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MM905
Cornputen and Interfacing
No. of hours per week: three hours
Assessment: projectlseminar work and
examination
A subject in the Master of Engineering (CIM).
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to introduce students to advanced
techniques in the design of interfaces between computers
and industrial equipment. To provide a high level of
understanding of the principles involved in communications
protocols development, OSI networks.
Designing with AID and DlA converters, control of multiple,
servo-driven axes (CNC), PLCs and specialised interfacing
hardware. Selection of communications parameters and
systems. Design and implementation of point to point
communications protocols. OSllnon-OSI bus networks and
protocols.
References
Campbell. J. The RS232 Solution. 2nd ed, San Francisco: Sybex. 1989
Cripps, M. Computing Interfacing - Connection to the Real Wrld.
London: Edward Arnold, 1989
Gofton, W, Mastering Serial Communications. Berkeley: Sybex
Books, 1986
Halsall, F Data Communication, Computer Networks and Open
Systems. 3rd ed, Reading, Mass.: Addison Wesley, 1992
~ ~ 9 0 6Project 1 A
MM907 Project 0
No. of hours per week: project A - eight hours;
project B - twelve hours
Assessment: continuous assessment/final report
and presentation (Assessment will be in
accordance with the regulations and marking
scheme handed out to students when projects
are approved)
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to giw the student the opportunity to
apply the subject matter studied in the other course subjects
to CIM related problems in hislher specific field of interest.
Students will work on approved problems under staff
supervision. External supervisors may also be appointed. Each
project will require a literature survey, and a theoretical
andlor experimental investigation.
Results and conclusions will be presented in a written report
and oral presentations to selected audiences will be required
to accustom the student to giving oral progress reports on a
major project. The project is marked in two parts:
Part A -- progress is assessed by continuous assessment of
research work plus draft submission of "Introduction,
literature survey and experimental design" parts of thesis;
part B - full assessment in accordance with assessment
above.
~ ~ 2 8 Construction 0
Materials
No. of hours per week: three hours
Prerequisites: MP180 Construction Materials
Instruction: lectures, tutorials, laboratory work
Assessment: examinations 70%, reports 30%
Subject aims and description
A second-year subject of the degree of Bachelor of
Technology (Building Surveying), designed to extend
students' knowledge of material behaviour relwant to
building construction.
Detailed treatment of selected materials such as alloy steels,
structural steels, high strength weldable steels, stainless
steels, copper alloys, aluminium alloys, plastics and rubber in
civil engineering and building applications. Ceramics:
properties, types, effects of residual stresses and contraction.
glasses, types of modes of failure. Corrosion and
deterioration: causes, prevention and minimisation. Materials:
ferrous metals, non-ferrous metals, light metals, polymers,
paints. Non destructive testing: general principles, types,
uses.
Reference
Flinn, R.A. and Trojan, PK. Engineering Materials and Their
Applications. 3rd ed, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1986
MP286 Building Materials 2
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: assignment and examination
Subject aims and description
A second-year subject designed to extend students'
knowledge of material behaviour relevant to building
construction.
Detailed treatment of behaviour of selected materials used in
building: steels, high strength weldable steels, aluminium
alloys, plastics and rubbers used for cladding and pipe
systems.
Joining methods: principles of behaviour of the different
joining systems including welding, adhesive bonding,
soldering, brazing, mechanical fasteners, comparative costs
of various jointing methods.
For textbooks and references see MP183.
MP711 Mass Transfer
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: laboratory work, assignment and
examination
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to provide the student with an insight into
the theory, and physical reality of diffusional mass transfer.
Mass transfer theory: Fick's Law of diffusion; steady state
diffusion in single-phase systems; rnukicornponent and
transient diffusion; determination of diffusion coefficients.
Convective mass transfer; mass transfer coefficients;
interphase mass transfer. Theory and design of continuous
differential contactors; mass transfer with chemical reactions;
mass, heat and momentum transfer analogies. Gas
absorption, liquidlliquid extraction.
Textbook
Trqrbal, R.E. Mass Transfer Operations 3rd ed, (51 Units). NRN York:
McGraw-Hill, 1983
Reference
Perry, R.H. and Green, D. krrj's Chemical Engineering Handbook.
6th ed, New York: McGrm Hill. 1984
MP712 Unit Operations
No. of hours per week: four hours
Assessment: practical work and examination
A subject in the Graduate Diploma in Chemical Engineering.
Subject aims and description
This subject aims to impart understanding of physical
phenomena involving particles, and the importance of these
in chemical manufacturing.
Fluidlparticle systems: hydraulic classification, hindered
settling, thickening. Flow through packed beds, sand filters,
fluidisation, pneumatic and hydraulic conveying, filtration and
centrifuging.
Handling and transport of powders, powder mixing.
crushing, grinding and screening.
Textbook
Coulson, J.M., Richardson, J.F. and Backhunt, J.R. Chemical
Engineering, b1. 2. 3rd ed, Pergamon Press, 1978