Module RO1501-KP04

Engineering Mechanics 1 (TechMec1)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor MES 2020, optional subject, computer science / electrical engineering
  • Bachelor MES 2014, optional subject, computer science / electrical engineering

Classes and lectures:

  • Engineering Mechanics 1 (lecture, 2 SWS)
  • Engineering Mechanics 1 (exercise, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 60 hours private studies and exercises
  • 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • Statics and Elastostatics
  • Systems and equilibria of forces and moments
  • Gravitational force and center of mass
  • Planar systems of forces
  • Bearings and support of multibody systems
  • Trusses
  • Principle of virtual displacements
  • Law of elasticity
  • Beam theory
  • Stability of elastic systems
  • Energy conservation and approximate methods
  • Torsion
  • Product development and construction process
  • Requirements and target specification
  • Methods for identifying solutions, selection and evaluation
  • Methods of verification and fault prevention

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Students can explain the structure and basic properties of static mechanical systems.
  • They can calculate static mechanical systems.
  • They can develop products methodically and possess the necessary knowledge and skills.
  • They are able to model dynamic mechanical systems using kinetics and kinematic relations.

Grading through:

  • written examination

Responsible for this module:

Literature:

  • Pahl, Gerhard; Beitz, Wolfgang; Feldhusen, Jörg; Grote, Karl-H : Konstruktionslehre. Grundlagen erfolgreicher Produktentwicklung Methoden und Anwendung 6. Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- Successful completion of exercises as specified at the beginning of the semester.

Module Exam(s):
- RO1501-L1: Engineering Mechanics 1, Oral exam, 100% of module grade.

Last Updated:

07.10.2021