ME3525 - Mechanical Design
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Engineering |
Design in accordance with standards. Legal and ethical machine safety requirements. Optimisation and modelling. Detailed investigation of selected design problems in a number of areas of mechanical engineering. Topics will be drawn from the following areas: acoustics, dynamics, machine element design, solid mechanics and the design of thermal and fluid machinery. Emphasis will be placed on the use of appropriate modelling technology.
Learning Outcomes
- to enhance communication skills written and oral;
- to introduce students to sugar milling theories, design of experiments and data analysis;
- to introduce students to the use of standards in design;
- to promote student awareness of legal and ethical machine safety requirements;
- to reinforce material from a number of areas of mechanical engineering and to develop design skills specific to these areas.
| Prerequisites: | ME2525 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 25-Aug-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Dave Holmes. |
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| Assessment: | quizzes or tests (20% - 40%); design reports (60% - 80%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.