modules

Engineers designing machines and structures are often required to balance competing demands such as the requirement to be cheap to manufacture/assemble, to have low weight, and yet be strong and safe. Such demands require Engineers to master a set of analytical skills, many of which are tackled in this module.

 

Structures fail when they are overloaded and calculating the internal stresses and strains within solid objects allows you to design safe, efficient structures. On this module, building on the first year introduction to mechanics, you will explore how static and dynamic forces act within solid bodies. In Statics you will look at ‘indeterminate’ structures, plasticity, and power transmission systems.

 

In Dynamics you will look at vibrations; exploring the response of structures to dynamic forces such as those generated by wind loading on buildings, traffic on bridges and potholes in roads on cars.

 

Completing this course will enable you to calculate the stresses and strains within a static object, determine failure loads for some structures, and the behaviour of systems subjected to fluctuating forces.

 

Prerequisite module: ECM1102 or equivalent