-destructive evaluation of materials and component quality. Selection of a manufacturing process. Formalised procedures for materials selection.

ME30265: Biomedical & natural materials (EG30028)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
This course aims to give an appreciation of a range of topics that relate to the structure and properties of natural materials and the way in which natural and synthetic materials are linked at the interface between medicine and engineering.
Content:
1. Biological materials The importance of the structure/properties relationship in 'engineering' materials. Mechanical properties - units and definitions. Stress, strain, Young's modulus, density, specific mechanical properties, toughness, elastic and viscoelastic deformation, damping. The principal hard and soft tissues in the body and their main anatomical functions: bone, teeth, cartilage, tendons & ligaments, skin, arterial wall, cervical tissue. Chemical and physical compositions: main chemical constituents - hydroxyapatite, dentine and enamel, aminoacids and mucopolysaccharides, proteoglycans (proteins), collagen, elastin. Crystalline and amorphous structures, polymers and composites. Performance of natural materials under stress: brittleness and toughness, yielding (plastic behaviour), fatigue, creep (viscoelasticity), rubbery behaviour, damping. Efficiency of bone structures. Mechanical response of hard and soft tissues in terms of their structures.
2. Prosthetics Use of biomaterials for replacement and repair of hard and soft tissues. Functional considerations - forces on joints, cyclic loading, wear and tear, body environment Materials used for implant purposes - metals, alloys, ceramics, polymers, composites Applications in the fields of orthopaedics, cardiovascular, dental, ocular, drug delivery and wound healing Evaluation of biomaterials - biocompatibility testing, corrosion, wear, deterioration. Students must have A-level Physics or Chemistry in order to undertake this unit. Natural science students must take EG20030 in conjunction with this unit.

ME30266: Aerospace Materials (EG30061)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX100

Requisites:

This unit is only for students registered on engineering or science degrees.
Aims & Learning Objectives:
The aim of the unit is to give engineering students an understanding of the nature of aerospace materials and how this determines their successful application in aerospace structures and machines. The learning objectives will include:-
*An appreciation of the properties of engineering materials and how they arise.
*An understanding of key areas of manufacturing technology which allow fabrication of the critical engineering component.
*The importance of the correct choice of material and the factors limiting the service life of the component.
*The significance of the manufacturing route in determining the economics and engineering viability of the component.
*Methods for fault detection and life prediction.
Content:
Introduction, history and classification of aerospace materials. Materials for airframes-Aluminium Alloys; manufacturing route, heat treatments, properties, joining techniques. Titanium Alloys. Super-plastic forming. Diffusion bonding. Production, properties and applications Stainless and Maraging steels. Properties, fabrication and applications. Alloys and components for aeroengines. Manufacturing processes, properties, applications and failure modes. Steel, Titanium alloys, Honeycombs, High temperature alloys. Polycrystalline, directionally solidified and single crystal blades. Future technology. Thermal barrier coatings. Principles, processing and performance. Long Fibre Composites. Critical Fibre length. Aerospace manufacturing processes. Types of fibre and matrix. Composite honeycombs. Composites and design. Comparison of carbon fibre composites and aluminium alloys. Laminate analysis/ design. Material coupling. Failure criteria (strength and stiffness). Repair Systems. Metal matrix Composites. Degradation processes and control. NDT, its role in quality control and in in-service inspection of aircraft. Review of types of defect found in aircraft and their hazards. X-ray inspection, sources, recording, sensitivity, radiation safety. Dye penetrant crack detection. Ultrasonic testing, ultrasonic wave propagation and reflection. Transducers, coupling. A-scan, b-scan, c-scan, shear wave and surface wave inspection techniques. Electrical methods, eddy current, potential drop, magnetic methods. Special inspection problems posed by composite materials. "The ageing aircraft programme".

ME30268: The practice of engineering and technology: the human and social dimension (EG30104)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW40ES60

Requisites:

Aims: To familiarise the student with the organisation of science, engineering and technology as collective human enterprises, laying some emphasis on areas associated particularly with technical communication, funding, and professional ethics where there may be differences of opinion and potential conflict.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking the unit students should inter alia be able to discuss science technology and engineering as collective human enterprises, making reference to such aspects as technical communication, funding, and professional, social and environmental responsibility; take a responsible part in a group project; play a responsible part in an oral presentation of the findings of a group project; recognise the inherently mutable nature of the prevailing social paradigm; engage fairly with matters of controversy and formulate their own opinions.
Skills:
Facilitated - intellectual, practical, key
Content:
Contemporary science & engineering: organisation, funding, communication, and professional responsibility. Ethics and values: some principles and implications. Sustainability: implications for science, engineering & technology; Professional responsibility / social responsibility: duty to employer, the Public Interest, environmental preservation. Reasoning and "truth" in science, engineering and in other disciplines: politics, economics, ethics. Science, technology, engineering and progress The prevailing social paradigm: other paradigms? Funding of science & engineering: possible conflicts of interest, piper and tune? Openness of research. Publication of science & engineering: guest authorship, ghost writing, financial interest. Intellectual property: and the public good, patenting of natural products.

ME30269: Finite element analysis (EG30106)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20250

Aims: To understand the mathematical basis of the finite element analysis (FEA). To develop the critical use of commercial finite element software. To develop finite element methods for the study of stress analysis.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: Describe the mathematical formulation of the finite element method when applied to linear elastic problems. Use a commercially available finite-element package to analyse linear stress-strain problems in solid bodies. Critically assess the approximate solutions so produced.
Skills:
Intellectual skills include the development of the ability to construct finite element models of engineering components, to input physical constants and to predict response of the component to an external input such as stress or increase in temperature. (taught and facilitated). Professional skills include the ability to operate a finite element package in an engineering environment (taught and facilitated). Practical skills include the development of the students' competence in the operation of an FEA package (assessed). Key skills include self-learning and software-based learning (facilitated).
Content:
Review of numerical analysis methods in engineering. Stress analysis fundamentals of stress strain relations, compatibility. Matrix stiffness method. Manual application to simple structural problems. Elements types, nodes and meshing. Use of ANSYS to solve linear stress analysis problems. Pre and post processing. Comparisons with exact solutions.

ME30270: Group design project 1 (EG30107)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To enable the student to show creativity and initiative in carrying out a design project within a specific topic area. To give each student the experience of a real design situation as part of a group. To explore the contribution of the technologist or engineer, whether in the design, R&D or manufacture of a commercial product. To examine the role of the technologist or engineer in the context of market related policies and practices including promotion and distribution.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion, the student should be able to communicate effectively on a major piece of project work. The student should be able to work effectively within a team recognising their own and others' contributions. The student should be able to analyse a problem, synthesise information both from within the course and from external sources and apply their knowledge to an industry based design project.
Skills:
Facilitated intellectual, professional, practical key skills.
Content:
Each group will be assigned a specific design project. They will work in a multidisciplinary team to plan, organise and conduct a project to meet the requirements of the original aims. The work will be presented at designated stages in the form of oral presentations, drawings and written documentation.

ME30271: Group design project 2 (EG30108)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW80OR10OT10

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30270

ME30272: Instrumentation 3 (EG30109)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW50EX50

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10243 and take ME20260

Aims: To provide an introduction to advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques employed in modern sports engineering. After taking this Unit the student should:
(i) understand the advantages and areas of application of non contact instrumentation techniques.
(ii) appreciate techniques available for data transmission;
(iii) be aware of issues involved in the interfacing of measurement instruments to host computers;
(iv) have an appreciation of the instrumentation system design process.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking the unit students should be capable of using advanced instrumentation and measurement techniques in the field of engineering.
Skills:
Facilitated -intellectual, practical, key.
Content:
Properties of laser light, semiconductor laser diodes, photodiodes, laser range finding, laser profilometry, optical fibres, interferometry, etalons, optical fibre strain gauge. Signal transmission methodologies: AM, FM, PCM, digital transmission protocols. Fibre optic transmission, elements of telemetry. Interfacing: data transfer control, serial and parallel interfaces, local area networks. Advances in Sports Engineering instrumentation, topics covered will be selected from: velocity measurement by doppler radar; uses of the Global Positioning System; transponder tag timing of sporting events; video image processing for motion analysis.

ME30273: Surfaces & interfaces (EG30110)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW20EX80

Requisites:

Aims: To stimulate the intellectual development of students by encouraging their engagement with aspects of the science of surfaces and interfaces which have a practical bearing in the context of engineering.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking the unit students should inter alia be able to engage with aspects of the science of surfaces and interfaces which have a practical bearing in the context of engineering.
Skills:
Facilitated - intellectual, practical, key.
Content:
1. Basic surface science Solid surface energies, spreading and wetting, multicomponent systems: surface excess, Langmuir-Blodget films 'Practical' surfaces: metals and polymers: importance of "clean" surfaces in joining technology.
2. Characterisation of solid surfaces: profilometry, contact angles,
3. Adhesion Theories of adhesion, pretreatments, interfacial tensions and interfacial forces.Tests of adhesion, mode of failure, environmental durability. Selection and use of adhesives, paints, coatings.
4. Joining technology for electrical components. Fluxes, surface preparation.
5. Degradation (corrosion) as surface -linked phenomena: cool (aqueous) corrosion of metals, hot corrosion of metals, degradation of polymers.
6. Tribology: friction, lubrication, wear, types of wear.

ME30274: Individual sports engineering project 1 (EG30111)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims: To provide the student with the opportunity to show creativity and initiative in carrying out a demanding investigation within a specific topic area. To provide a thorough preparation for the final year experimental project in Semester 2.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion, the student should be able to write an extended literature review in the field of his project, define the objectives of the project and present detailed plans for an experimental programme in the relevant area.
Skills:
Facilitated intellectual, professional, practical key skills.
Content:
Each student will be assigned a project area and will prepare an extended critical review of the literature and plan an experimental programme relevant to the topic area. Each project may include design, analytical, computational and experimental aspects.

ME30275: Individual sports engineering project 2 (EG30112)

Credits: 6

Level: Honours

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW80OR20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30274

Aims: To provide the student with the opportunity to show creativity and initiative in carrying out a demanding investigation within a specific topic area. To complete a final year experimental project and communicate the results effectively both in written form and as an oral presentation.
Learning Outcomes:
On completion, the student will have written an extended literature review in the field of his project, defined the objectives of the project and carried out an experimental programme in the relevant area. The student will have developed the skills necessary to communicate effectively the results of a major piece of project work both orally and in the form of a substantial report.
Skills:
Facilitated intellectual, professional, practical key skills.
Content:
Each student will execute an experimental programme relevant to the topic area which may include design, analytical and computational aspects.

Credits: 3

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX60CW40

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10232 or take ME10245

Aims & Learning Objectives:
This course develops from the introductory ideas of structure of materials presented in the first year and uses those ideas to show how the basic mechanics and physical properties of constructional materials are determined by their molecular and crystaline nature. The course forms a basis for the further development of an understanding of design aspects of materials at the macroscopic rather than the atomic level. The course identifies a number of aspects of the behaviour of building materials of specific importance to the engineer, with emphasis being on problems of design and selection of materials for given service conditions.
Content:
1. Classification of engineering materials according to type and properties.
2. Elastic behaviour, linear and non-linear. The elastic moduli, anisotropy; elastic properties of crystals and poly-crystals; composite materials, rubber elasticity.
3. Viscoelastic behaviour and time dependent effects.
4. Strength of engineering materials. Theoretical and actual strengths of solids; improving the strength of real materials. Problems of designing with brittle materials.
5. Longer term effects. Fatigue and creep (introductory).
6. Durability of metals and plastics. Corrosion and environmental attack (introductory). Engineering design The process of engineering design in relation to materials evaluation and selection; relevance of measured properties to service conditions. Short-term mechanical effects Time-dependent behaviour of metals , plastics, concrete, timber; creep and fatigue; combined effects of fatigue and corrosion. Long term chemical behaviour Durability and ageing; changes in material properties in service conditions. Corrosion and protection of metals and alloys; environmental degredation of plastics; chemical degredation of concrete - sulphate attack, conversion of HAC etc.; biodeterioration of timber and protection methods; flammability and fire damage to building materials. Long term stability of adhesives and adhesive bonds.

ME40034: Mecanique vibratoire

Credits: 5

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

In taking this unit you cannot take ME30072 and before taking this unit you must take ME20024

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To extend the students' knowledge in the field of vibrations by teaching the subject entirely in the French language and to consolidate the students understanding of the French notation and mathematical methods for problem solving. To provide a knowledge of mechanical vibrations with one degree of freedom, multi degrees of freedom and continuous systems with an infinite number of degrees of freedom. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Derive the equation of motion of vibrating systems by using analytical and Lagrangian methods; calculate or approximate the natural frequency of conservative and dissipative mechanical systems; describe possible mode shapes of mechanical systems by using matrix methods; formulate mass, damping and stiffness matrices; reason out and discuss in the language any problems encountered by the course.
Content:
Lagrange methods. Vibrations 1: One degree of freedom, conservative and dissipative systems, free and forced vibrations. Vibrations 2: Multi degree of freedom, conservative and dissipative systems, free and forced vibrations. Vibrations 3: Vibrations of linear elastic continuum, longitudinal-, torsional- and bending vibration, work and energy methods, Rayleigh method, Dunkerley method.

ME40046: Manufacturing automation, modelling & simulation

Credits: 5

Level: Honours

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX60CW40

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30035 or take ME30029

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To develop an understanding of the use and benefits of modelling and simulation in manufacturing systems design and operation. To teach the students the building blocks of automation and how to apply these in the design of robotic and automated systems. To examine the advanced and technical aspects of current automation technology. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Model and simulate the operation of a small manufacturing system. Use simulation as a manufacturing system design technique. Justify the use of manufacturing modelling and simulation. Understand the techniques required for the specification of robotic and automated cells. Appreciate the use of sensing (including vision) in advanced robot control. Undertake a cost evaluation for proposed systems and be able to recommend hard or flexible automation. Specify the safety requirements within an automated environment. Examine design for automated assembly.
Content:
Modelling and Simulation: Definitions. types of models. Modelling methodologies. Validation and Verification. Justification, benefits and uses of simulation. Modelling Manufacturing Systems: Discrete event and continuous approaches to simulation. Discrete event computer languages. Visually interactive simulation. Use of mathematical and statistical models, distributions and random numbers, queuing models and inventory systems. Modelling breakdowns, conveyors, work flow and tool flow. Utilisation statistics. Model verification and validation. Simulation of manufacturing systems. Modelling Products: Geometric models. Product data models. Neutral formats and data exchange. API for manufacturing software libraries. Information Models: Information flows within manufacture. Levels of detail. IDEF models. Automation Peripherals (eg: Vibratory bowl feeders). Sensors (eg: limit switches, proximity switches, photoelectric sensors). Robot Sensing & Machine Vision. Grippers & Tooling. Hard V's Flexible Automation. Robot Control. Safety. Applications (eg: Aerospace, Automotive, Pharmaceutical & Electronics). Mobile Robots. Current Research Advancements.

Credits: 30

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To enable the student to show creativity and initiative in carrying out a demanding investigation or design project within a specific topic area. To enable the student to synthesise information from both within the total course and from external sources. To enable the student to communicate effectively a major piece of project work. To give the student experience in working in a research environment or on an industry based design project. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Plan, organise and conduct an engineering project to meet the requirements of the initial aims; present all stages of the project work via written documentation and oral presentations.
Content:
The final year engineering projects will either be defined as "Design" or "Research" in content. Whether classified as design or research, projects may be undertaken on an individual or a linked basis. RESEARCH PROJECTS will contain at least 2 of the 3 following elements - analytical, computational, experimental aspects. DESIGN PROJECTS will contain specification, design, analysis, manufacture and test work.

ME40072: Schwingungslehre

Credits: 5

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME20071

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To extend the students knowledge in the field of vibrations by teaching the subject entirely in the German language and to consolidate the students understanding of the German notation and mathematical methods for problem solving. To provide a knowledge of mechanical vibrations with one degree of freedom, multi degrees of freedom and continuous systems with an infinite number of degrees of freedom. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Derive the equation of motion of vibrating systems by using analytical and Lagrangian methods; calculate or approximate the natural frequency of conservative and dissipative mechanical systems; describe possible mode shapes of mechanical systems by using matrix methods; formulate mass, damping and stiffness matrices; reason out and discuss in the language any problems encountered by the course.
Content:
Lagrange methods. Vibrations 1: One degree of freedom, conservative and dissipative systems, free and forced vibrations. Vibrations 2: Multi degree of freedom, conservative and dissipative systems, free and forced vibrations. Vibrations 3: Vibrations of linear elastic continuum, longitudinal-, torsional- and bending vibration, work and energy methods, Rayleigh method, Dunkerley method.

ME40140: Machines and Products in Society

Credits: 5

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW40EX60

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30068

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To discuss the safety, legal, environmental, product protection aspects of machines and products. After taking this unit the student should be able to; Understand the legal issues controlling design of machinery; carry out a detailed hazard analysis and risk assessment; understand the use of design standards to achieve a safe design; appreciate environmental considerations; understand means for product/process protection.
Content:
Safety and legal requirements; EC directives, standards, risk assessment, design for safety, employee protection, product liability, contamination. Environmental: noise and vibration, packaging waste, recycling. Product/process protection: patent system, trade marks, copyright legislation.

ME40212: Biomimetics

Credits: 5

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX50PR50

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take EG30022 or take EG30061

Aims & Learning
Objectives: To introduce the materials, structures and mechanisms of natural organisms.To show how organisms can be analysed as engineering structures using standard techniques.To extract principles of biological structures and reformulate them as engineering structures.To use concepts from biology to solve problems in engineering. After taking this unit, the student should be able to: Understand fundamental concepts of biological design such as scaling, hierarchy of structures and materials, designing for high strains and low loads, energy conservation, adaptive design, damage control. Understand the implications of biology for advanced engineering and product design.
Content:
Biological fibres, fillers and ceramics; composites; soft structures; inflatable structures; mechanical properties and testing; structural hierarchy; control of fracture; scaling; factors of safety; cellular materials; design of skeletons and other supportive structures; locomotion (walking, running, flying, swimming); power amplification mechanisms; design of plants, prestressing; deployable structures; design of simple robots; tough materials (armour, blast containment); design for fatigue; adaptive structures; smart materials; neutral networks; genetic algorithms and programming; structures made by animals and their environmental advantages; architecture;

ME40213: Specialist design 1

Credits: 5

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30043

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To provide the opportunity for creative long term design project work. To illustrate the totality of the product development process. To allow synthesis of information and skills from within other parts of the undergraduate programme and from external sources. To improve effective communication of a major piece of design project work.After taking this unit the student should be able to:prepare a project proposal, evaluate potential project proposals, conduct initial stages of a design project.
Content:
Students are expected (in consultation with supervisory staff) to generate their own project activity which should be appropriate for the current unit and to lead into the unit, Specialist Design Project II. The outline of the project is required by the end of week 2 at which stage it is reviewed by staff. The Department reserves the right to reject a proposed outline redirect the student. The outline should include details of tasks to be undertaken during the (first) semester. These could include: related background reading of selected texts and/or papers, market analysis; initial concept generation; preparation of a portfolio of existing and/or original design ideas; preparation of manufacturing drawings of designs to allow manufacture of proof of concept ideasStudents who do not complete this unit satisfactorily are not able to take the unit Specialist Design Project II in the following semester; instead they take the MEng Engineering Project ME40069.

ME40214: Specialist design 2

Credits: 30

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME40213

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To provide the opportunity for creative long term design project work. To illustrate the totality of the product development process. To allow synthesis of information and skills from within other parts of the undergraduate programme and from external sources. To improve effective communication of a major piece of design project work.After taking this unit the student should be able to:Plan project work, conduct the various stages of a design project, which may include procurement, test development, etc. present the results of a design project via written documentation and oral presentations.
Content:
Entry to this unit is dependent upon satisfactory completion of Specialist Design Project I. Students continue the work initially started in this previous unit under the guidance of a supervisor and are encouraged to produce design files as they proceed. Areas that may be involved in the project work include: creation of concept and/or prototype designs; detailed designs of some or more aspects of a proposed design; analysis of proposed designs; manufacture of a proposed design; testing of a physical prototype; other forms of assessment of design; consideration of full production of a design.

ME40220: Aerospace structures II

Credits: 5

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: CW33EX67

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30045

Aims: To introduce advanced techniques of analysis and design of aircraft structures.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to: Analyse and design an aircraft wing for aeroelastic considerations. Design and analyse composite structures. Analyse post-buckling behaviour of stiffened panels. Formulate structural optimisation problems. Describe various optimisation methods applicable to structural designs. Use appropriate optimisation methods to design structures for given requirements.
Skills:
Problem solving and numeracy (taught and assessed).
Content:
Wing divergence and classical flutter. Analysis and design of composite structures. Analysis of post-buckled stiffened panels. Formulation of structural optimisation problems. Optimisation methods in structural designs: mathematical programming and heuristic methods.

ME40228: Group business & design project - II

Credits: 18

Level: Masters

Semester: 2 (Weeks 6 - 12)

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30068

Aims: To give each student the experience of a real design situation as part of a group. This builds on the evaluation stage which is a pre-requisite for this unit leading to a detailed design that takes into account both engineering and commercial aspects. To present these results in written and oral form and to practising engineers at an exhibition.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the technical process that is engineering design.
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the commercial aspects of engineering.
* Work in a multi-disciplinary team.
Skills:
Working in a team, problem solving, numeracy, communication.
Content:
Detail Design/Detailed Commercial Study. Numerical analysis of machines. Design for manufacture. CADBusiness Plan. Exhibition presentation.

ME40229: Integrated industrial project

Credits: 18

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW100

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME30068

Aims: To give each student the experience of a real design environment on placement in either the UK or abroad. This builds on the evaluation stage which is a pre-requisite for this unit leading to a detailed design that takes into account both engineering and commercial aspects. To present these results in written and oral form and to practising engineers at an exhibition.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking this unit the student should be able to:
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the technical process that is engineering design.
* Demonstrate detailed knowledge and understanding of the commercial aspects of engineering.
* Work in a multi-disciplinary team.
Skills:
Working in a team, problem solving, numeracy, communication.
Content:
Detail Design/Detailed Commercial Study. Numerical analysis of machines. Design for manufacture. CADBusiness Plan.

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 1

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Aims: To extend the intellectual development of master's level sports engineering students by exposing them to advanced aspects of sports engineering based on the understanding of core elements of science and engineering.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking the unit students should be able to apply level 3 engineering science to the analysis of the behaviour of sports equipment.
Skills:
Facilitated - intellectual, practical, key. Content:The unit is delivered as a series of case studies in advanced sports engineering topics. By way of example these might include:
(1) The dynamic interaction between bats and balls, rackets and shuttlecocks, golf clubs and golf balls etc.
(2) Circular motion including the analysis of spinning wheels, bicycles on banking, speed skaters and hammer throwing, using gyroscopic principles, moment of inertia, etc.
(3) Force and energy control, including damping and impact in relation to shock absorption, mountain bike suspension, crumple zones, airbags, etc.
(4) Aerodynamics or hydrodynamics of balls in flight, javelins, shuttlecocks, hammers and swimmers, exploring the principles of drag, lift, the Bernoulli effect, boundary layers, etc.

ME40283: Sports vehicles (EG40124)

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX80CW20

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME40282

Aims: The unit aims to introduce the specialist technologies employed in the design, manufacture, assessment, performance and improvement of sports vehicles. The scope of the unit embraces human-powered ground, air and water-borne vehicles.
Learning Outcomes:
After taking the unit students should be able to execute the engineering design and construction of vehicles in the context of a specific sport.
Skills:
Facilitated - intellectual, practical, key.
Content:
The unit is delivered as a series of case studies on sports vehicles. Examples might include:
(1) Bicycles: Motion, dynamics, balance, materials selection, gearing, manufacture.
(2) Windsurfers and yachts: Aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, materials optimisation, textiles, composites, manufacture.
(3) Hang gliders and gliders: Aerodynamics, lift, drag, materials selection, performance optimisation, record breaking.
(4) Canoes and rowing boats: Hydrodynamics, wood versus composites, construction, weight minimisation, competition classes, white water canoeing.
(5) Sledges and bobsleighs: Steel to ice interactions, friction, drag, design, centrifugal forces, classes of competition, materials of construction.

XX10052: Mathematics & computing 2

Credits: 6

Level: Certificate

Semester: 2

Assessment: EX75CW25

Requisites:

Before taking this unit you must take ME10196

Aims & Learning Objectives:
To extend the students previous knowledge of mathematics and provide the basic core of mathematical tools required throughout the engineering course. To introduce the student to statistical techniques used for data analysis. To give the student a sound basic knowledge of computer programming in C++ upon which they can subsequently build. After taking this unit the student should be able to: Employ elementary numerical methods for the solution of algebraic equations and integration. Set up and solve differential equations of typical engineering problems by analytical and numerical methods . Apply rules of partial differentiation to small increment and change of variable problems for functions of several variables. Solve simultaneous linear equations. Find eigenvalues and eigenvectors of matrices. Interpret experimental data, carry out elementary statistical analysis and calculate best least-squares fit to data. Write well structured simple programs in C++. The lecture programme will be common with XX10118.
Content:
First and second order differential equations with step and sinusoidal input, including simultaneous differential equations. Linear algebra; vectors, matrices and determinants, Gaussian elimination, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Newton-Raphson method, numerical integration, elementary nonlinear equations. Statistical analysis: normal distribution, probability, linear interpolation, curve fitting using least squares. C++: main variable types, input, output. Procedures, control stuctures.

Credits: 30

ME50205: Reading unit

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment:

Requisites:

Aims & Learning Objectives: Aims To provide: an understanding of a specific subject not encountered in a normal University taught course syllabus; an understanding of the engineering context of a specific subject or research area. Learning Objectives: After taking this unit the student should be able to: Read material from a list of text book chapters and general review articles as prepared by the tutor. Discuss the reading material in a one-to-one tutorial with the tutor on a weekly basis. Prepare a detailed review of the subject. Prepare a seminar on the subject.
Content: This is specific to the subject area of each individual course.

ME50206: Energy & the environment

Credits: 6

Credits: 6

Level: Masters

Semester: 2

Assessment: CW80OR20

Requisites:

Aims: To provide a basic knowledge of underlying theories and mechanisms for identifying and resolving conflict in material function and morphology, as part of the process of biomimetic design.
Learning Outcomes: Understanding of conflicts, which are important for focussing thinking and research; of the relevance of the coincidence of function and morphology to biomimetic design. Understand why patterns of natural design organization give a direction for innovation, based on resolving contradiction and implementing analogy from related systems.
Skills: Recognise and define a conflict; be able to resolve it using ideas originating outside the system, using analogy and metaphor in an appropriate manner.
Content: Includes study of formal geometric analogy and functional morphology, evolution, chaos theory, self-organization and systems thinking. Provides practical exercises for resolving nested contradictions with existing tools for technical creativity such as TRIZ.

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