Course Catalog 2006-2007

TME-5106 INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED MECHANICS, 5 cr
Introduction to Applied Mechanics

Courses persons responsible
Tapio Salmi

Lecturers
Jussi Jalkanen

Language of Instruction
Exercises, course literature and exam in English available.

Implementations
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 3 h/week 3 h/week 2 h/week - - -
Exercise 2 h/week 2 h/week 2 h/week - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
Student knows the basic laws and concepts of Engineering Mechanics and is able to analyse the simple problems of Statics, Dynamics and Strength of Materials.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Statics: Basic laws and concepts of Mechanics. Force systems. The equilibrium of particles, rigid body and systems of rigid bodies. The internal forces of a straight beam. Strength of Materials: Basic concepts and constitutive equations of linearly elastic materials. Tension and compression of a straight bar. Shear and bending of a straight beam. Torsion and buckling of a bar. Dynamics: Plane kinematics and kinetics of a particle and a rigid body. Theorems of impulse and energy. Harmonic vibrations of single-degree-of-freedom systems.       

Requirements for completing the course
Approved exercises, individual works and two intermediate exam or a written examination.

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • Passed final written examination or written intermediate examinations and accepted exercises.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Teknillisen mekaniikan perusteet Tapio Salmi 952-9835-80-9   2 nd edition, 2003 Yes  Finnish 

    Prerequisites
    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Additional information about prerequisites
    Text book in English available.

    Remarks

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 54 %
    - Distance learning: 0 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 46 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 63
    Exercises 60
    Assignments 11
    Total sum 134

    Correspondence of content
    TME-5100 Introduction to Applied Mechanics

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    Last modified 20.04.2006
    Modified byTapio Salmi