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Do you wish to study an Mechanical Engineering degree?

Study at the top universities in South Africa, or via correspondence at universities in the UK, USA and Europe. Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of principles of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. Mechanical engineering is one of the oldest and broadest engineering disciplines

Mechanical engineers design and develop everything you think of as a machine - from supersonic fighter jets to bicycles to toasters. And they influence the design of other products as well - shoes, light bulbs and even doors. Many mechanical engineers specialize in areas such as manufacturing, robotics, automotive/transportation and air conditioning. Others cross over into other disciplines, working on everything from artificial organs to the expanding field of nanotechnology. And some use their mechanical engineering degree as preparation for the practice of medicine and law. The mechanical engineer may design a component, a machine, a system or a process. Mechanical engineers will analyze their design using the principles of motion, energy, and force to insure the product functions safely, efficiently, reliably, and can be manufactured at a competitive cost.

Mechanical engineers work in the automotive, aerospace, chemical, computer, communication, paper, and power generation industries. Mechanical engineers will be found in virtually any manufacturing industry. Increasingly, mechanical engineers are needed in the environmental and bio-medical fields. Indeed virtually every product or service in modern life has probably been touched in some way by a mechanical engineer

Mechanical Engineers study:

Statics: How are forces transmitted to and throughout a structure?
Dynamics: What are the velocities, accelerations and resulting forces for a system in motion?
Kinematics: How does a mechanism behave as it moves through its range of motion?
Strength of Materials: Is the component strong enough to support the loads? Is it stiff enough?
Materials Science: Which material has the optimum properties?
Thermodynamics : How does energy get converted to useful power? What are the losses?
Fluid Mechanics: What is the pressure drop due to the fluid flow? What are the aerodynamic drag forces?
Heat Transfer: How do you calculate heat transfer rates from temperature data? How do you predict the temperature distributions?
Manufacturing: What manufacturing processes do you select?
Machine Design: How do you synthesize all of the above?
Electrical Circuits: How do you integrate electronic controls into your design?
Laboratory Methods: How do you make and interpret both thermal and mechanical measurements?
Vibrations: How do you predict and control vibrations?
Engineering Economics: How do you estimate manufacturing costs?

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