KB4043 - Statics & Dynamics

Active learning sessions will be used to present you with new material and assist you in exploring fundamental concepts and topics within the module.  Sessions will involve a combination of content delivery and practical learning exercises to enable you to apply your learning to well-defined, authentic engineering problems.  A problem-solving focused curriculum will allow you to explore and understand conventional solutions and provide an opportunity for innovative discovery of alternatives.  Learning activities will enable students to work collaboratively through the development of teamwork and communication skills, and the encouragement of creative thinking to solve engineering problems.

During your active learning sessions, academic support will be available to facilitate your exploration of the problem-solving activities. Formative feedback will be provided by the module team, including answering student queries and providing guidance concerning the module such as assessments and your academic progress. The electronic learning platform (eLP) provides a comprehensive resource for integrated learning incorporating learning materials and reading lists that will facilitate directed and self-directed learning. Contact with academic tutors and your peers outside formal teaching hours is encouraged through dedicated ‘office hours’, discussion boards and messaging systems within the eLP. Professional support staff, such as Ask4Help, provide the first point of contact for a range of queries, including, for example, those concerning assessment submission, late submission/extensions, and other administrative issues.

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Knowledge & Understanding:  

MLO1. Apply knowledge and understanding of scientific principles and methodology associated with statics and dynamics to solve well-defined engineering problems. 

Intellectual / Professional skills & abilities: 

MLO2. Use appropriate mechanics-based computational and analytical techniques to model well-defined problems. 

Personal Values Attributes (Global / Cultural awareness, Ethics, Curiosity) (PVA): 

MLO3. Apply creativity and curiosity to solve well-defined statics and dynamics problems reaching substantiated conclusions. 

Formative Assessment

Academic staff on the module will assess you in a formative manner to help build your confidence and highlight any misunderstandings you may have of the theoretical and professional concepts presented in the module. Your formative feedback will be given to you either verbally by academic staff on the module during formally scheduled teaching sessions or using the eLP. Your formative feedback aims to help you learn and prepare for the submission of your summative assessment.

Summative Assessment

Academic staff on the module will assess you in a summative manner by two pieces of assessment;

Component 1 to assess your knowledge and understanding of the application of mechanics-based computational and analytical techniques within well defined statics and dynamics problems (MLOs 1 and 2) through completing an industry compatible written submission.

Component 2, will evaluate your ability to apply creativity and curiosity to solve well-defined statics and dynamics problems reaching substantiated conclusions through the application of mechanics-based computational and analytical techniques to model well-defined problems (MLOs 2 & 3) through completing an industry compatible written submission.

Feedback will be provided electronically through the eLP or student email within 20 working days of the date of submission. 

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This module covers the topics of statics and dynamics and introduces you to the fundamental concepts associated with the mechanics subject within the programme. Statics and dynamics describes and characterises how physical bodies behave, move and interact due to external influences. Everyday engineering phenomena will be contextualised through the constraints of fundamental physical laws and relationships. You will also learn how to select and apply appropriate experimental methods, analytical tools and computational techniques to characterise and model well-defined static and dynamic problems. Active learning sessions will be used to present you with new material and assist you in exploring fundamental concepts and topics within the module.  Sessions will involve a combination of content delivery and practical learning exercises to enable you to apply your learning to well-defined, authentic engineering problems.  The module utilises the electronic learning platform (eLP) to provide a comprehensive resource for integrated learning incorporating learning materials and reading lists that will facilitate directed and self-directed learning.