1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

Tooling design for metal working economy and batch
quantity, relationship. Tool design for cold and hot forging,
and diecasting.
Quality and reliability concept of quality, cost of quality.
Responsibility for quality. Statistical quality control,
charting by variables and attributes and sampling. Reliability
- principles and applications.
Computer aided design CAD systems, processing and
techniques. NC programming, kinematics and robotics.
Recommended reading
American Society for Metals, Metals Handbook, vol. 1. Properties
and Selection ofMetals. vol. 4, Forming 8th edn, Metals Park,
Ohio, The Society, 1961 and 1969
American Society of Tool and Manufacturing Engineers
(ASTME). Tool Engineers Handbook. 2nd edn, New York,
McGraw-Hill, 1959
Donaldson, C. et al. Tool Design. 3rd edn, New York, McGraw-
Hill, 1973
MM451 Design for Industry
10 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthom
Assessment: projects, assignment and/or examination
0 bjectives
To allow students to develop a knowledge of design aspects
of advanced industrial systems and to provide competence in
project engineering work ready for their second industrial
placement.
Content
Topics covered include design analysis of thermo-fluid
systems design characteristics of fluid flow equipment.
Pumps and fans, compressors and turbines. Vessels, valves,
piping and flanges. Heat exchanger design options,
configurations and insulation.
System flow sheeting.
Design analysis of control systems design classification of
feedback control systems. Design procedures, trade-off
between accuracy and stability. Component modelling and
sizing for system design. Design analysis of proportional,
integral and derivative control systems. Phase compensation.
Mechatronic systems, PLCs..Design optimisation modelling
and simulation of engineering systems. Design optimisation
techniques and local applications. Risk analysis and design
for mechanical reliability, failure analysis, quality control
and product liability. Cost models and evaluation, product
pricing and life cycle costing. Integration of design and
ergonomic factors in major engineering projects.
Recommended reading
Dieter, G.E., Enginea'ng Design A Materials and Processing
Approach. 2nd edn, New York, McGraw-Hill , 1991
Rohner, P,, Industrial Hydraulic Control A Recommended Reading
for Fluid Power Technicians, 3rd edn, Melbourne, A.E. Press, 1988
SAA HB6-1988 Design Standards for Mech. Eng. Students. Nth.
Sydney, Standards Assoc. of Australia, 1988
Shigley, J.E., Mechanical Enginea'ng Design Metric Edition. New
York, McGraw-Hill, 1986
MM460 Eraonomics
8 credit points 0-3 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: assignments and laboratory
A fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Mechanical)
Objectives
At the completion of this subject students should be able to
demonstrate competence in ergonomic Assessment: of
work~laces.
Content
The major assignment for this subject will take the form of
an ergonomic design of a workplace.
Ergonomics systems concepts application of modelling
processes to design solutions and problem analysis.
Human body. Kinesiology lower body elements,
locomotion and gait cycle in walking, running and jogging.
Engineering psychology memory modelling, mental loading,
application to task design, attitude survey design and
administration, Assessment: of physical quantities using
psychophysics methodology.
Physical environmen'tal factors. Illumination design criteria,
application of lighting standards and codes to various
workplace situations. Noise application of standards, codes
and regulations, hearing conservation processes and programs.
Acceleration sources and effects on human body elements,
impact loading effects, alleviation of dynamic loading.
Human-environment-workplace interface. Workplace
requirements for screen based equipment, hand tools, work
benches and desks, seating. Strain injury analysis application
to manual material handling, slipping, tripping and falling
incidents, design criteria, relevant standards. Occupational
overuse injury types, origins, task design criteria, control
measures.
Occupational health and safety issues. Occurrence analysis
introduction to accident causation philosophy, energy
damage model, generalised time sequence model, Rowe's risk
estimation model, application of the models to accident
investigations. Safety health and safety program design, H.
and S. management principles, injury claims management.
Recommended reading
Accident Compensation Act. 1985
Occupational Health & Safety Act. Melbourne, Victorian
Government Publishing Office, 1989
Sanders, M.S. and McCormick, E.J., Human Factors in
Engineering and Design. 7th edn, New York, McGraw-Hill, 1993
Victorian Department of Labour. Manual Handling Regulations and
Code of Practice. Melbourne, Dept. of Labour, 1988
MM470 Computer Interfacing and
Microprocessors
credit points 2 hours per week Hawthom
Assessment: project work and examination
A fourth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Manufacturing)