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References
CAA, Regulations, Order, etc. with amendments
Creighton, W.B. Understanding Occupational Health and Safety Law
in Victoria. CCH, Sydney, 1986
Glass, J.H.H.. McHugh, M.H. and Douglas, F.M. The Liability of
Employers in Damages for Personal Injury. Sydney: The Law Book
Company, 1979
Merritt. A. Guidebook to Australian Occupational Health and Safety
Laws CCH, 1985
Rachman and Mescan. Business Today 3rd ed, Random House
Business Division. 1982
MMIZO Engineering Science - Energy and
Processes
No. of hours per week: seven hours for two
semesters
Instruction: lectures, tutorials and laboratory work
Subject aims and description
A first year subject in all degree courses in engineering. The
subject is divided into four parts: physics, energy systems,
chemistry and materials and processes.
Part-time students may undertake this subject in separate
components as follows:
MMl2OA Physics - two hours per week in first semester
and one hour per week in second semester.
MMlZOB Energy and Processes - two hours per week in
1st semester and four hours per week in second
semester.
MMl2OC Chemistry - two and a half hours per week in
first semester.
MMl 2OD Materials and Processes - two and a half hours
per week in second semester.
Physics: kinetic theory of gases; linear dynamics; rotational
dynamics; SHM and wave motion; fluid mechanics.
Energy systems: physical and thermodynamic properties of
fluids. Fluid viscosity and surface tension. Pressure and
temperature meaasurement. Gases. Equation of state.
Specific heats. Polytropic operations. Open and closed
systems. ldeal and actual spark ignition engines. ldeal and
actual vapour power plant. Heat transfer; steady state one
dimensional conduction and convection. Heat exchangers.
Cyclic fluctuations of speed and energy in rotating machines.
u" Friction clutches. Belt drives. lntroduction to mechanical
9 engineering - design competition.
Chemistry: review of chemical bonding, formulas and
2. periodic table. Energy of chemical bonding; electrochemistry;
2.
organic and inorganic chemistry.
Materials and processes: metallic, polymeric and ceramic
states; phase transformations; deformation in materials;
polymer technology. compounding. Extrusionfinjection,
compression and blow moulding; thermoforming; machine
and near shape forming. Machining methods. Metal powder
technology.
Textbooks
Physics
Bueche, E Introduction to Physics for Scientists and Engineers. 4th ed,
New York: McGraw-Hill. 1986
Energy Systems
Hannah, 1. and Stephens, R.C. Mechanics of Machines: Elementary
Theory and Examples. 4th ed, London: E. Arnold, 1984
Kinsky, R. Heat Engineering: An lntroduction to Thermodynamics 3rd
ed, Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 1989
Rogers, G.F.C. and Mayhew, Y.R. Thermodynamics and Tmnsport
Properties of Fluids. 4th ed, Oxford: Blackwell, 1988
Chemistry
Towns, A.P. et al. The Wheel Reinvented. 3rd ed. Hawthorn: S.I.T.
Dept. of Applied Chemistly, 1989
Materials and Processes
Callister, W. Materials Science and Engineering. 2nd ed, Nwv York:
Wiley, 1991
MM121 Energy Systems
Subject aims
Energy Systems deals with two important aspects of
mechanical engineering; low grade energy conversion and
heat transfer (thermodynamics) and power transmission
(machine dynamics).
Subject description
Thermodynamic properties of the working fluid.
Actual gases. Equation of state and the specific gas
equation.
Closed systems. Work in terms of pressure and volume.
Internal energy.
The non-flow energy equation.
Steady flow systems. Energy and continuity equations.
Polytropic non-flow operation. P-V-T relations. Polytropic
work.
Cyclic processes.
Reciprocating spark ignition engines. ldeal cycle. Actual 4
stroke engine performance. Indicated and brake power.
Mechanical and thermodynamic efficiency.
Liquids and vapours. Diagrams of state. Vapour tables.
Vapour power plant. Rankine cycle. Actual steam plant -
boiler and turbine losses.
Heat transfer. One dimensional steady state conduction in
series.
Thick wall cylinders. Convection. Radiation. Heat exchangers.
refrigeration. Vapour compressing cycle. Co-efficient of
performance.
Machine dynamics. Cyclics speed and energy fluctuations in
rotating machinery.
Flywheels. Crank effort diagrams. Friction clutches. Single
and multiplate types.
Torque transmitted. Belt drives. Flat and vee sections.
Centrifugal tension.
Maximum power transmitted.
lntroduction to mechanical engineering: design competition.
References
Hannah, J. and Stephens, R.C. Mechanics of Machines: Elementary
Theory and Examples. 4th ed, London: Edward Arnold, 1984
Rayner, J. Basic Engineering Thermodynamics on 51 Units. 3rd ed,
London: Longman, 1971
Rogers. G.F.C. and Mayhew, Y.R. Thermodynamic and Transport
Properl-ies of Fluids. 4th ed, Oxford: Blackwell, 1988
Recommended
Kinsky, R. Heat Engineering: An lntroduction to Thermodynamics. 3rd
ed, Sydney: McGraw-Hill, 1989
MMl22 Chemistry and Materials
Subject aims
To introduce all engineering students to the concepts in
chemistry and materials technology and their application in
the processing of engineering materials.
Subject description
This subject uses basic concepts in chemistry and materials
technology in order to understand the behaviour and
properties of materials. Students are introduced to a range
of manufacturing methods used in the processing of
materials.
In particular the chemistry topics relate to both energy
systems and materials. Material presented in this subject has
been chosen largely on the basis of maximising the
educational benefit to all students regardless of the course
pursued in later years.
Syllabus
Introduction: elements and compounds. Periodic table.
Chemical bonding states of matter.
Thermodynamics: first law. Forms of energy. Internal energy,
enthalpy. Hess's law.