Learning Partnerships, Unit Catalogue 2009/10 |
AS10239: Engineering science 1 |
 Credits: |
5 |
| Level: |
Certificate |
| Period: | This unit is available in... |
| Semester 1 at Swindon College | |
| Semester 2 at Wiltshire College |
| Assessment: |
CW 60%, EX 40% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites: |
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| Description: | Aims: The aims of this unit are to: * investigate engineering systems. * analyse static forces and force systems. * analyse linear and angular dynamic engineering systems. Learning Outcomes: By the end of the unit students should be able to: * describe the main features of an engineering system. * apply the principles of static and dynamic force on given materials. * determine the resultant force for coplanar systems involving 3 or more forces. * establish the relationship between displacement, velocity and acceleration for linear and angular motion. Skills: During this unit students should gain the following skills: Intellectual * gathering, processing and analysing technical information (A) * formulating outcomes (A) Professional * making written presentations (A) Practical * developing identification and observational skills to maintain records and contribute to reports (T,A) * carrying out practical investigations of engineering systems (F,A) Key * writing reports (A) * applying numerical techniques (T,A) * using graphs and tables to present experimental results (F,A). Content: This unit focuses on: * identification of systems and system boundaries, sub-systems, inputs and outputs, the direction of signal flow, signal modification, conversion and feedback * measurement of load, strain, force, temperature, pressure and flow * determination of static and dynamic forces including static and dynamic friction on a variety of materials, compression, tensions, shear; representation of forces as vectors, vector diagrams and resultant/equilibriant * definitions for displacement, velocity and acceleration; the equations of motion for constant linear and angular acceleration * using Newton's laws of motion in determining linear and angular momentum. |