Course: Through Engineers' Eyes: Engineering Mechanics by Experiment, Analysis and Design

Dear Participants, It is my great pleasure in thanking you all for participating in the first iteration of this course and providing us with enough encouragement, constructive comments and motivation …

Congratulations on reaching the end of the course! The concept wheel shows how the last four weeks fit together. The final short video reviews the whole seven weeks. The chances …

Here is your final chance in this course to exercise your newly developed engineers’ eyes! The Overall Review in the Downloads section below will get you thinking about everything you …

There’s a lot to be gained from studying games. Textbooks on Engineering Mechanics use the game of billiards when explaining impulse-momentum. We’ll use the simpler game of shove ha’penny. This …

Newton’s second law takes us into Dynamics. You might be surprised to find out what he actually said – in Latin. But whatever the language it can help us understand …

This quick video highlights your progress towards Engineers Eyes. The concept wheel shows how it all fits together. Week 6 concept wheel (Click to expand) Forces from wind were the …

Where does most of the resistance to motion of an electric car come from? Hill climbing? Rolling resistance? Wind? What performance can we expect with the power that we have? …

There’s no better way to consolidate learning in Engineering Mechanics than quietly working through problems using pencil and paper (that’s why we call this a ‘Retro Tutorial’). The equations and …

We’ve dealt with the engineer’s understanding of a force. Now we’ll deal with the engineer’s understanding of power. It was in 1687 that Newton gave us equilibrium. A century later …

Here you’ll learn some fluid mechanics – another strand of Engineering Mechanics. There is much to understand here, but you can gain a lot without going into detail. So we’ll …

We’ll use the simplest model of rolling resistance, based on our dry friction approach. Although we used this simple model, making the experiment work was not simple at all. Many …

Civil Engineers need to know wind loading on buildings. Aerospace Engineers and Naval Architects need to know lift and drag on wings and sails. Automotive Engineers need to know wind …

It’s near the end of this course, so you’ll probably sit this one out and just watch the video. It’s advanced cardboard engineering, and full of subtleties. You’ll reflect on …

Finding rolling resistance is simple enough – provided you can measure pull. The way we’ve measured pull here is satisfyingly elegant. You can download instructions to the experiment in the …

This quick video highlights your progress towards Engineers Eyes. The concept wheel shows how it all fits together. Week 4 concept wheel (Click to expand) For Part 2 we have …