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Mechanical Engineering
Degrees - study
in Johannesburg
see our online degrees web site here
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
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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
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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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