ME3515:03
Material Selection in Design
Townsville
Prerequisites: ME2525
39 lectures, 39 hours workshops. First semester.
Available to level 3 mechanical engineering and mechatronics students.
Technical report writing and oral presentation. Material selection and application in design: use of ferrous and non-ferrous metals, metal alloys, plastics, composites, synthetic and natural rubbers, etc. Introduction to tribology: elementary contact mechanics, friction, wear and lubrication.
Learning Objectives:
- to develop student’s technical communications skills;
- to enhance student knowledge of the use of traditional and non-traditional materials in design;
- to provide students with a knowledge of the fundamentals of tribology.
Assessment by examination (50%-70%); on-course assessment (30%-50%).
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