Mechanical Engineering

This course discusses fluid statics (hydrostatic forces on submerged plane and curved surface, buoyancy, fluids in rigid motion), fluid kinematics(lagrangian and eulerian descriptions-acceleration field and material derivative, streamlines, streaklines, pathlines, profile plot, vector plot, contour plot), Reynolds transport theorem, control volume analysis, conservation of mass, conservation of momentum (Newton's Laws and choosing control volume, linear momentum and angular momentum), conservation of energy, mechanical energy and efficiency, the Bernoulli equation and its applications, general energy equation and energy analysis of steady forms, dimensional homogeneity, dimensional analysis and similarity, method of repeating variables and the Buckingham pi theorem, ideal flow, compressible flow.

This course introduces students to the practical elements of mechanical design and manufacture to prepare them for the project work. It explores the full extent of the design process from customer brief through to conceptual and detail design. The instruction extends to teaching practical manufacturing skills to enable students to make these designs themselves in the departmental workshops.

This course covers the process of engineering design, manufacturing methods, and the relationship between them. The course trains students in the methodology of all stages of engineering design: from the analysis of the client statement to the manufacturing of the design. It develops the practical, theoretical, and computational engineering skills relevant to the design process. It also develops an appreciation of sustainability in engineering design, and an understanding of how design decisions can affect the environmental and economic costs of the design and product.

This course is an introduction to dynamics. Topics to be covered include kinematics/kinetics of particles, systems of particles, and rigid bodies, Rectilinear motion, Plane curvilinear motion,Relative motion in a plane, Linear impulse and momentum, Angular impulse and momentum, Rotation about a fixed axis, Relative velocity, Relative acceleration, Motion relative to rotating axes, Plane Kinetics of Rigid Bodies: Force, Mass, and Acceleration and Three-Dimensional Dynamics of Rigid Bodies: Kinematics.  

Prerequisite: MEU2630 Mechanism Design

This course covers the fundamentals of finite element analysis of solids, structures, and dynamics. This includes the theoretical foundations, physical insights of them, and appropriate use of finite element methods. The course also covers how to write a simple MATLAB code for basic finite element analysis.