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Vibration and shock of engineered structures occur due to dynamic loads arising during operation, e.g. in transportation vehicles, motors/generators and buildings. Analytical and numerical prediction tools are required during virtual prototyping to design structures to withstand their in-service loads, whilst experimental techniques are generally applied to scale models, components and assembled structures for model validation, parameter estimation and trouble-shooting purposes. By the end of this module you will have gained an appreciation for commonly occurring vibration and shock phenomena and the predictive and experimental tools available to design and mitigate against them.

Whilst focussed on industrial tools of the trade, this module begins briefly with analytical descriptions of beams and plates. Such simple structural components often prove useful qualitative models in practical situations and provide helpful insight into vital concepts. For quantitative predictions, finite element (FE) analysis is universally used to obtain mass and stiffness matrices of distributed and complex structures. FE analysis is introduced briefly but the emphasis is on analysis options available in commercial software for condensing such models, computing modal and harmonic solutions and incorporating damping.

Common sources of vibration are discussed, and methods are met for characterising and modelling sources. Two specific and ubiquitous examples are considered in detail: random excitation and rotating machinery.

The most commonly used experimental technique is that of transfer function measurement, from which modes of vibration can be inferred. Almost invariably, transfer functions are measured using either an instrumented hammer test or a shaker test, both of which enable the structure to be excited in a controlled and measurable way. Both techniques are discussed in detail, and you will become competent at hammer testing through a practical laboratory. Another type of vibration testing concerns the structural integrity of components and structures that are subjected to large dynamic loads, such as electronic equipment during a rocket launch. Commonly used standards for such tests are outlined, and a visit to a commercial test facility may be possible.

The capstone to the module is an investigation in which students select and apply the most appropriate measurement, analysis, simulation and mitigation strategies studied throughout the semester to address a practical problem. The exercise is assessed through a consultancy style report.

This module combines the disciplines of social gerontology, social psychology, and sociology to address the intersection of crime and later life, including experiences of crime and criminal behaviour and social responses to these. It encourages students to challenge stereotypes about older people and their relationship to crime and the criminal justice system. It will use examples from UK and international literature.

This module combines the disciplines of social gerontology, social psychology, and sociology to address the intersection of crime and later life, including experiences of crime and criminal behaviour and social responses to these. It encourages students to challenge stereotypes about older people and their relationship to crime and the criminal justice system. It will use examples from UK and international literature.

This module combines the disciplines of social gerontology, social psychology, and sociology to address the intersection of crime and later life, including experiences of crime and criminal behaviour and social responses to these. It encourages students to challenge stereotypes about older people and their relationship to crime and the criminal justice system. It will use examples from UK and international literature.

This module combines the disciplines of social gerontology, social psychology, and sociology to address the intersection of crime and later life, including experiences of crime and criminal behaviour and social responses to these. It encourages students to challenge stereotypes about older people and their relationship to crime and the criminal justice system. It will use examples from UK and international literature.

This module combines the disciplines of social gerontology, social psychology, and sociology to address the intersection of crime and later life, including experiences of crime and criminal behaviour and social responses to these. It encourages students to challenge stereotypes about older people and their relationship to crime and the criminal justice system. It will use examples from UK and international literature.

This module primarily explores questions of video game ontology

This module primarily explores questions of video game ontology

This module will introduce you to the social, political and cultural history of Vienna and Berlin in the 20th century, German using a wide range of sources which will include literature, film and architecture.

Topics covered may include the following:

- The emergence of Vienna and Berlin and modern metropolises
- Modernist culture in Vienna and Berlin
- Jewish life in Vienna
- The post-war division of Berlin and its aftermath
- The legacy of the the Holocaust in post-war Berlin and Vienna

This module will introduce you to the social, political and cultural history of Vienna and Berlin in the 20th century, German using a wide range of sources which will include literature, film and architecture.

Topics covered may include the following:

- The emergence of Vienna and Berlin and modern metropolises
- Modernist culture in Vienna and Berlin
- Jewish life in Vienna
- The post-war division of Berlin and its aftermath
- The legacy of the the Holocaust in post-war Berlin and Vienna