Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
Civil Engineering and Built Environment
Learning Methods
Lecture
Online
Practical
Tutorial
Module Offerings
4332BEUG-JAN-CTY
Aims
This module introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of mechanical and electrical engineering, heat transfer, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, and the application of these to engineering problems in the built environment.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:
General Engineering Basic engineering relationships and units: mass, force, distance, time, velocity, acceleration and Newton's laws of motion. Heat Transfer Thermal comfort in humans; factors affecting humans, thermal indices. Thermal properties of common building materials, resistances and U values. Principles of heat transfer by conduction, radiation and convection (natural and forced). Conduction through homogeneous and multi-layered structures. Electrical Engineering Fundamental notations and relations of electrical properties; Ohm's Law, measurement of voltage, current and resistance. Kirchhoff's Laws; series and parallel circuit equivalences. Electromagnetism; induced emf's, transformers, power generation. Semiconductors; diode action, capacitance, inductance. AC Theory Introduction to sensors using electrical principles Introduction to power and data cabling Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics Physical properties of fluids and mixtures. Work, power and energy; conservation of energy, open and closed systems, the steady flow energy equation, application to building engineering systems. Energy in flowing fluids; conservation of energy in a moving fluid, continuity, Bernoulli's equation and momentum equations with application to flow measuring devices. Energy losses in flowing fluids: principles and applications of frictional losses in pipe
General Engineering Basic engineering relationships and units: mass, force, distance, time, velocity, acceleration and Newton's laws of motion. Heat Transfer Thermal comfort in humans; factors affecting humans, thermal indices. Thermal properties of common building materials, resistances and U values. Principles of heat transfer by conduction, radiation and convection (natural and forced). Conduction through homogeneous and multi-layered structures. Electrical Engineering Fundamental notations and relations of electrical properties; Ohm's Law, measurement of voltage, current and resistance. Kirchhoff's Laws; series and parallel circuit equivalences. Electromagnetism; induced emf's, transformers, power generation. Semiconductors; diode action, capacitance, inductance. AC Theory Introduction to sensors using electrical principles Introduction to power and data cabling Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics Physical properties of fluids and mixtures. Work, power and energy; conservation of energy, open and closed systems, the steady flow energy equation, application to building engineering systems. Energy in flowing fluids; conservation of energy in a moving fluid, continuity, Bernoulli's equation and momentum equations with application to flow measuring devices. Energy losses in flowing fluids: principles and applications of frictional losses in pipe
Module Overview:
This module introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of mechanical and electrical engineering, heat transfer, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, and the application of these to engineering problems in the built environment.
This module introduces the fundamental concepts and principles of mechanical and electrical engineering, heat transfer, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics, and the application of these to engineering problems in the built environment.
Additional Information:
This module provides an education in the principle concepts of mechanical and electrical engineering to support studies in Building Services Engineering, Architectural Engineering and similar engineering disciplines. On the Building Services Engineering Degree Apprenticeship programme, the knowledge learning outcome is K1 and the skills learning outcomes are S1 and S2.
This module provides an education in the principle concepts of mechanical and electrical engineering to support studies in Building Services Engineering, Architectural Engineering and similar engineering disciplines. On the Building Services Engineering Degree Apprenticeship programme, the knowledge learning outcome is K1 and the skills learning outcomes are S1 and S2.
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