Mechanical Engineering for Non-Mechanical Engineers

COURSE TITLE
Mechanical Engineering for Non-Mechanical Engineers

COURSE DURATION
Mechanical Engineering for Non-Mechanical Engineers

3 Days
Specialized Training and Consulting

COURSE VENUE:
ADNOC Offshore
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COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course furnishes a diversity of essential topics, mainly, to Engineers,
Technicians and Facilities Managers who are not intimately familiar with
Mechanical Engineering Principles and Practices.
Through this course, attendees are expected to learn basic principles of
mechanical engineering in a simple, easy to understand, format. This course
will enable attendees to accomplish straightforward and common
calculations associated mechanical engineering concepts such as statics,
kinetics, kinematics, materials, mechanics of materials, fluid mechanics,
hydraulic machines, thermodynamics, and decision making associated with
typical engineering projects.
Most concepts are presented in basic and easy to understand terms.
Mechanical engineering concepts are illustrated by practical numerical
problems and case studies. Past experience has shown that even
professionals without engineering education can take away a commensurate
amount of engineering knowledge from “cross-discipline” skill building
workshops, such as this one.
Finally, a number of different instructional methods are used throughout the
course to allow for interactive learning and to give practical examples from
the industry to enable the delegates to be well rounded of Mechanical
Engineering concepts and issues.
 COURSE OBJECTIVE:

On successful completion of this course, participants will:

• Understand the principles and concepts associated with mechanical
energy, work, torque, power – and the inter-conversion between
these entities in the engineering realm.
• Get familiarized with methods and strategies utilized by
mechanical engineers for analysing forces and moments in beams
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and truss systems - in static equilibrium.

• Understand how to perform stress, strain, toughness and
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ductility analyses on engineering materials.

• Get familiarized with – or get refreshed on – basics of dynamics;
kinematics and kinetics, in linear and angular motion domains
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• Learn about strengths, thermal and alloying characteristics of

materials.
• Comprehend and learn to apply hydrostatics and hydrodynamics
principles, laws and equations for analyses of fluid systems.
• Gain an introduction to mechanical design components and their
limits.
• Gain an introduction to some of the basic instruments utilized
by mechanical engineers.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This program is designed as a crash course for exposing the fundamentals of
Mechanical Engineering in a concise manner. This is course is especially
beneficial for non-mechanical majors regardless of their background. Also, it
serves as a refreshing material for mechanics as well.

TRAINING METHODOLOGY
 In addition to the lecture presentations, examples, samples, and exercises
will be utilized to build participants’ capacity and enable them to do a mini-
case study of a shutdown project.

PROGRAM OUTLINE

• Fundamentals of Mechanical Engineering

o
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Mechanical systems units: Imperial (US) and Metric (SI) Systems.

o Types of Energy
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o Conservation of Energy and Mass

o Essential formulas and units
• Statics and Dynamics (Kinematics and Kinetics)
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o Overview: Force: Normal and Shear, Moment, Torque, Couple ..etc.

o Overview: Displacement, Velocity and Acceleration
o Overview: Work and Power
o Overview of laws of motion
o Static and Dynamic Equilibrium under point and distributed loads.
o Applications: Static and Dynamical loadings on machines components

• Materials and Mechanics of Materials

o Stress, strain and material strength
o Mechanical components failure modes
o Applications:
• Understanding the Mechanical Design and Components Limits
o Mechanisms
o Bearings
o Gears
o Shafts
o Couplings
o Friction and Lubrication
o Applications: Gear Boxes
• Vibrations and Control
o Over view of vibration
o Causes of vibration
o Dealing with vibration
 o Condition based maintenance
o The basic control loop
o Applications: Misalignment
• Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power
o Fluid properties
o Fluid statics and pressure
o Fluid in motion and types of flow
o Applications: Pneumatic and Hydraulic operated valves
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• Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer

o Basic Laws
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o Fundamental thermodynamic concepts, principles, laws, problem

solving techniques; with emphasis on comprehension and proper
application of the saturated steam and superheated steam tables
o Essential Cycles
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o Heat transfer methods overview

o Applications: Fired Heaters
• Introduction to mechanical engineering skills
o Basic measuring instruments usage
o Troubleshooting
o How to think like a mechanical engineer
o The interdisciplinary advantage for the industry
o Drills

Summary Open Forum & Closing

Timing: 0900 -1500hrs