1996 Swinburne Higher Education Handbook

MM825 Risk Technology (Plant and
Property)
6 credit points 2 hours per week Hdwthorn
Instruction: lectures and tutorials
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
Objectives
To introduce the practical application of risk control
techniques in areas of safety.
Content
Australian industry requirements with required safety
protection.
Fire detection and protection equipment and techniques
operations and use of sprinklers; fire pumps and water
suppllies, carbon dioxide suppression systems; protection
against flammable liquids and explosive atmospheres.
Recommended reading
National Fire Protection Association. Fire Protection Handbook.
17th edn, Quincy, Mass., National Fire Protection Association,
1991
Periodical Reliability Enginea'ng & System Safety. (Current issues)
Standards Association of Australia, (current relevant standards)
MM826 Risk Technology (Maintenance)
6 credit points 2 hours pm week Hawthorn
Instruction: lectures, laboratory work and site visits
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
Objectives
To provide an overview of maintenance practices and
technologies used to predict plant performance reductions
from the onset of damage and to introduce methods used to
improve operating performance through monitoring
procedures.
Content
Condition monitoring, noise, vibration, performance.
Non destructive testing, oil and wear debris analysis,
spectroscopy, ferrography, wear atlas, centrifugal method.
Fluid system diagnostics.
Case studies illustrating techniques.
Recommended reading
Bies, D. and Hansen, C., Engineering Noise Control. London,
Unwin Hyman, 1988
Collacott, R., Mechanical Fault Diagnosis and Condition
Monitoring. London, Chapman & Hall, 1977
IES International. The Semet of Successful Machine Condition
Monitoring. Sydney, IES International, 1986
Neal, M,, A Guide to Condition Monitoring. London, HMSO,
1978
Sawyer, J., Sawyer's Turbomachinery Maintenance Handbook.
Norwalk, Conn., Turbomachinery International Publications,
1980
Sawyer, J., Sawyer's Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook. 3rd edn,
Norwalk, Conn., Turbomachinery International Publications,
1985
Sharland, I., Wood's Practical Guide to Noise Control. Colchester,
Woods, 1972
MM827 Risk Project
7 credit points 2 hours per week Hawthorn
A second year subject in the Graduate Diploma of Risk
Management
Objectives
To enable a research project to be carried
out in the field of risk management and to report on the
findings.
Content
Execution of project to achieve a practical result.
Recommended reading
Lane, N., Techniques for Student Research. Melbourne, Longman
Cheshire, 1989
Leedy, P.D., Practical Research Planning and Design. 5th edn,
New York, Macmillan, 1993
MM902 Numerical Engineering
2 hours per week Assessment: assignment/examination
A second year subject in the Master of Engineering (CM)
Objectives
To develop an understanding of the mathematics of
finite element analysis and the application of FEA to
engineering problems.
Content
Approximation and interpolation for data, functions and
integrals using polynomials and orthogonal functions.
Lagrange polynomials. Methods of weighted residuals for
ordinary differential equations with homogeneous and nonhomogeneous
boundary conditions.
Linear and cubic Hermite basis functions, applications
including beam problems.
Rod elements, beam elements, plate and shell theory,
theories and analysis in structural stability. Application of
finite elements to manufacturing engineering employing a
PC based package - STRAND 6.1. Examples of solutions to
beam problems. Comparison of results with elasticity
solutions.
Recommended reading
Burnett, D.S. Finite Element Analysis From Concepts to
Applications. Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1987
Easton, A., Robb, P. and Singhe, M. Approximation and the Finite
Element Method. Hawthorn, Vic., Swinburne Press, 1994
Prenter, P.M. Splines and Variational Methods. New York,
Wiley, 1975
Strand 6.1 Manual, Sydney, G + D Computing. 1993
Cook, R.D., Malkus, D.S. and Plesha, M.G. Concepts and
Applications of Finite Element Analysis. 3rd edn, New York,
Wiley, 1989
Logan, D.L. A First Course in the Finite Element Method. Boston,
Mass., PWS-Kent, 1985