Unit 3 - Mechanical Principles of Engineering

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Section 1 - Forces and Mechanical Loading

Lesson slides

Forces and Mechanical loading

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Forces in equilibrium

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Stress and strain (Young's modulus)

Revision & Practice Q's

Forces and Mechanical Loading

Section 2 - Geometry and Centroids

2D regular and irregular shapes

Calculating area and volume

Volume of 3D solids

Formulae and practice questions

Mass, density & volume

Density and conversion of dimensions

Centroids

Lesson slides and practice questions.

Centroids

Worked examples on Centroids

LO2 Revision mat.

Practice calculating area, volume, mass, density and the centroids of shapes.

Section 3 - Levers, gears and pulleys

Levers, gears and pulleys

Lesson slides and practice questions

LO3 Revision mat

Section 4 - Beams (Moments and bending moment diagrams)

Beams

Beams, moments and bending moment diagrams

Section 5 - Dynamic systems (SUVAT and energy)

SUVAT, energy, power, friction and momentum

Lesson slides and practice questions