Solid Mechanics module (ME31002)

Mechanical Engineering analysis and design requires knowledge and understanding of how various structures and structures and static components respond to different loading situations. This module builds on content delivered in level 2 and is required to understanding level 4 computer aided engineering (CAE) design simulation.



After completing this module you will have knowledge of:

• Practical applications involving plane stresses. This includes the behaviour of thin-walled pressure vessels under internal and external pressures as well as combined loadings.
• The application of elastic failure theories to estimate the behaviour of structures behaving beyond their elastic limit.
• The buckling of long, slender structural members loaded axially in compression under various end supports.
• The methods of elastic strain energy and complementary energy which are used to solve some simple and complicated structural problems.
• The torsion theory of thin-walled tubular members with noncircular cross sections.
• The elastic and collapse analysis of single and compound discs and cylinders subjected to rotation

Having a strong background in Solid Mechanics and Engineering materials will ensure you can work as an engineer designing pressure vessels for fusion power plants, oil and gas, petrochemical, food processing industries (not limited too) for example.