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Module Title LC Mechanics 1
SchoolSchool of Engineering
Department Mechanical Engineering
Module Code 04 30330
Module Lead Dr Majid Malboubi
Level Certificate Level
Credits 20
Semester Semester 1
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions None
Contact Hours Lecture-20 hours
Tutorial-20 hours
Practical Classes and workshops-12 hours
Guided independent study-148 hours
Total: 200 hours
Exclusions
Description The aim of the module is to enhance students' knowledge of the principles of mechanics and some essential mathematics and show how they can be used to solve problems.

1. Syllabus

Vectors (including dot product), kinematics – displacement, velocity and acceleration

Newton's laws of motion: momentum (including collisions) and force (including friction)

Work, power, kinetic and potential energy

Centre of mass

Motion in a circle – kinematics, centripetal force, torque (including cross product of vectors), moment of inertia (including the parallel & perpendicular axis theorem)

Conditions for equilibrium, including applications to simple machines

Mechanics of materials – stress, strain, elastic moduli, strain energy, introduction to torsion of shafts & bending of beams (including second moment of area), yielding

Section analysis (centroid, first and second moment of area)

Analysis of structures – statically determinate & statically indeterminate (principle of superposition; including thermal stresses)

Truss structures (stability, joints, sections)

Analysis and design of beams – external and internal forces (distributed loads: including both uniformly distributed and linearly varying)

Bending moments and stress (including neutral plane, and respective diagrams)

Deflections of beams

Shear forces and shear stress (including diagrams, deformation)

Regarding practical work, students will be expected to:

Demonstrate the ability to use the results of mechanical analysis to solve engineering problems and to recommend appropriate action.
Learning Outcomes By the end of the module students should be able to:
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of principles of mechanics and methodology necessary to underpin their education in mechanics, to enable appreciation of its scientific and engineering context and to support their understanding of future developments and technologies.
  • Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of principles of mechanics, including calculations, necessary to underpin their education in mechanics, and to enable them to apply mathematical methods, tools and notations proficiently in the analysis and solution of mechanics problems
Assessment 30330-01 : Examination : Exam (Centrally Timetabled) - Written Unseen (40%)
30330-02 : Mid Term Quiz : Coursework (40%)
30330-03 : Labs : Coursework (20%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions Assessment:

Assessment:

(20%) Assessment of laboratory work

(40%) 2-hour Mid-term quiz held during term-time

(40%) 2-hour written unseen exam held during Main summer assessment period

Reassessment:

Reassessment will be via a single 3-hour closed book centrally timetabled exam in Supplementary assessment period (replaced by online assessment if closed book exam not possible).
Other Dubai version of Birmingham-based module 28608
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