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Industrial Placement (2007/2008)
Supervisor: Henry Tan
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester

Material Point Method for impact, fracture, fragmentation and explosion
Mr. Jayveer Thakoor

Industrial Placement: Optimising superplastic form die shape for next generation aero engine production, a design project from Rolls-Royce plc.
Mr. Waqas Ahmad

Individual Projects (2007/2008)
Supervisor: Henry Tan
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
The University of Manchester

The assessment includes:

• Final exam (70%)
• Lab (10%)
• Two take-home assignments (each worth 5%, total 10%)
• Lecture-notes (10%)

Assessment results will be not be posted online. Online activities are for discussions only, no grading based on that. The first course-assignment will be given in 19/10, Friday.

1. Many-Particle Interactions
      Equilibrium requires resltant force = 0
2. Free-Body-Diagram
3. Problem 1: Remove Spike from Timber
4. Problem 2: Knot in Static Equilibrium 

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Assignment I

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Lecture 8 outline:

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Lecture 7 outline:

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Lecture 6 outline:

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Lecture 5 outline:

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Dear Moderators:
Is there anyway not to show the posts from my class (including mine) on “recent comments”?

Too many student posts (around 170 students) and my discussions with them will crowd the space of the "recent comments" section, which should be reserved for more advanced discussions that come up.

Any other suggestions on the classroom behaviours that may not be appropriate for iMechanica?

There are good reasons that I do not want to move my class website to WebCT or other places.
http://imechanica.org/node/1931

Thanks a lot.
Henry.

Please introduce yourself in this blog. This is a class to learn
engineering mechanics, but also a class to make friends with in-class
and international students, and worldwidely recognized experts.

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Lecture 4 outline:

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On the assessment method. Thanks for many feedbacks. I will review them with you in the class.

Survey on the grading system. Survey sheet attached.

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When emailing the lecture-note to imechanica@gmail.com with the subject title as Lecture 1, please also put your information in the text message: Name, University ID, and Aerospace/Mechanical Engineering. Thanks.

1. A force is a relationship
2. A force is a vector

Newton's laws of motion

3rd law

 For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

1. Cross product of two vectors

2. Equilibrium of many-particle system

1. Defition of moment vector

2. Mathematica deduction
   motivation: establish the concept of moment from the requirement of the Newton's laws when applied to many-particle system.

Reference: why the definition of a moment needs a cross product?

What is the purpose of the course?
Ensure students have a clear working understanding of the principles of engineering mechanics and an ability to apply them to simple engineering systems.

Brief description of the unit
• Scalar and vector quantities.
• Forces and Newton's laws of motions.
• Kinematics of a particle; co-ordinate systems.

• Equivalent force systems
• Equilibrium and the construction of free-body diagrams.
• Pin-jointed structures.
• Friction; self-locking systems.

Introduction (27/9, Thursday, 11-12am)
Survey (28/9, Friday, 3-4pm) 

Grading System

Please note that according to the New Grading System, no marks can be gained from answering the following questions. (1 October 2007)

Kinetic and potential energies.

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Newton's 2nd law will be applied to study the equations of motion of a particle.

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Some interesting posts are listed here for course discussions:

• Pin-structure analysis using ABAQUS
• DNA can be treated as simple as a rod
• self-folding of Carbon nanotube

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