1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Introduction to CAD/CAM
CAD/CAM hardware and software. Numerical Control
concepts. NC procedure, part programming
Tool path generation, verification techniques.
Demonstration of machining of models on CNC machines.
Recommended reading
Lecture notebook
Ennineerinn drawing handbook, I.E., Aust and Standards of
~Gtralia, 7993
Groover, M.P. and Zimmers E.W., CAD/CAM Computu Aided
Desim and Manufacture, Prentice Hall, 1984
~ccahon, C ad Browne, J., CAD&: From Principles to
Practice. Addison-Wesley, 1993
Perkins, P.E., Hanak on CAD. Cassell Publishers, London, 1989
Williarns, R.A., Fundamentals of Dimensioning and tolerancing.
Edward Arnold, Melbourne, 1991
Bounday, A.W., Engineering Drawing. 4th edn, McGraw-Hill,
1992
MM295 Measurement and Control
systems
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: examination, assignments/laboratory
Objectives
To provide knowledge of:
electronics principles of measurement and control
systems:
industrial measurements and associated instrumentation;
mathematical modeling of physical components;
dynamic behaviour of instruments and control systems;
communication between control devices;
typical applications of instrumentation in automatic
control systems.
Content
System Components
Digital Electronics and microcomputers: Numbers - binary,
octal, hexadecimal. Binary arithmetic. Basic digital devices -
logic gates, flip flops, latches. Multiplexes and
demultiplexers. Semiconductor memories.
Microcomputers. Analogue components.
Linear amplifiers (AC and DC): characteristics, functions of
transient amplifiers, input/output resistance, multi-stage
amplifiers, operational amplifiers, conditioning of analogue
signals.
Transducers: Active and passive. Circuits (bridges).
Properties: piezoelectric, optical, resistive, capacitive,
inductive.
Interfacing computers to the outside world: A/D and D/A
conversion. Sampling. Protection, isolation and
transformation
Practical work to: reinforce the theory covered and to learn
how to use instruments
Modelling and performance of control systems: System
Realisation and Performance. Overview of mechanical,
pneumatic and electrical components. Mathematical
modeling. Physical relationships. Transfer functions:
representation of components. Block diagrams: overall
system transfer function
Analysis of static and dynamic performance: Classical
solution for determine output response. First-order systems:
step, ramp and sinusoidal input.
Second: order systems - step, ramp and sinusoidal input.
Frequency response of higher order systems
Stability analysis of control systems: Routh and Nyquist
stability theorems, Bode diagrams
Experimental methods for: Determining transfer functions.
Determining the stability of a system.
Recommended reading
Toncich, D. J., Computer Architecture and Interfacing 2,
Mechatronics systems. Chrystobel Engineering, 1994
Richards, R. J., Solving Problems in Control. Longman Scientific
and Technical, 1993
Doebelin, E. O., Measurement Systems. 4th edn, McGraw Hill,
1990
MM31 2 Unit Operations
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: practical work and exmination
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Chemical) and (Manufacturing)
Content
This subject aims to impart understanding of physical
phenomena involving particles, and the importance of these
in chemical manufacturing.
Fluid/particle systems hydraulic classification, hindered
settling, thickening. Flow through packed beds, sand filters,
fluidisation, .- pneumatic . and hydraulic conveying, filtration
and centrifuging.
Handling and transport of powders, powder mixing,
crushing, grinding and screening.
Recommended reading
Coulson, J.M. Richardson, J.F. and Backhurst, J.R., Chemical
Engineering. vol. 2,4th edn, Oxford, Pergamon Press, 1990
MM31 5 Heat Transfer
12 credit points I hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: practical work and exmination
A second year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Chemical) and (Manufacturing)
Objectives
To provide the student with a sound approach to the design
and selection of heat transfer equipment.
Content
Description and characteristics of shell and tube exchangers,
and alternative geometries; boilers, condensers, etc. with
examples of their use.
Review of previous work in heat transfer, namely unidimensional
conduction, Newton's Law of cooling, overall
heat transfer coefficients.