An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering: Part 1

Dr Michael Clifford has lectured at the University of Nottingham since 1998. He has taught a wide range of subjects including professional Studies, Computational and Numerical Techniques, Further Mathematical Techniques in Design and and Production and Fibre Reinforced Composites and Design. He has over seventy academic publications, including teaching case studies on the use of appropriate technology in further education. He also coordinates the Royal Academy of Engineering's Headstart programme at the University.

Solid Mechanics
Richard Brooks
Basic design analysis
Stress, strain and elasticity
Beam bending
Multi-axial stress and strain
Torsion
Materials and Processing
Andrew Kennedy and Philip Shipway
Introduction
The structure and properties of materials
Properties of materials
Selection of materials in engineering design
Materials processing
Failure of materials
Fluid Dynamics
Stephen Pickering
Introductory concepts
Fluids at rest – hydrostatics
Fluids in motion
Fluids in motion – linear momentum
Thermodynamics
Paul Shayler
Introduction
The first law of thermodynamics, conservation of energy, work and heat transfer
The second law of thermodynamics, heat engines, the Clausius inequality, entropy and irreversibility
The properties of perfect gas, water and steam
Types of process and their analysis for work and heat transfer
Modes of heat transfer and steady-state heat transfer rates
Cycles, power plant and engines
Electrical and Electronic Systems
Alan Howe
Introduction
Direct current circuits
Electromagnetic systems
Capacitance
Alternating current circuits
Three-phase circuits
Semiconductor rectifiers
Amplifiers
Digital electronics
Transformers
AC induction motors
Machine Dynamics
Stewart McWilliam
Introduction
Basic mechanics
Kinematics of a particle in a plane
Kinematics of rigid bodies in a plane
Kinematics of linkage mechanisms in a plane
Mass properties of rigid bodies
Kinematics of a rigid body in a plane
Balancing of rotating masses
Geared systems
Work and energy
Impulse, impact and momentum