Module overview
Linked modules
Pre-requisite: FEEG1002
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Interpret component/system failure in a wider context
- Team working through laboratory experiments
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- The application of energy methods for stress and deformation analysis
- Static and fatigue failure of engineering components subject to combined loading
- Introduction to continuum mechanics
- Relationship between understanding of materials properties, service performance and the design process
- Advanced topics in bending and torsion
- Properties of important engineering materials and how they are influenced by heat treatment and manufacture
- Advanced topics in buckling
Partial CEng Programme Level Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Problem solving tutorials in materials and structures prepare the students for the final assessment problems based on the materials and structures knowledge and understanding learnt in the course
- The service failure case studies that are assessed by a concise consultancy style report require a design recommendation to be developed that considers customer needs, safety and some commercial issues, thus partly fulfilling this learning objective
- The structures laboratory based coursework includes a comparison of analytical, experimental and FEA calculations in bending exemplars which develops students’ understanding of when and how to apply computational and/or analytical approaches in structures assessments
- The service failure case studies that are assessed by a concise consultancy style report require a design recommendation to be developed for a non-technical layperson to understand
- The service failure case studies are assessed by a concise consultancy style report which requires an assessment of the failure process that has occurred in service and the associated risks associated with the continued operation and/or maintenance of the components
- Materials and structures engineering knowledge and concepts are regularly assessed in the weekly coursework quizzes and integrated in the case study discussions (which feature some research outcomes from the lecturers’ research, applying this knowledge to case studies also then forms part of the final assessment)
Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Identify regions of high stress and deformation in engineering components and systems, and predict failure by using traditional methods of stress analysis
- Critically analyse a situation involving materials and prepare questions to be answered by experts in the field
- Identify major failure mechanisms and relate to design/service conditions
Subject Specific Practical Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Produce scientific reports
- Conduct scientific experiments and critically analyse results
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
---|---|
Follow-up work | 40 |
Completion of assessment task | 12 |
Lecture | 30 |
Preparation for scheduled sessions | 30 |
Seminar | 5 |
Tutorial | 5 |
Practical classes and workshops | 10 |
Revision | 18 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
General Resources
Blackboard Course for module.
Textbooks
W.D.Callister. Materials Science and Engineering - An Introduction. Wiley.
P P Benham, R J Crawford & C G Armstrong (1996). Mechanics of Engineering Materials. Longman.
Assessment
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Coursework | 15% |
Coursework | 10% |
Coursework | 10% |
Examination | 65% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Coursework | 10% |
Coursework | 15% |
Coursework | 10% |
Examination | 65% |
Repeat
An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.
Method | Percentage contribution |
---|---|
Examination | 65% |
Coursework | 10% |
Coursework | 15% |
Coursework | 10% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: Internal & External