Undergraduate 

Mechanical Design Engineering BEng/MEng

Dynamics 3 ENG3039

  • Academic Session: 2024-25
  • School: School of Engineering
  • Credits: 10
  • Level: Level 3 (SCQF level 9)
  • Typically Offered: Semester 1
  • Available to Visiting Students: Yes
  • Collaborative Online International Learning: No

Short Description

This course introduces students to modelling and analysis of dynamic systems, with particular emphasis on free and forced oscillations, and investigation of the system response.

Timetable

2 lectures per week

Excluded Courses

None

Co-requisites

None

Assessment

75% written exam, 5% lab report and 20% set exercise

Main Assessment In: December

Course Aims

The aims of this course are to

■ introduce students to the dynamics of engineering systems;

■ give students a thorough grounding in the modelling of dynamic mechanical systems, the solution of the resulting differential equations and the application to simple vibration problems;

■ impart an in-depth knowledge of aspects of the dynamics of engineering systems;

Intended Learning Outcomes of Course

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ create and evaluate models of simplified 'real world' dynamics problems

■ derive and analyse the equations of motion of single and multiple degree of freedom engineering systems, with both free and forced motion;

■ evaluate the performance of dynamic engineering systems relating input to the response and analyse the motion of 1 degree-of-freedom (DOF) and 2 DOF systems;

■ analyse the response of engineering systems to harmonic inputs (vibrations) and assess the integrity / safety of such systems.

Minimum Requirement for Award of Credits

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.

 

Students must attend the timetabled laboratory classes.