Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Mechanical engineering for dissertations — materials science (tensile testing — BS EN ISO 6892-1; fatigue testing — BS 7608:2014 weld fatigue classes, ASTM E466 S-N curves, strain-life approach, Miner's rule; fracture mechanics — LEFM, stress intensity factor K, crack propagation — Paris Law; hardness testing — Vickers, Rockwell, Brinell), thermal engineering (CFD analysis — ANSYS Fluent or OpenFOAM; heat transfer fundamentals — conduction, convection, radiation; thermodynamic cycle analysis — Rankine, Brayton; heat exchanger design — LMTD, NTU methods), manufacturing and quality (GD&T — BS ISO 1101 geometric tolerancing; SPC statistical process control — control charts; CNC machining optimisation; additive manufacturing — powder bed fusion — Inconel 625 SLM parameters and defect characterisation — ASTM F3291), and robotics and mechatronics (PID control design, state space representation, Simulink modelling, ROS2 robot operating system for research platforms).