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2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MECH1230 Solid Mechanics

20 creditsClass Size: 320

Module manager: Professor Ardian Morina
Email: A.Morina@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2017/18

Module replaces

MECH 1110 and MECH 1120

This module is not approved as a discovery module

Objectives

To introduce the basic engineering principles required for analysing motion and the forces that produce it and to develop an understanding of the fundamental principles of structural analysis and its application to the general field of engineering.

Students will develop the ability and apply these techniques to tackle typical dynamics and structural problems and produce solutions for applications in mechanical engineering.

Skills outcomes
Analysis of engineering structures, static load stress and strain of structures, kinematics and kinetics of mechanisms and particles.


Syllabus

- Equations of Statics & Free Body Diagrams
- Equilibrium of Forces and Moments
- Bending Moments and Shear Force Diagrams
- Stress & Strain
- Torsion of Circular Bars
- Bending Stress of Symmetrical Beams
- Bending, Deflection and Slope
- Stress-strain Transformations
- One dimensional particle kinematics
- Two dimentional particle kinematics
- Rigid body kinematics
- Mechanisms
- One dimensional particle kinetics
- Two dimensional particle kinetics
- Rigid body kinetics
- Impact and Momentum
- Energy
- Work

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Example Class221.0022.00
In Course Assessment22.004.00
Class tests, exams and assessment12.002.00
Lecture441.0044.00
Practical32.006.00
Tutorial41.004.00
Private study hours118.00
Total Contact hours82.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)200.00

Private study

Reviewing lecture notes, solving example sheets, preparing for tutorials, class test and assignment. Revising for final exam.



Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Students will receive formative feedback from an assignment and lab exercise and report, one activity in each semester.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
In-course AssessmentClass test - Statics20.00
PracticalLab and report Dynamics20.00
In-course AssessmentClass test - Dynamics10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated


Exams
Exam typeExam duration% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)2 hr 00 mins50.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)50.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 26/04/2018

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