Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Have knowledge and understanding of project organized problem based learning.
• Have knowledge about group work/conflicts and ways to solve conflicts.
• Have knowledge and comprehension of planning and structuring the documentation of a project.
• Have knowledge and understanding of central concepts, theories, and methods concerning theory of elasticity.
• Have knowledge and understanding of the governing conditions and equations to be fulfilled in any linear elastic continuum subjected to static loads.
• Have knowledge and understanding of central concepts and theories concerning the finite element method.
• Have knowledge and understanding of central terms and governing equations for a linear static finite element problem.
• Have knowledge and comprehension of the basic features of MATLAB as a programming language.

Skills

• Be able to apply the project organized learning to actual problem related work in groups of up to 6 persons.
• Be able to apply systematic methods within the topics of this course.
• Be able to apply index notation and tensor calculus to manage a linear elastic mechanical problem.
• Be able to account for considerations related to the use of concepts, theories, and methods from the finite element method in practise.
• Be able to use the basic computational facilities of MATLAB.

Competences

• Independently be able to define and analyse scientific problems.
• Be able to design, code, and debug a program in MATLAB.

Type of instruction

The teaching is organized in accordance with the general form of teaching. Please see the programme cirruculum §17.

Extent and expected workload

Since it is a 5 ECTS course module the expected workload is 150 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams

Additional information

For students without a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing from Aalborg University (INTRO semester)