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COLLEGEOFENGINEERING  

UNDERGRADUATESTUDENT HANDBOOK  LEVELM(4)  MECHANICALENGINEERING DEGREEPROGRAMMES

 PARTTWOOFTWO (MODULEANDCOURSESTRUCTURE) 

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2013/14

DISCLAIMER The College has made all reasonable efforts to ensure that the information contained within this publication is accurate and up-todate when published but can accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions. The College reserves the right to revise, alter or discontinue degree programmes or modules and to amend regulations and procedures at any time, but every effort will be made to notify interested parties. It should be noted that not every module listed in this handbook may be available every year, and changes may be made to the details of the modules. You are advised to contact the College directly if you require further information.

The 2013/2014 academic year begins on 23 September 2013

DATES OF 2013/14 TERMS 23 September 2013– 13 December 2013 6 January 2014 – 11 April 2014 5 May 2014 – 13 June 2014

SEMESTER 1 30 September 2013 – 24 January 2014 SEMESTER 2 27 January 2014 – 13 June 2014

The 2014/2015 academic year begins on 22 September 2014

  DearStudent  Welcome to Mechanical Engineering at Swansea University.  We are delighted that you have chosen Swanseaasthestartingpointforyourfuturecareer.Wewillendeavourtoplayourpartinensuringthat yourstudentexperienceformssomeof thebestyearsofyourlife.Wewillbe working closelywithyou overthenextfewyearsand encourageyouto engage withussothatyourstudycan bebothenjoyable and rewarding.  We are here for academic and personal guidance, if you have any problems or issues pleasecontacteitheryourPersonalTutor,theLevelco‐ordinatoror theAdministrative Officerinthe first instance.  Enjoyyouryearandstudyhard,welookforwardtoworkingwithyou.  TheMechanicalEngineeringTeamatSwanseaUniversity   KeyContactInformationforMechanicalEngineeringStudents  Position Name Contact EngineeringReception(Faraday Charmaine/Nicola [email protected] Foyer) Tel:01792295514  AdministrationOfficer JaynieLewis [email protected] Tel:01792606679    CourseCo‐ordinator ProfessorDTGethin [email protected]  [email protected] ProgrammeDirector DrIanMasters      PleasenotethatyouwillbeassignedaPersonalTutorinWeek1. 

Level M 2013/14 Mechanical Engineering MEng Mechanical Engineering[H304] Coordinator: Professor SJ Hardy Semester 1 Modules EG-M47 Entrepreneurship for Engineers 10 Credits Professor K Board

Semester 2 Modules EG-M07 Optimisation and Reliability 10 Credits Professor DE Reeve

EG-M84 Condition Monitoring and Plant Operation 10 Credits Professor AW Lees

EG-M73 Composite Materials 10 Credits Dr. JC Arnold

EG-M85 Strategic Project Planning 10 Credits Professor SJ Hardy

EG-M83 Simulation Based Product Design 10 Credits Dr. AJ Williams/Dr. D Mcbride

EGIM04 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 10 Credits Professor K Morgan

EGLM03 Modern Control Systems 10 Credits Dr. CP Jobling EG-M62 Group project 30 Credits Dr. TN Croft EG-M63 Research Dissertation 10 Credits Dr. RS Ransing/Dr. TN Croft Total 120 Credits

EG-M07 Optimisation and Reliability Credits: 10 Session: 2013/14 Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Modular) Module Aims: This module provides an introduction to important techniques of optimisation and reliability that may be used across a broad range of engineering disciplines. Numerical examples are employed to illustrate concepts. Pre-requisite Modules: Co-requisite Modules: Incompatible Modules: Format: Lectures 20 hours; Example classes/surgeries 10 hours; Directed private study 70 hours Lecturer(s): Professor DE Reeve Assessment: Examination 1 (70%) Coursework 1 (15%) Coursework 2 (15%) Assessment Description: Exam - closed book exam Coursework 1 - calculation problem. This is an individual piece of coursework Coursework 2 - calculation problem. This is an individual piece of coursework Failure Redemption: A supplementary examination will form 100% of the module mark. Assessment Feedback: Written feedback on coursework + opportunity for further verbal feedback around lecture discussions. Exam - written feedback. Module Content: Indicative syllabus content: 1. Statement of the optimisation problem; objective function; design vector; types of constraint; classification of optimisation problem. 2. Least squares techniques 3. Maximum likelihood method 4. One-Dimensional Minimisation Methods. Direct and indirect methods:unrestricted search; dichotomous search; golden section method; quadratic interpolation; Newton's procedures. 5. The Hessian; Concavity and convexity 6. Multidimensional Minimisation Problems - direct methods such as:Taxi-cab; conjugate search procedures; Powell's method 7. Multidimensional Minimisation Problems - indirect methods such as: Steepest descent method; Newton's method. 8. Concepts in reliability theory 9. Extreme value distributions 10. First order reliability methods. Intended Learning Outcomes: The student should: • Understand and be able to set up and carry out the necessary calculations for univariate unimodal optimisation problems • Be able to use search techniques to determine the optima of unconstrained multivariable systems • Understand and be able to set up and carry out the necessary calculations for First Order Reliability problems Reading List: T F Edgar and D M Himmelblau, Optimisation of Chemical Processes, McGraw-Hill.ISBN: 0-07018991-9 James, Advanced modern engineering mathematics, Addison Wesley, 1993.ISBN: 0-201-56519-6 Matousek, understanding and using linear programming, springer, 2007.ISBN: 978-3-540-30697-9 ReeveD, Risk and reliability: coastal and hydraulic engineering, Spon Press, 2009.ISBN: ISBN13: 978-0-415-46755-1 (hardback) / ISBN13: 978-0-203-89552-8 (ebook) Additional Notes: The course assumes good A-level mathematical skills. In addition candidates without good understanding of partial differentiation, Taylor series expansion, matrices, eigenvalues and introductory probability theory will be expected to undertake the necessary supplementary effort to attain this knowledge outside the demands of this module. Failure to sit an examination or submit work by the specified date will result in a mark of 0% being recorded. The College of Engineering has a ZERO TOLERANCE penalty policy for late submission of all coursework and continuous assessment.

EG-M47 Entrepreneurship for Engineers Credits: 10 Session: 2013/14 Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Modular) Module Aims: To establish the principles of entrepreneurship and the role engineers have in successful business enterprises. Pre-requisite Modules: Co-requisite Modules: Incompatible Modules: Format: Lectures 20 hours Example classes / Laboratory work 10 hours Directed private study 76 hours Lecturer(s): Professor K Board Assessment: Group Work - Coursework (80%) Coursework 1 (20%) Assessment Description: The group assignment will require application of the concepts of entrepreneurship. The assignment will require the delivery of a presentation and the submission of a business plan. The individual assignment will consist of a 600 word essay. Failure Redemption: 100% coursework. Assessment Feedback: Mainly through the group interviews held at the end of the course. Module Content: What is an entrepreneur and why enterprise matters; the six dimensions of entrepreneurship, structure and presentation of opportunities, sources and structure of finance, people and teams. How enterprise is managed internationally, managing early and long-term growth, harvesting and buy-out, sustaining the flow of ideas within a company, case-studies. Intended Learning Outcomes: After completing this module you should be able to: • Describe how opportunities are identified and a business plan is generated in order to get started • List the sources of finance that exist and how they are structured • Analyse the role of people and what makes a winning team • Discuss a case history that lead to success • Explain how early growth is managed • Analyse how failure can occur and how to guard against it • Explain how enterprise can be sustained within an organisation as it grows Reading List: Birley and Muzyka, Mastering Enterprise, Financial Times Publication, 1997.ISBN: 027363031 Bridge, O'Neill and Martin, Understanding Enterprise, Entrepreneurship and Small Business, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.ISBN: 0230552706 Additional Notes: The College of Engineering has a ZERO TOLERANCE penalty policy for late submission of all coursework and continuous assessment Related assignments are used to assess this module.

EG-M62 Group project Credits: 30 Session: 2013/14 Semester 1 and 2 (Sep-Jun Modular) Module Aims: This Level M module enables students to participate in a group activity involving a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve a solution to a specific design problem. In most instances it will involve either direct interaction with industry or will be an industrially-related project. Issues other than providing a purely technical solution to the problem will have to be considered in order to achieve a satisfactory outcome to the project. Pre-requisite Modules: EG-353 Co-requisite Modules: Incompatible Modules: Format: Team building at start of the project followed by practical sessions group and individual work, meetings with Industrialists as arranged. At least 6 meetings per session with academic and industrial supervisors. Lecturer(s): Dr. TN Croft Assessment: Other (Coursework) (100%) Assessment Description: Assessment will be 50% for the group and 50% for the individual's contribution to the group. The group mark will be based on the initial design concept, written report and final presentation materials. The individual mark will be based on the progress report submitted at the end of each student's term as manager for the quarter, the contribution to the final report and the oral interview. The actual breakdown of marks within these broad categories is discipline specific, but a typical breakdown, for Civil Engineering, is 37% for reports, 20% for design calculations, 20% for drawings, 8% for time management and 15% for presentation. From 2012-13 peer assessment will be used to moderate 25% of the group mark. Failure Redemption: Repeat failed module Assessment Feedback: Feedback will be given by supervisors as regular part of meetings with students. Formal written feedback will be provided, via the Blackboard Grade centre, after each formal assessment session. These take place in January and May/June. Students will also be assessed by their peers in May in order to moderate the group mark. Module Content: Formulating a full design specification that meets all the likely requirements throughout the working life of the 'product'. Consideration of aspects such as: material selection, safety and environmental impact, sustainability, health and safety, maintenance and serviceability, also fitness for purpose and cost implications. Production of a construction/manufacturing/assembly strategy. Consideration of Economic Considerations/Business Plan. Projects in each discipline will introduce additional constraints as reflected in statutory and industry norms and may have slightly different requirements. Discipline specific briefings will be provided in such cases. Intended Learning Outcomes: You should be able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the 'total design' process and management skills in relation to decision-making and business development in a typical group environment. Reading List: Additional Notes: AVAILABLE TO Visiting Students. The College of Engineering has a ZERO TOLERANCE penalty policy for late submission of all coursework and continuous assessment

EG-M63 Research Dissertation Credits: 10 Session: 2013/14 Semester 1 and 2 (Sep-Jun Modular) Module Aims: To enhance student’s ability to review state of the art on a given topic and formulate his/her thoughts in clear and concise way in the form of a dissertation. . Pre-requisite Modules: Co-requisite Modules: Incompatible Modules: Format: Lectures 3 hours Dissertation supervision: 7 hours Directed private study : 90 hours Lecturer(s): Dr. RS Ransing, Dr. TN Croft Assessment: Other (Coursework) (100%) Assessment Description: The final dissertation is assessed by two examiners and the weighting on this assessment is 100%. Students must also attend a 30 minute oral examination to defend their dissertation. Failure to attend the oral examination may result in a zero mark for the dissertation. Failure Redemption: An opportunity to redeem failures will be available within the rules of the University. A student may also be allowed to resubmit the dissertation after the oral examination. Assessment Feedback: Students will receive feedback during midterm assessement. Individual feedback will also be given on draft dissertations before submission, as well as during meetings with the supervisor. Students can also ask for a feedback at the end of the oral examination. Module Content: The projects will be closely linked to the research interests of the members of academic staff and the students are encouraged to discuss these projects with the academic staff involved. Students are also encouraged to suggest their own topics. Having selected a suitable topic(s) and been allocated a project, the student will be given some basic information and a starting point (which may be in the form of a recent paper, article, textbook, website etc). He/she is then expected to use a wide range of source of reference material to study the topic and become fully familiar with current developments. Finally, the work is presented in the form of a dissertation (25 pages maximum excluding references and appendix (if any), one and half line spacing, Times New Roman, 11 pt) and oral presentation, which will be assessed by the Supervisor and a second marker. Intended Learning Outcomes: You should be able to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of: The 'literature review process', at a research level, using a wide range of sources and references.

Learning outcomes in the context of EAB: EAB:US1m: A comprehensive understanding of the scientific principles of own specialisation and related disciplines. EAB:US 4m: An awareness of developing technologies related to own specialisation. EAB: E1m: Ability to use fundamental knowledge to investigate new and emerging technologies. EAB: P1m: A thorough understanding of current practice and its limitations and some appreciation of likely new developments Reading List: Additional Notes: ZERO TOLERANCE FOR COURSEWORK DEADLINES. Failure to sit an examination or submit work by the specified date will result in a mark of 0% being recorded. Materials engineering students may have different submission deadlines as compared to other students enrolled on this module. Assessment: Research dissertation and oral examination. Available to visiting and exchange students.

EG-M73 Composite Materials Credits: 10 Session: 2013/14 Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Modular) Module Aims: A detailed coverage of current polymer, metal and ceramic matrix composite systems for applications in gas turbines focusing on their performance envelope, advantages and limitations. The units will cover the following: The components and their attributes - an overview (reinforcements, matrices and interfaces), Properties of the matrix materials (Thermosets/thermoplastics, metals, ceramics, structure and mechanical behaviour), Properties of fibres and particles (Glass fibres, organic fibres, carbon fibres, ceramic particles and fibres; processing, structure, mechanical response), Composite manufacture (Piles, weaves, performs, moulding pultrusion, filament winding, powder metallurgy, casting spraying), Mechanics of reinforcement (Rule of mixtures, anisotropy, laminate structures, stress- strain response), Basic stress analysis and failure mechanisms (Stress transfer and partitioning, multiple failure events, progression of fracture, toughness), Fatigue design considerations (Damage progression, reinforcement effects); Calculations. Pre-requisite Modules: Co-requisite Modules: Incompatible Modules: EGA301 Format: 20 hrs Lectures 10 hrs Example classes/Tutorials 70 hrs Directed private study Lecturer(s): Dr. JC Arnold Assessment: Examination (75%) Assignment 1 (25%) Assessment Description: Assessment is via a 2-hour examination , worth 75% and assignment 1 which is a 1500 word essay. The quality of English does not form part of the assessment. Failure Redemption: Resit examination Assessment Feedback: Standard examination feedback form available for all students after the examination. Students will receive individual feedback comments for the assignment via the Blackboard site. Module Content: A detailed coverage of current polymer, metal and ceramic matrix composite systems, focusing on their performance envelope, advantages and limitations. The units will cover the following: - The components and their attributes - an overview (reinforcements, matrices and interfaces), (3 hrs) - Properties of the matrix materials (Thermosets/thermoplastics, metals, ceramics, structure and mechanical behaviour), (2 hrs) - Properties of fibres and particles (Glass fibres, organic fibres, carbon fibres, ceramic particles and fibres; processing, structure, mechanical response), (3 hrs) - Composite manufacture (Plies, weaves, preforms, moulding, pultrusion, filament winding, powder metallurgy, casting spraying), (3 hrs) - Mechanics of reinforcement (Rule of mixtures, anisotropy, laminate structures, stress- strain response), (2 hrs) - Basic stress analysis and failure mechanisms (Stress transfer and partitioning, multiple failure events, progression of fracture, toughness), (5 hrs) - Fatigue design considerations (Damage progression, reinforcement effects); (4 hrs) Intended Learning Outcomes: A detailed understanding and wide-ranging knowledge of the engineering usage of composite materials. Appreciation of the important inter-relationship between structure, processing and properties for advanced materials. The ability to undertake structural design calculations for composite materials. Reading List: Matthews F L & Rawlings R D, Composite Materials: Engineering and Science, Chapman & Hall.ISBN: 084930251X Baker A, Sutton D & Kelly D, Composite Materials for Aircraft Structures, AIAA.ISBN: 1563475405 Additional Notes: Available to visiting and exchange students.

EG-M83 Simulation Based Product Design Credits: 10 Session: 2013/14 Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Modular) Module Aims: This module provides an overview of the role that simulation can play in the design process of a product. A series of lectures introduce computational modelling and the computational tools and techniques employed in the design process. The application of simulation in the design of a number of industry based research projects is presented. Computer workshops lead students in using simulation tools and applying the tools in the optimisation of the design of a product. Pre-requisite Modules: Co-requisite Modules: Incompatible Modules: Format: Lectures 10, Computer Lab 20, Reading/Private Study 20, Preparation for Assessment 50 Lecturer(s): Dr. AJ Williams, Dr. D Mcbride Assessment: Assignment 1 (20%) Assignment 2 (80%) Assessment Description: Assignment 1: Mesh Sensitivity Study.This is an individual piece of coursework.This coursework will involve the investigation of the influence of mesh dependence, convergence criteria and physical phenomena on a simulation solution. The results of the investigation will be presented in a written report(maximum of 20 pages). Assignment 2: Laser Design Optimisation.This is an individual piece of coursework.This coursework will require the student to use simulation tools to optimise the design of a laser component subject to given criteria.The student will also be required to show their understanding of the role that simulation plays in the design process using examples presen...