ME22077: Topics in mechanical engineering
[Page last updated: 11 July 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | EXOB 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
By the end of the unit, you will be able to:
- Set up equations to describe the dynamic behaviour of simple electro-mechanical systems and find their natural and forced responses.
- Describe the influence of imperfections on buckling and determine buckling loads for simple mechanical systems.
- Calculate the skin friction and drag caused by boundary-layer flow over external surfaces, and the pressure losses in duct/pipe networks,
- Solve simple heat transfer problems of individual or combinations of conduction in solids, convection and radiation.
The unit contributes to the following AHEP 4th edition learning outcomes: C1,C2,C3.
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| Synopsis: | This unit introduces you to basic principles in key topics in mechanical engineering, such as solid mechanics, heat transfer, fluid flow, materials selection and manufacturing processes.
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| Content: | Single and multiple degree of freedom systems
Free Vibration, Natural frequencies and damping ratios
Harmonic Excitation
Stress, buckling and fatigue
Heat transfer - conduction, convection and radiation
Fluid flow - boundary layers, skin friction and pressure losses
Properties of materials and selection of materials
Manufacturing processes.
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| Course availability: |
ME22077 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
- UEEE-AFB24 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 2)
- UEEE-AKB24 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEEE-AFB25 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 2)
- UEEE-AKB25 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEEE-AFM24 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 2)
- UEEE-AKM24 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
- UEEE-AFM25 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 2)
- UEEE-AKM25 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with professional placement (Year 2)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2024/25 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2025/26 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2024/25.
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