SOLID MECHANICS 1 - 2021/2

Module Overview

This module consists of two components: stress analysis and dynamics. Stress analysis extends the work in stress analysis from uni-axial to multi-axial conditions;  Dynamics is the study of the motion of objects under applied forces and the mathematical modelling of physical phenomena.

Module provider

Mechanical Engineering Sciences

Module Leader

BIRCH David (Mech Eng Sci)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 4

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Semester 2

Module content

Indicative content includes:

Stress analysis

Multiaxial behaviour: stress transformation of two-dimensional stress states; principal stresses; strain and strain gauges; strain transformation and principal strains; multi-axial stress-strain relationship; Poisson's ratio and generalized Hooke's law, and the relationship between G, E and n; introduction to failure criteria according to Rankine, Tresca and von Mises.

Stress analysis in mechanical design: uniform torsion, non-uniform torsion and statically indeterminate problems featuring torsion; transmission of power by circular shafts; combined bending and torsion of shafts

Dynamics

Principles of displacement, velocity and acceleration; coordinate systems, vectors and vector notation; relative motion; free-body diagrams; conservation of linear momentum, collisions, internal and external forces, impulse and constrained motion; angular momentum of particles; conservation of momentum of rigid bodies, external moments, moments of inertia and constrained motion.

 

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

Coursework replaces dynamics test.

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate

that they have developed a good understanding of the fundamental principles and physics underlying the behaviour of objects with applied loads, as well as their motion in response to those loads. The stress analysis coursework allows students to demonstrate the development of their practical problem-solving skills, while the dynamics class test affords them an opportunity to show that they are able to apply the fundamental laws of physics in the analysis of simple dynamic systems.

 Thus, the summative assessment for this module consists of:

• Stress analysis coursework   [ Learning outcomes 1, 2 ]       (5 hours)          {15%}


• Dynamics test  [ Learning outcomes 3, 4, 5 ]                        (1 hour)           {15%}


• Examination  [ Learning outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4 ]                       (2 hours)          {70%}

• Formative verbal feedback is given in all tutorials


• Formative dynamics tests are available on SurreyLearn to give feedback on understanding of principles and problem-solving approaches


• Written feedback is given on the Dynamics test.

Module aims

• the elastic responses of solid components to externally applied loads including multi-axial stresses and strains, stress-strain relationship, failure criteria
• The motion of systems of particles and rigid bodies with and without mass and/or external forces

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

Introduce students to the fundamental concepts in statics, stress analysis, dynamics and their applications through the development of the theoretical framework and its application to practical problem-solving.

The learning and teaching methods include:

• 3 hours lecture per week x 11 weeks


• 1 hour tutorial (in groups) x 11 weeks


• Stress analysis coursework


• Dynamics class test
   
  

Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

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