BEng (Hons) Motorsport Engineering with Foundation Year

This Module enables the student to acquire an introductory level of knowledge, reasoning ability and practical skills for the operation, testing, diagnostics and adjustments of the main car chassis systems and engine unit. This is done through a combination of class room, on-line and practical activities.

The main aim of this module is to develop basic skills of engineering experimentations so that students can safely undertake laboratory and workshop work as well evaluate and discuss experimental findings.

To provide the concepts to underpin the discipline of Mathematics and enable students to model and analyse engineering systems, generate numerical values for system parameters, manipulate data to find system responses under defined conditions, evaluate the effects on systems of changes in variables and communicate ideas and results mathematically.

Provides students with the basic mathematical knowledge and skills that are fundamental to the applications of mathematics in modelling and solving engineering problems.

Builds on the fundamental concepts and skills established in Engineering Mathematics I and provide students with intermediate and advanced mathematical tools to model and solve engineering problems.

This module will investigate the principles which underpin the science of engineering systems. Covering both mechanical and electrical principles it will provide the basis for further study in specialist areas.

To introduce students to the fundamental skills, practices and attitudes of professional engineers through a series of graded active group learning experiences involving experimental testing, design and build, problem solving and investigation

Develop an understanding of the basic principles, cycles, systems and laws of thermodynamics and their application to engineering thermodynamic systems; in conjunction with the reasoning ability and practical skills required of the modern engineer.

To provide students with practical experience of translating engineering design theory into practice by way of setting a realistic industrial problem to be solved by product design and manufacture. To develop skills to enable students to create a simple concept design, with appropriate justification and documentation, to build and test a working prototype. To report on the proposed manufacture of the product using current engineering practices, whilst ensuring economic viability and environmental sustainability.

To relate the structure of engineering materials to their properties and understand how this will affect them in service. To link the properties of materials to processing and manufacturing methods and analyse the optimum combinations for the task in hand. Utilise analytical methods to determine key factors of materials related to in service components and structures and there production methodologies. Analyse in service behaviour, types and levels of stress, loads and failure modes. To provide a link to design, analysis, experimentation and decision making.

This module aims to develop knowledge and understanding of the theory and application of the solid mechanics principles; and to apply the mathematical and computational Finite Element Analysis (FEA) techniques for design and analysis of structural members under different types of loading.

This module is to use computers as an aid for solving problems applied to technical situations, with a view to allow students to become proficient in working with race cars and interpreting the data that can be gleamed from them.

To develop the students’ knowledge with regard to the impacts that engineering activity can have on the environment, on commerce, both local and global and upon society and individuals.

To develop knowledge, understanding and skills related to Motorsport & Automotive aerodynamics, by providing a comprehensive understanding of vehicle aerodynamics and the interaction with other vehicle systems. While also examining the techniques and methods used for aerodynamic testing and simulation through practical exercises and computational fluid dynamics simulation (CFD).  

This module aims to develop the students’ ability to use current technologies and techniques to apply solutions to current engineering problems faced within industry, as well as developing research methods and project management skills along with presentation and data interpretation techniques.