1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Content
The nature of psychological counselling and its relationship
to guidance, psychotherapy and other interview based
helping activities will be considered. Emphasis will be given
to the mainstream approaches to counselling and to their
relevant implications and assumptions. Basic helping
interview skills will be introduced as part of the experiential
component of the subject. These skills will be drawn from
the microskills model proposed by Ivey. Students will be
expected to practise interviewing as part of their classroom
participation. Other models of counselling will also be
discussed, and consideration will be given to the
effectiveness of the counselling process.
Recommended reading
Egan, G. The Skilled Helper. Pacific Grove, California, USA,
Brooks\Cole, 1990
Thomas , R. Counselling and L$span Development. London,
Sage, 1990
Benjamin, A., The Heping Interview, 4th edn, Boston, Houghton
Miflin,1987
ME249 Environmental Engineering
10 credit points 4 hours pw week (I sern.) Hawthorn
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Applied Science
(Environmental Health)
Objectives
To provide students with an understanding of some
engineering principles, and the ways in which these can be
employed to control the environment.
Content
Part A Mechanical engineering plant
Principles and standards to be met by heating, ventilating,
lighting, air-conditioning, refrigeration, steam and high
pressure hot water plant tests on boiler plants such as 02,
CO and C02 tests. Recognition and analysis of problems,
reports and recommendations, maintenance of records.
Part B Vibration/acoustics
Theory and practice of vibration and noise control applied
to equipment and plant including ventilation systems and
food processing plant. Codes of practice for noise emission
and control.
Minimising the health risks associated with high levels of
vibration and noise.
Recommended reading
Clifford, E.C., Heating, Ventilation and air conditioning, Reston
Publishing, 1984
Irwin. 1.. Graf. E. Industrial Noise and Vibration Control. Prentice
Hall, G79
Schuder, C. B., Energy Engineering Fundamentals, Van Nostrand
Reinhold, 1983
Stein, B. et al, Mechanical and Electrical Equipment for Buildings,
7th edn. Wiley, 1986
Strauss, W. Air Pollution Control Part 3, Wiley, 1978.
ME729 Fluid Mechanics
3 hours per week Hawthorn Assessment: practical work
and examination
Content
To provide a knowledge of fluid mechanics adequate for the
graduate entering the process industry.
Kinematic and potential energy, the equivalence of pressure
and head. Bernoulli equation and its application to Pitot
tube, orifice plate andkenturi, and weir plates.
Momentum and the momentum equation. Viscosity, its
measurement and use. Criteria of similarity; dimensional
analysis and its application to the derivation of the Stanton
(Moody) chart. Equivalent length and diameter. Stanton and
von Karman charts. The Hagen-Poiseuille equation.
Operation and characteristics of centrifugal pumps and fans;
means of output control. The virtual head equation, the
dimensionless groups relating pump head, throughput,
power consumption and efficiency with impeller diameter
Hnd speed. spe;ific speed; cavitatibn and NPSH;
relationships between frictional head loss in pipework and
head development of pump or fan.
Application of the above concepts to the solution of
problems.
Positive displacement pumps and blowers; valves - gate,
globe, diaphragm, pinch, ball etc.
Recommended reading
Coulson, J.M., Richardson, J.F. and Backhurst, J.R. Chemical
Enginea'ng. 4th edn, Oxford, England, Pergarnon, 1990
ME731 Instrumentation and System
Control
3 hours pw week Hawthorn
Content
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General concepts. Overview of instrumentation in monitoring,
control and experimental analysis.
Functional concepts. Functional elements of instruments and
system control loops.
Measuring devices. Principles of measuring temperature,
pressure, flow, velocity and humidity. Relevant instruments,
measurement techniques and interpretation.
Interrelation of plant and control systems, and
interpretation of schematic control drawings.
Control devices and controllers. Broad understanding of
pneumatic, electric and electronic control systems, relative
merits, overview of controller types and a practical
understanding of system control.
DDC, building automation and monitoring.
System studies. Linking of the above elements into control
systems for air-conditioning, refrigeration and heating and
fire services.
Application of control systems within overall energy,
management strategies -link with ME781.