Mechanical Engineering involves the design, manufacture and operation of products, components or systems incorporating motion. Studying Mechanical Engineering enables students to learn how to systematically design essential machine elements and to devise solutions ranging from R&D or manufacture in automotive, aerospace, power generation and biomedical engineering applications, to the commissioning and maintenance of industrial or pharmaceutical facilities.
Design and project work is a major feature of the course. The Innovative Project Development modules in Year 3 enable students, working in teams, to bring a concept from the idea stage through to a finished prototype, considering the technical performance and commercial potential of their designs. In the final year, each student undertakes an individual project involving research, design, prototype development and experimental verification to meet a real need.
Typical engineering applications covered in the course include:
- Engine design & testing, fuel combustion, automobile design, vehicle dynamics, power transmission, material selection & component design, power plant design, jet propulsion, refrigeration, entropy & chaos, power hydraulics, electrical machines, electronics, automation.
- Plastics, ceramics, advanced composite materials, conceptual design, product design, design for environment, vibration analysis, robotics, gyroscopes, whirling of shafts, pressure vessel design, heat exchangers, radiation, modelling of thermal processes, turbomachinery, quality management, computer modelling of three dimensional solids, lift & drag on ships and aircraft, power electronics, sensors & actuators, telemetry, signal conditioning stability of control systems.
- Tribology, project management, machining of exotic materials, laser cutting, ultrasonic welding, non-destructive testing, non-linear control systems, chemical process, plant control, artificial intelligence, expert systems, business & financial management, acoustics, space dynamics, fracture mechanics, advanced topics in mechanics of materials, subsonic & supersonic flow, aerodynamics, flow visualisation & modelling, the built environment, sustainable and renewable energy systems, environmental impact assessment of energy sources.
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Bachelor of Engineering-Mechanical Engineering BEng (Hons)
