Engineering Basics 2

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency - Management, Engineering and Application, Master (PO-2026)

Unique module numberETechn-9010-M
Module number / codeP-UK-02
Module nameEngineering Basics 2
Type of moduleCompulsory module
Learning outcomes, acquired competencies and qualification goals

After the successful participation in the course Technical Mechanics the students are able to:

  • calculate flow of forces in static systems
  • solve simple dynamic issues (e.g. problems between turbines and ground)

After the successful participation in the course Engineering Mathematics the students are able to:

  • understand functions and their differentiation and integration
  • describe systems based on linear and non-linear operators (deterministic and stochastic)

analyze system design and simulation using numerical methods

Course typesVLmP (2 SWS); VLmP (3 SWS)
Content

Technical Mechanics

  • Fundamental definitions in technical mechanics
  • Flow of forces in static systems
  • Simple dynamic problems e.g. between turbines and ground

Engineering Mathematics

  • Fundamentals of linear algebra, basics in probability and statistics
  • Functions and its differentiation and integration
  • Functions of more than one variable
  • System description based on linear / non-linear operators (deterministic and stochastic)
  • System design and simulation using numerical methods
  • Calculus
    • single variable calculus (differentiation, integration)
    • multi variable calculus (partial differentiation, multiple integration)
Title of coursesTechnical Mechanics
Engineering Mathematics
Teaching and learning methodslecture (Technical Mechanics)
lecture (Engineering Mathematics)
Usabilitiy in other programs
Duration1 Semester
Frequency of module offerannually in summer semester
Teaching languageEnglish
Recommended (knowledge) prerequisites
Required prerequisites for participationnone
Student workload150 hours (75 h course attendance; 75 h self-study)
Required course worknone
Prerequisites for examination(s)none
Module examination(s)Examination P1: Technical Mechanics - written exam (90 min)
Grade weighting P1: 40%
Examination P2: Engineering Mathematics - written exam (90 min)
Grade weighting P2: 60%
Credit points (ECTS)5 cp
Teaching unitElektrotechnik
Responsible personProf. Dahlhaus
Lecturer(s)Ammar Abid, Nour Mansour
Media usedblack board and beamer, lectures and presentations, problem based teaching, experimental measurements, use of simple computer programs
Recommended literature
  • Lecture notes on Techniocal Mechanics.
  • S.C. Chapra, Applied Numerical Methods with MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists, Tata McGraw Hill, 2nd edition 2008.
  • A. Papoulis and S. U. Pilllai, Probabilty, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, 4th ed., McGraw Hill, 2002.
  • Further literature will be announced by the lecturers.
Comments

5 cp (2 cp - Technical Mechanics; 3 cp - Engineering Mathematics)