Mechanics and Properties of Matter Laboratory (H7117)
15 credits, Level 3 (sub-degree)
Autumn teaching
Laboratory investigation topics include:
- simple pendulum and SHM
- constrained compound pendulum
- Spring and Hooke’s law
- Spring and SHM
- moment of inertia of cylinders.
Lecture and workshop topics:
- error analysis
- using Excel for calculations and graphs.
- using MS Word to create lab reports.
- using LaTeX to create graphs and lab reports.
- writing and assessing lab reports.
Teaching
18%: Lecture (Lecture, Pre-lab)
82%: Practical (Laboratory, Practical)
Assessment
100%: Coursework (Group presentation, Report)
Contact hours and workload
This module is approximately 150 hours of work. This breaks down into about 33 hours of contact time and about 117 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.
We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.
We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.