Expand+Online applications are open for course commencing 15th September 2022.

Please note that applicants will be required to pay an acceptance fee of €250 online if a place on a course is offered. This fee is deductible from the overall course fee.
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Hide-Online applications are open for course commencing 15th September 2022.

Please note that applicants will be required to pay an acceptance fee of €250 online if a place on a course is offered. This fee is deductible from the overall course fee.

You will not be charged for applying for the programme by clicking the 'apply now' button, you are only asked to pay an acceptance fee if a place is offered to you and you wish to accept it.

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Expand+Semester 1:
• Mechanical Science (Statics, Stress and Strain) – MECH 6035:
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
1. Determine resultants and apply conditions of static equilibrium to plane force systems.

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Hide-Semester 1:
• Mechanical Science (Statics, Stress and Strain) – MECH 6035:
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
1. Determine resultants and apply conditions of static equilibrium to plane force systems.

2. Identify and quantify all forces associated with a static framework using either the graphical method/method of joints/method of sections.

3. Construct shear force and bending moment diagrams for beams under various loading conditions.

4. Determine the stresses and strains in prismatic structures due to direct/shear and thermal loads.

5. Manipulate the Simple Bending and Simple Torsion equations to solve basic problems in beams and shafts having symmetrical cross sections.

• Technological Mathematics 101 – MATH6012:
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
1. Formulate and solve various equations including those involving the laws of indices and logs.

2. Reduce equations to linear form and interpret constants from graphs.

3. Use trigonometry to solve triangles, graph periodic functions and solve trigonometric equations.

4. Apply differentiation to various functions, rates of change, and optimisation.

5. Evaluate definite integrals, apply integration techniques to problems in Science & Engineering, and formulate differential equations.

Semester 2:
• Mechanical Science (Dynamics and Fluids) – MECH 6036:
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:
1. Manipulate equations of linear and angular motion.

2. Apply momentum, work and energy to linear and angular systems.

3. Apply the laws of friction to objects on the flat and inclined planes.

4. Determine the forces associated with circular motion.

5. Use Bernouli’s equation and the continuity equation to solve problems in fluid dynamic systems.

• Technological Mathematics201 – MATH6040:
On successful completion of this module the learner will be able to:

1. Differentiate parametrically, implicitly, partially and solve related rates of change problems.

2. Apply vector algebra methods to problems involving forces and moments of forces.

3. Integrate by parts and by inverse trigonometric substitution; and apply integration methods to various applied problems.

4. Solve and analyse simultaneous equations using matrix algebra methods.