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Undergraduate Course: Dynamics 2 (MECE08009)

Course Outline
SchoolSchool of Engineering CollegeCollege of Science and Engineering
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 8 (Year 2 Undergraduate) AvailabilityAvailable to all students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course aims to provide a basic understanding of the Laws of Newtonian Mechanics for bodies and systems of bodies in plane motion, and to achieve proficiency in their use in conjunction with kinematic principles for a range of mechanical engineering applications.
Course description Coursework 20% Exam 80%

Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes Learning Outcomes:
SM1b, SM2b, SM3b, EA1b, EA2, EA3b, P2, P3
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Students MUST have passed: Engineering 1 (SCEE08001) OR Mechanical Engineering 1 (MECE08007) OR Civil Engineering 1 (CIVE08001) OR Chemical Engineering 1 (CHEE08001) OR ( Physics 1A: Foundations (PHYS08016) AND Physics 1B: The Stuff of the Universe (PHYS08017)) OR ( Chemistry 1A (CHEM08016) AND Chemistry 1B (CHEM08017))
Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisitesNone
High Demand Course? Yes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2018/19, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Semester 2
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 20, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 9, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 1.5, Formative Assessment Hours 1, Summative Assessment Hours 3.5, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 63 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 80 %, Coursework 20 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Degree Examination 80%; Laboratory 20%
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Exam Information
Exam Diet Paper Name Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)1:30
Resit Exam Diet (August)1:30
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Model mechanical systems as plane assemblies of masses and inertias, and draw clear accurate linked free-body diagrams.
  2. Identify kinematic relations between coupled elements using cables, gears and pure rolling.
  3. Calculate moments of inertias of a range of assemblies, using parallel axes and perpendicular axes theorems.
  4. Formulate energy expressions for systems and use concepts of work and power to determine motion.
  5. Understand the properties of one degree of freedom oscillatory systems.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/teaching/mech/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr John Chick
Tel: (0131 6)50 5675
Email: John.Chick@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMiss Jennifer Yuille
Tel: (0131 6)51 7073
Email: Jennifer.Yuille@ed.ac.uk
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