Admission to the specialtySyllabus

Subject code

İF-3840y

Credits

4

Student workload

120

Semester

Spring semester

Academic year

2025-2026

Subject type

Mandatory

Form of education

Full-time

Language of instruction

Azerbaijani

In-class hours

a)30 saat- mühazirə

Out-of-class hours

a)60 saat-TSİ, b) 30 saat-MRTSİ

"introduction to the specialty" subject 050628 is an initial basic subject designed for first-year undergraduate students majoring in "mechanical engineering" and introducing them to their future professional activities. the main goal of teaching the subject is to provide students with fundamental information about the history of mechanical engineering, its development stages, its role in modern production, and its future prospects. within the course, students get acquainted with the general classification of machines and mechanisms, the basic principles of engineering design, and the rules of professional ethics. at the same time, students are taught the structure of other specialized subjects and their importance in engineering creativity. this subject lays the groundwork for future engineers to deeply understand their professional direction, adapt to education, and form a professional mindset.

• lecture
• teamwork
• presentations
• interactive discussion

No learning outcomes have been added.

1. 1.
   Fundamentals of mechanical engineering. basic concepts: mechanics, engineer, mechanical engineer, machine, mechanism, device, equipment, apparatus.
2. 2.
   Qualification requirements and principles. duties and areas of activity of engineer-mechanics.
3. 3.
   Special subjects of mechanical engineering. theoretical mechanics, resistance of materials, fluid and gas mechanics, hydraulics, nanomechanics, dispersion mechanics, machine mechanics, tribology.
4. 4.
   Types of machines: technological machines, transport machines, energetic machines, cybernetic machines, automatic machines.
5. 5.
   Machine units: engine, intermediate transmission mechanism, control system, working machine.
6. 6.
   Application of kinetostatics to machines and mechanisms.
7. 7.
   Types of machines: technological machines, transport machines, energetic machines, cybernetic machines, automatic machines.
8. 8.
   Requirements for engineering devices (machines): strength, rigidity, stability, reliability, longevity.
9. 9.
   Oscillation and vibration of the mechanical system.
10. 10.
    Hydromechanics, hydraulic systems in machines.
11. 11.
    Fundamentals of impact theory. accidents in cars.
12. 12.
    Friction wear in machines, useful work coefficient.
13. 13.
    Motion equations of machines and mechanisms and their solutions.
14. 14.
    Dynamic parameters of the mechanical system: inertial (inertia) parameters, kinematic and dynamic parameters.
15. 15.
    Ways to improve the quality indicators of modern mechanical systems based on the principles of nanomechanics.

1. Basic literature 1. mirzajanzadeh a.x. admission to the specialty. baku, 1997 2. gadyrov n.b. theoretical mechanics course, baku, 1997 3. mammadov h.q. theoretical mechanics, baku, 1965 4. i.s. zaguzov, v.n. golovinskiy, VN kalabukhov. introduction to the specialty (mechanics), samara, 2002 5. wickert j., lewis k. an introduction to mechanical engineering. cengage learning, 3rd edition, 2012 additional literature 6. bakhshali v.i. applied mechanics: theoretical mechanics and resistance of materials, baku, "elm", 2017, 452p. 7. d. gross et al. engineering mechanics 1, statics and dynamics, springer verlag, new york, 2011, 359 pp. 8. ferdinand p. beer, e. russell jr. johnston etc. vector mechanics for engineers: statics and dynamics, 12th edition, new york, mcgraw-hill education, 2016 9. j.l. merriam, l.g. craig. (2012). engineering mechanics. statics. 7th edition, john wiley & sons, inc. http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions