1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

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Recommended reading
Ross, G., Computer Programming Examples for Chemical
Engineers. Amsterdam, Elsevier, 1987
MM520 Engineering Science
8 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: examination, assignments reports
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Ivlechanical)
Objectives
This subject aims to provide students with an
opportsubjecty to pursue a number of engineering science
areas in depth.
Students must select two subjects from the selection below.
The subjects within this group offer advanced studies in
engineering science. The subjects offered each year are
subject to demand and availability of staff.
MM520A Thermo/Fluid Mechanics
The syllabus includes three topics selected from turbulence
theory equations of continuity and motion for turbulent
mean flow; methods of solution. Flow of an ideal fluid:
circulation, vorticity, stream function, velocity potential and
flownets, basic flow patterns and combinations of same;
aerofoil theory. Low Reynolds number flows: steady
laminar flow in pipes and between parallel plates;
measurement of viscosity; fundamentals of the theory of
hydrodynamic lubrication. Two-phase flows: slurries and
particle/carrier gas flows. Supersonic flow: oblique shock
waves, subsonic and supersonic combustion ramjets,
supersonic inakes.
Recommended reading
Cameron. A.. Basic Lubrication Theory. 3rd edn, Chichester, E.
~orwood,l981
Douglas, J.F., Gasiorek, J.M. and Swaffield, J.A., Fluid Mechanics.
3rd edn. Harlow. Essex. Loneman Scientific and Technical, 1995
~ilne-~hom~son, L.M.; 7%Gretical Hydrodynamics. 5th edn,
London, Macmillan, 1968
Reynolds, A., Turbulent Flow in Engim'ng. London, Wiley, 1974
Tennekes, H. and Lumley, J.L., A First Course in Turbulence.
Cambridge, Mass., MIT Press, 1972
MM520B Energy Systems
The syllabus contains three topics, two of which are
supported by laboratory work.
Solar energy spectral energy distribution, atmospheric
scattering and absorption, collector geometry, optical
properties of transparent and opaque materials, internal and
external heat transfer processes and efficiency, thermophon
circulation.
Heat transfer numerical methods applied to multidimensional
unsteady conduction with boundary
convention and radiation and extended surfaces.
One topic selected from heat and mass transfer in direct
contact processes, turbocharged internal combustion
engines, available energy and direct energy conversion.
Recommended reading
Beghi, G., Performance of Solar Energy Converters ishenna1
Collectors dnd Photovoltaic Cells. Dordrecht, Holland, D. Keidel
Publishing Co., 1983
Blackmore, D.R. and Thomas, A., Fuel Economy of the Gasoline
Engine, London, Macmillan, 1977
Watson, N. and Janata, M.S., Turbocharging the Internal
Combustion Engine. London, Macmillan, 1982
Incropera, F.P. and DeWitt, D.P., Fundamentals of Heat and Mass
Transfer. 3rd edn, New York, Wiley, 1990
Holman, J.P., Heat Transfer. Singapore, McGraw-Hill, 1989
Eastop, T.D. and McConkey, A., Applied Thermodynamicsfor
Engineering Technologists. Harlow, Essex, Longman, 1993
MM520C Energy Modelling
This subject aims to introduce students to the application of
numerical methods to the solution of engineering problems.
Students will gain experience in applying finite difference
and finite element techniques to selected problems in
thermo/fluid mechanics where alternative solutions are
available from physical measurements or analytical
solutions.
The program includes introduction to available numerical
packages for thermo/fluid modelling. Demonstrate. Select
an energy system problem (heat transfer or boundary layer)
amenable to solution by a Runge-Kutta technique. Write a
suitable numerical model, code and compare to alternative
solution. Select an energy system problem suitable for
solution with one of the standard packages (e.g. MSC/PAL,
NASTRAN, FIDAP, INFERNO). Write a report covering
both tasks and addressing the above Objectives.
Recommended reading
Anderson, W.J., MSC h?ASTRAN Interactive Training Program.
New York, Wiley, 1983
Fletcher, C.A.J., Computational Techniques for Fluid Dynamics,
vols 1 & 2. Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 1988
MacKenzie, H.J. and Perry, J.H., 'The Numerical Modelling of
the Interaction of Burner Jets in Brown Coal Fired Boilers'. Find
Report NERDDP project No. 85/5002. Swinburne Mechanical
Engineering Report ME/88/02. (1988)
MM540 Mechanics and Machine Systems
8 credit points 4 hours per week Hawthorn
Assessment: Examination, Assignments, reports
A fifth year subject in the Bachelor of Engineering
(Mechanical)
Objectives
Students must select two subjects from the selection offered
below The subjects within this group offer advanced studies
in both the theoretical and applied aspects of mechanics and
machine systems.. The subjects offered each year depend on
demand and availability of staff.
Content
Mechanics of Solids
The subject covers advanced topics in the analysis and design
of machine components and structures.