- UCAS course code
- H300
- UCAS institution code
- M20
Bachelor of Engineering (BEng)
BEng Mechanical Engineering
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Duration: 3 years
Year of entry: 2025
UCAS course code: H300 / Institution code: M20
- Key features:
Scholarships available
- Typical A-level offer: A*A*A including specific subjects
- Typical contextual A-level offer: A*AA including specific subjects
- Refugee/care-experienced offer: AAA including specific subjects
- Typical International Baccalaureate offer: 38 points overall with 7,7,6 at HL, including specific requirements
Fees and funding
Fees
Tuition fees for home students commencing their studies in September 2025 will be £9,535 per annum (subject to Parliamentary approval). Tuition fees for international students will be £34,000 per annum. For general information please see the undergraduate finance pages.
Policy on additional costs
All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).
Scholarships/sponsorships
The University of Manchester is committed to attracting and supporting the very best students. We have a focus on nurturing talent and ability and we want to make sure that you have the opportunity to study here, regardless of your financial circumstances.
For information about scholarships and bursaries please see our undergraduate fees pages and check the Department's funding pages .
Course unit details:
Dynamics
| Unit code | MECH20442 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
Dynamics will continue to broaden the students’ knowledge of mechanical systems by extending rigid body kinematics and kinetics into three dimensions using real world examples and applications. The unit will also introduce students to approaches used to analyse the dynamic response of structures. The unit is run over twelve weeks with 2 hours of lectures per week and 1 hour of tutorial every alternate week. Assessment will be via an unseen examination (80%) and coursework (20%).
Aims
The aim of the unit is to further develop the students’ understanding and skills in the analysis of mechanical systems that are in motion.
Syllabus
Vibrations
The students will be shown how structures and systems respond when they undergo free and forced vibration (in both undamped and damped systems) and how this behaviour can be analysed. By the end of the topic, the students will be able to:
1. simplify problems to one degree-of-freedom mass-spring-damper systems,
2. determine the characteristics of those systems,
3. analyse the response of the systems using the equation of motion method, and
4. extend the methodology to undamped two degree-of-freedom systems.
Three-dimensional kinematics of a rigid body
The students’ knowledge of rigid body kinematics will be extended from two-dimensions into three-dimensions and they will be given the techniques with which they can analyse the velocities of such systems. By the end of the topic, the students will be able to:
1. identify the motion of the system under investigation,
2. choose the appropriate analysis methodology,
3. analyse the kinematics of rigid bodies subjected to rotation about a fixed point and general motion, and
4. conduct relative-motion analyses of rigid bodies using translating and rotating axes.
Three-dimensional kinetics of a rigid body
The students’ knowledge of rigid body kinetics will be extended from two-dimensions into three-dimensions and they will be given the techniques with which they can analyse the forces within such systems. By the end of the topic, the students will be able to:
1. find the moments and products of inertia of a rigid body about various axes,
2. apply the principles of work and energy, and linear and angular momentum to rigid bodies having three-dimensional motion,
3. develop and apply the equations of motion in three dimensions, and
4. analyse gyroscopic motion.
Assessment methods
| Method | Weight |
|---|---|
| Other | 20% |
| Written exam | 80% |
Other:
Two Blackboard-based quizzes that test the student's understanding of the topics taught during that period
Feedback methods
Exam - via script viewing
Quizzes - marks and solutions released one week after submission
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 24 |
| Tutorials | 6 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 70 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Akin Atas | Unit coordinator |