ME30030: Structural mechanics
[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]
| Academic Year: | 2024/25 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 1
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 15%, EX 85% |
| Assessment Detail: |
- FEA Assignment (CW 15%)
- Examination (EX 85%)
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- ME30030 - Re-Assessment Examination (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
After successful completion of this unit the student will be able to:
* Calculate stresses and deformations in thick cylinders and discs due to a variety of loading conditions including interference fits, thermal change and rotation.
* Manipulate stress and strain components in three dimensions under elastic and plastic deformation. Understand the nature of plastic yielding in relation to beams in bending.
* Use a commercial finite element package to predict stresses and strains and appreciate the importance of validation to the credibility of the solution obtained.
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| Aims: | To broaden the understanding of Solid Mechanics by considering elastic and plastic deformation for a variety of component shapes and loadings.
To introduce the critical usage of a commercial finite element package.
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| Skills: | Problem solving: numeracy; working independently.
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| Content: | Relations between stress and strain components in three dimensions, yield criteria, plastic bending in beams, stresses and deformation of pressurised thick cylinders. Introduction to and critical usage of a commercial finite element package.
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| Course availability: |
ME30030 is Compulsory on the following courses:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFB16 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 3)
- UEME-AKB16 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEME-AFB47 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 3)
- UEME-AKB47 : BEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEME-AFM16 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering (Year 3)
- UEME-AKM16 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
- UEME-AFM47 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering (Year 3)
- UEME-AKM47 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical with Automotive Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 4)
ME30030 is Optional on the following courses:
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- UEME-AFM04 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering (Year 4)
- UEME-AKM04 : MEng(Hons) Aerospace Engineering with Year long work placement (Year 5)
- UEME-AFM38 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management (Year 4)
- UEME-AKM38 : MEng(Hons) Mechanical Engineering with Manufacturing and Management with Year long work placement (Year 5)
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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.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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