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References
Ashby, M. and Jones, D.R.H. Engineering Materials. Volumes 1, 1980,
and 11, 1986, London: Pergamon Press
Askeland. D.R. The Science and Engineering of Materials. 2nd 5 1
edn, UK: London: Chapman & Wal, 1990
Callister, W.D. Jnr. Materials Science and Engineering. 2nd ed, New
York: Wiley, 1991
Crawford, R.J. Plastics Engineering. 2nd ed, Oxford: Pergamon Press,
1987
Van Vlack, L.H. Materials for Engineering. Reading, Mass.: Addison-
Wesley, 1982
Electronics and Measurement Systems
No. of hours per week: two hours for two
semesters
Subject aims and description
MM240
This subject is taken in two parts: electronics and
instrumentation and measurement systems, both of which
run for two hours per week for one semester, and is
common for all degree students in the School of Mechanical
and Manufacturing Engineering.
Electronics
Digital electronics and microcomputers - introduction to
computers; binary, octal, and hexadecimal numbers; BCD
numbers; binary arithmetic; two's complement notation; bit
grouping; basic digital devices - logic gates, combining
logic gates; flip flops and latches; multiplexers and
demultiplexers; semiconductor memories; introduction to
microcomputers; simplified microcomputer operation.
Linear amplifiers - introduction to BJT amplifiers;
characteristics of amplifiers; consideration of functions of
components of simple single transient amplifiers;
inputloutput resistance; multistageamplifiers; bandwidth
product; simple Bode plots; operation amplifiers.
Transducers - active and passive transducers; thermocouple,
Piezoelectric, photoelectric, optical, resistive, capacitive,
inductive.
Communications - modulation - amplitude, frequency,
pulse code.
Motors - DC motors, AC motors, AClDC motors.
References
Del Toro, V. Electrical Engineering Fundamentals. 2nd ed, Engl~~ood
Cliffs. N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1986
Fitzgerald, A.E., Higginbotham, D.E. and Grabel, A. Basic Electrcal
Engineering. 5th ed, Tokyo: McGraw-Hill International, 1981
Instrumentation and measurement systems
Principles and role of sensors for the measurement of
displacement, time, velocity, force, pressure, flow-rate, density
and temperature. Transducing elements for conwrsion
among mechanical, thermal and electrical quantities,
including examples of electro-mechanical, capacitance, piezoelectric,
resistance, inductance, and thermo-electric
transducers.
Analysis of the static and dynamic performance of electromechanical
transducers, input-output characteristics of
transducer; compatibility of transducers, amplifiers,
measuring circuits and recorder; in measuring systems.
Applications of digital measurement techniques, digital type
transducers, digital to analogue and analogue to digital
conversions, data transfer and communications between
microcomputers.
References
Bell, D.A. Elecfmnic Instrumentation and Measurements Reston, VA:
Reston Pub Co., 1983
Del Toro, E.O. Electrical Engineering Fundamentals. 2nd ed,
Englwvood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall. 1986
Doebelin, E.O. Measurement Systems. 4th ed, New York: McGraw-Hill,
1990
MM241
Applied Mechanics
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: examinations and assignments
A second-year subject in the degree of Bachelor of
Engineering (Manufacturing).
Subject aims and description
Aims to consolidate earlier studies of force equilibrium,
deformation and stressing of simple components and the
extension of analysis to more complex loadings which
require the transformation of stress in two dimensions.
Mechanics of materials:
Frames and machines: analysis of axial and shearing forces
and bending moment in plane frames and machines.
Stresses in frame members resulting from axial, shear and
flexural loading. Review of bending formulae derivation.
Torsion: general treatment of elastic torsion of circular
section members.
Plant stress: general treatment of plane stress including
determination of principle stress planes and their orientation,
maximum shear stress planes and their orientation -
including cases where the maximum shear stress plane is
associated with the zero principal stress. Mohr's stress circle.
Examples will include members subject to combined
bending, totsion, and axial load.
Textbook
Beer, F.P and Johnston. E.R. Mechanio of Materials. S.I. Metric ed,
McGraw-Hill, 1985
Dynamics of machines: kinematia of particles: analysis of
general plane motion of a particle using rectangular, normal
and tangential, and polar coordinate systems.
Kinetics of particles: development and application of F = ma,
energy and momentum approaches to the solution of
problems relating forces, accelerations and velocities of
particles in general plane motion.
Kinematics of rigid bodies: analysis of linear translation and
fixed rotation of a rigid body.
Kinetics of rigid bodies; development and application of
F=ma, energy and momentum approaches to the solution
of problems relating forces, accelerations and velocities of
rigid bodies in linear translation fixed axis rotation.
Textbook
Meriam and Kraige. Engineering Mechanics, Dynamics, kl. 2. 2nd
ed, 51 version, New York: Wiley, 1987
MM243 Applied Mechanics
No. of hours per week: four hours for first
semester, three hours for second semester
Assessment: examinations and assignments
A second-year subject in the degree of Bachelor of
Engineering (Mechanical).
Subject aims and description
Semester one aims to consolidate earlier studies of force
equilibrium, deformation and stressing of simple components
and the extension of analysis to more complex loadings
which require the transformation of stress in two
dimensions.
Mechanics of materials:
Frames and machines, torsion, plane stress, Mohr's stress
circle.
Dynamics of machines:
Frames and particles, kinetics of particles, kinematics of rigid
bodies, kinetics of rigid bodies.
Semester two aims to extend earlier work in solid mechanics
and provide the foundation for later studies in the elastic