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ME12075: Solid mechanics 1 IMEE/RE

[Page last updated: 09 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Credits: 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 200
Level: Certificate (FHEQ level 4)
Period:
Academic Year
Assessment Summary: CWRI 10%, EXOB 90%
Assessment Detail:
  • Coursework (CWRI 10%)
  • Examination (EXOB 90% - Qualifying Mark: 30)
Supplementary Assessment:
ME12075 Examination (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites:
Learning Outcomes: Define the fundamental principles behind simple structures and machines. Recognise the physical features of an engineering system. Analyse the physical response of structures and beams under applied loads. Describe the mechanical behaviour of simple dynamic systems.


Synopsis: This unit introduces you to the fundamental principles of statics, kinematics and dynamics as applied in an engineering context. You will advance your understanding of key equations, derivations and proofs that provide a strong basis for future solid mechanics units. You'll work in teams and individually to solve online quizzes and problem sheets on the material covered.

Aims: This unit introduces you to the fundamental principles of statics, kinematics and dynamics as applied in an engineering context. You will advance your understanding of key equations, derivations and proofs that provide a strong basis for future solid mechanics units. You'll work in teams and individually to solve online quizzes and problem sheets on the material covered.

Skills: Students will analyse, interpret and evaluate results. They will develop interpersonal skills through team-based activities. Open-ended problem solving will be developed though real-life examples.

Content: Statical determinacy; free body diagrams; pin-jointed frames; tension coefficients. Free body systems in dynamics; friction; Newton's laws; non-constant acceleration; energy and momentum. Stress and strain; statical indeterminacy; torsion. Rotational motion; moments of inertia; combined motion; geared systems. Simple bending theory. Torque transmission/shear stress: clutches; belt drives. Balancing of rotating masses: flywheels. Slope and deflection of beams. Stress transformations and Mohr's circle. Pressure vessels. Vector methods and theory of gyroscopes. Analysis of linkage mechanisms. Solid Mechanics laboratory experiment Topics for self-study that could be assessed

Course availability:

ME12075 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
  • UEEE-AFB24 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEEE-AKB24 : BEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEEE-AFB25 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEEE-AKB25 : BEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEEE-AFM24 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEEE-AKM24 : MEng(Hons) Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)
  • UEEE-AFM25 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering (Year 1)
  • UEEE-AKM25 : MEng(Hons) Robotics Engineering with professional placement (Year 1)

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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