Master’s programme in Mechanical Engineering - Structural Mechanics (120 credits)
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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TUITION FEES
SEK 70,000 / per semester *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* for non-EU/EEA/Switzerland student. EU/EEA/Switzerland students pay no tuition
Introduction
Work with advanced product development in coordinated processes – predicting and optimising performance using both virtual and physical modelling.
This study programme gives you the ability to, among other things, control virtual and physical modeling, simulation, experimental investigation, and optimisation. A degree leads to future roles in advanced product development or research in mechanical engineering.
Advanced product development with several dimensions
The programme prepares for work with advanced product development or to conduct research in mechanical engineering. On completion of the programme, you should master a coordinated method of working with analysis from several parallel subprocesses to support decisions in the product development process.
A diversity of tasks – a diverse competence
You work with a multitude of tasks – virtual and physical modeling, simulation, experimental investigation, and optimization. You acquire a solid basis for working with performance prediction and ensuring that new products achieve their intended function, using your specialized knowledge in mathematics, numerical calculation methods, measurement technology, analysis of vibrations, acoustics, and fracture mechanics.
About the School:
Blekinge Institute of Technology, BTH, has a distinctive focus on the digitalization of society and sustainability. Our task is to contribute to a more sustainable societal development through higher education, research, and innovation.
The study programmes are of high quality, student-centered, and linked to research, intended for national and international students. Our education focuses on society’s future needs and challenges and is carried out in close collaboration with society at large. We offer study programmes in different cycles, as well as single-subject courses, which are given both on campus and through remote learning.
The educational environment supports the students in becoming good colleagues, leaders, and innovators with the knowledge and ability to predict and generate changes and external engagement with broader society. Additionally, the private sector contributes by making us more attractive to ensure that our education and research maintain high quality and relevance.
With a degree from BTH, students create conditions for society’s development in digitalization and sustainability.
Curriculum
This programme prepares you for participation in advanced product development or research in mechanical engineering. After completing the degree, you master virtual and physical modeling, simulation, experimental investigation, and optimization, among other things.
The aim of the programme is to prepare for participation in advanced product development or research in mechanical engineering. The goal is that, after completing the degree, you will be able to use a coordinated approach to analysis for decision support in the product development process. The working method includes the sub-moments of virtual and physical modeling, simulation, and experimental investigation and optimization respectively.
The method of working may, in brief, be described as follows:
- Virtual models for descriptions of interesting product qualities and behaviors are developed, verified, and used for simulation of the functionality of the system. These virtual models are also used to construct and design good physical models and measurement strategies.
- The simulation result is compared to experimental results from examinations of delimited parallelly developed physical models, or to experiences from previous developments, with the aim of validating the virtual models.
- The process is repeated until sufficient correspondence is reached. Simulation with the virtual model can then be used for optimization. If the optimization indicates a need for changes that affect the relevance of the model in question, the whole process will be repeated. More detailed descriptions are when need be, added gradually to the model during the ongoing development of the analyzed product. At the development of an entirely new product various reiterations of usually needed. When a new variant of a product is being developed, previous experiences may, to a great extent be re-utilized.
To get the most out of this study programme, it is vital that you study relevant research and increase your ability to use modern tools for visualization and documentation to communicate your own contributions with scientific facts.