Minor subject Mechanics

Mechanics builds bridges between physics, mathematics and engineering. It is an area that plays an important role in current developments in a wide range of scientific and technical fields.

General information

Your degree programme, field of study, examination regulations version and (from PO 2018) minor subject version are relevant for the choice of minor subject. Please be sure to read the general information . There you will also find the number of credit points (CP) to be earned. Modules not listed here are possible with approval.

Please note: Not everything you can choose in TUCaN can also be included in the degree programme.

Due to a change in the study regulations of the minor subject, for example, certain module combinations may not be possible (because they overlap too much). In case of doubt, please ask for approval of a voluntary examination plan or ask our study coordinator.

Module name CP Module number
Mandatory Technische Mechanik I 8 13-E0-M001
Technische Mechanik II 8 13-E0-M002
Technische Mechanik III 8 13-E0-M003
Elective (freely selectable) Technische Mechanik IV 6 16-13-6400
Tensorrechnung für Ingenieure 6 13-E2-M004
Finite-Element-Methoden I 6 13-E1-M001
Kontinuumsmechanik I 6 13-E2-M002
Mechanik elastischer Strukturen I 6 16-61-5020
Höhere Maschinendynamik 6 16-25-5060
Technische Hydromechanik und Hydraulik I 6 13-L2-M015
Technische Strömungslehre 6 16-11-5010
Werkstoffmechanik 6 13-02-M
Elective (max. 1 module) Seminar Festkörpermechanik 3 13-E1-M005
Seminar Kontinuumsmechanik 3 13-E2-M006
Forschungsseminar Strukturmechanik 3 16-61-606b
Seminar Strömungsmechanik, Kontinuumsmechanik und geophysikalische Mechanik 3 16-64-617b
Forschungsseminar Angewandte Dynamik 3 16-25-611b
upon approval (selectivity unclear) Aerodynamik I 6 16-11-5050
Flugmechanik I: Flugleistungen 6 16-23-5030
Statik I 6 13-M2-M001
Statik II 6 13-M2-M002
Systemtheorie und Regelungstechnik 6 16-23-5010
more module possible upon approval*
* All elective modules from the core study programmes are eligible, provided there is sufficient capacity.
Module name CP Module number Field
Elective (freely selectable All not yet selected modules in the area “elective (freely selectable)” of the bachelor's minor subject.
Grundlagen der Turbulenz 6 16-64-5130 SD
Fortgeschrittene Strömungsmechanik 6 16-64-5110 SD
Strömungs- und Temperaturgrenzschichten 4 16-64-5120 SD
Mathematische Methoden in der Strömungsmechanik: Exakte und Symmetrie-Methoden 6 16-64-5230 SD
Mathematische Methoden in der Strömungsmechanik: Störungsrechnung 6 16-64-3254 SD
Verfahren höherer Ordnung zur Strömungssimulation und Optimierung 4 16-64-5180 SD
Kontinuumsmechanische Modellierung von Mehrphasenströmungen und Mischungstheorie 6 16-64-5220 SD
Höhere Maschinendynamik 6 16-25-5060 AD
Nichtlineare Dynamik 6 16-25-5160 AD
Numerische Methoden der technischen Dynamik 6 16-25-5150 AD
Gasdynamik 6 16-13-6410 EK
Rheologie (Strömungsmechanik nicht-newtonscher Fluide) 6 16-13-5120 EK
Kontinuumsmechanik I 6 13-E2-M002 KM
Kontinuumsmechanik II 6 13-E2-M003 KM
Tensorrechnung für Ingenieure 6 13-E2-M004 KM
Plastizitätstheorie (Mechanik) 6 13-E2-M001 KM
Mechanik elastischer Strukturen I 6 16-61-5020 SM
Mechanik elastischer Strukturen II 6 16-61-5030 SM
Strukturintegrität und Bruchmechanik 6 16-61-5050 SM
Stabilität der Tragwerke (FEM III) 6 13-E1-M003 FM
FE-Umsetzung von nichtlinearem Materialverhalten mit ABAQUS 6 13-E1-M006 FM
Mikromechanik 6 13-E1-M004 FM
Mechanik der Polymerwerkstoffe 6 13-M2-M011 FM
Betriebsfestigkeit 6 13-I2-M001 WM
Bruchmechanik 13-I2-M002 WM
Elective (max. 1 module) Masterseminar Strömungsmechanik, Kontinuumsmechanik und geophysikalische Mechanik 3 16-64-617m
Masterseminar angewandte Dynamik 3 16-25-611m AD
Masterseminar Kontinuumsmechanik 3 13-E2-M007 KM
Masterseminar Festkörpermechanik 3 13-E1-M007 FM
Strukturmechanik 33 16-61-606m SM
upon approval (selectability unclear) Numerische Strömungssimulation 6 16-19-5020 N.N.
Weiterführende Methoden der Strömungssimulation 4 16-19-5100 N.N.
Modellierung turbulenter technischer Strömungen 8 16-13-5070 N.N.
Ausgewählte Kapitel aus der Strömungsmechanik und Verbrennung 6 16-13-5140 N.N.
Numerische Modellierung von Transportprozessen in Fluiden 8 16-11-5141 N.N.
Materialwissenschaft IVa-Mechanisches Materialverhalten 6 11-01-3011 N.N.
More modules are possible upon approval.*
* All elective modules from the core study programmes, provided there is sufficient capacity
Key Specialisations
AD = Applied Dynamcics; EK = Energy and Power Plant Engineering;
FM = Solid State Mechanics; KM = Continuum Mechanics; SD = Fluid Dynamics; SM = Structual Mechanics; WM = Material Mechanics; N.N. = not nameable
Mathematically orientated Master's theses are possible in at least the three subject areas of Continuum Mechanics, Applied Dynamics and Fluid Dynamics.
Elective (1 module exactly) One seminar from the area “elective (max. 1 module)”
Elective (normally from 1 or 2 of the 7 fields, upon approval with the examiner, such that that the requirements for a Master's thesis are met in one field of study. Area “elective (freely selectable)” of the master's minor subject
Every combination requires approval (opens in new tab) .
Mathematically orientated Master's theses are possible in at least the three subject areas of Continuum Mechanics, Applied Dynamics and Fluid Dynamics.
If you are planning to write your Master's thesis in another subject area, we recommend that you clarify the options in advance with the lecturer(s) you are considering as supervisor(s) and discuss the study plan in the non-mathematical areas. Please also note:
When registering a Master's thesis, a second reviewer from Department 04 must agree to the topic and thus confirm that the topic is sufficiently mathematically orientated. This is not always the case.