Fundamental courses

Course of mechanics in Romanian:    N. Manafi - Bazele mecanicii aplicate

Course of mechanics in English:    R. Voinea, I. Stroe, M. V. Predoi - Technical Mechanics

The fundamental courses taught in the Department of Mechanics of the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest are addressed to the first university study cycle (license studies of 4 years).

Objectives

The courses make students familiar with the fundamental notions, principles and methods of the statics, kinematics, dynamics, analytical mechanics and mechanical vibrations, such as:

• mechanical interactions and constraints between bodies;

• equilibrium of bodies and of systems of bodies;

• geometrical aspect of the motion of a material point and of a rigid body;

• dependence of the nature of the motion on the reference frame;

• the way interactions between bodies determine their motion;

• conditions, physical significance and practical consequences of conservation of certain mechanical quantities;

• effects of shocks;

• causes, effects and characteristics of periodical motions.

Students will understand the general stages of solving a technical problem which involves mechanical phenomena:

• modeling of bodies and of systems of bodies;

• study by analytical, numerical and experimental methods;

• interpretation of the results.

The courses intend, also, to form a common, standard and accurate technical language, indispensable for the communication in multidisciplinary engineering teams.

Applications that accompany the courses are designed in such a manner, that students:

• gain the ability to model real mechanical systems by means of the simplified concepts of material point and rigid body;

• develop the capability to apply in practical problems the studied theoretical principles and analytical methods;

• understand and compare the applicability conditions, the advantages and the limits of various study methods;

• stimulate the creativity of the students and the interactive participation to the solving of the proposed problems.

Specific competencies

Graduates of the courses will achieve the following specific competences:

• identification and understanding of the functioning of mechanical devices and components in industrial systems of various kinds (heat, hydraulic and electrical machines and installations; road, railway and air vehicles; biotechnical, chemical and metallurgical installations and devices; manufacturing tools, industrial robots and automatic systems; small size devices and electromechanical components);

• modeling, formulating and solving of mechanics problems involved in industry.

Specialized courses

The specialized courses taught in the Department of Mechanics of the University "Politehnica" of Bucharest are addressed to the Master program.