Year
2017
Units
4.5
Contact
1 x 2-hour tutorial weekly
1 x 2-hour workshop weekly
4 x 2-hour practicals per semester
1 x 2-hour workshop weekly
4 x 2-hour practicals per semester
Prerequisites
1 1 of ENGR1732, PHYS1101, PHYS1102, PHYS1332, PHYS1601, PHYS1602, PHYS1205
2 1 of MATH1122, MATH1204
Must Satisfy: (1 and 2)
2 1 of MATH1122, MATH1204
Must Satisfy: (1 and 2)
Enrolment not permitted
ENGR9801 has been successfully completed
Topic description
Mechanics of Machines
- Mechanisms and kinematics
- Position and displacement analysis
- Mechanism design
- Motion analysis in machinery
- Instantaneous centre of rotation (graphical and analytical)
- Velocity and acceleration analyses of mechanisms
- Cams: design and kinematic analysis, the Geneva mechanism
- Gears: kinematic analysis and selection
- Belt and chain drives
- Screw mechanisms
- Introduction to Mechanical Vibrations
- Underdamped Free Vibrations
- Damped Vibrations
Educational aims
To give students an understanding of machine kinematics, dynamics and vibration, and to introduce students to the machine/mechanism design process.
Expected learning outcomes
At the completion of this topic, students are expected to be able to:
- Analyse and design mechanisms
- Understand and analyse motion analysis in machinery
- Calculate and identify instantaneous centres of rotation of machines
- Calculate the velocity and acceleration of mechanisms
- Understand, analyse and design cam systems
- Understand analyse, and design geared systems
- Understand, analyse and design belt and chain drives
- Understand, analyse and design screw mechanisms
- Understand and analyse single and multi-degree of freedom systems
- Demonstrate understanding of the design of vibration absorbers
- Understand and analyse Distributed Parameter Systems
- Demonstrate understanding of vibration testing and modal analysis
Key dates and timetable
Timetable details for 2017 are no longer published.
Sturt Rd, Bedford Park
South Australia 5042
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