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Human-environment-workplace interface. Workplace<br />

requirements for screen based equipment, hand tools, work<br />

benches and desks, seating. Strain injury analysis: application<br />

to manual material handling, slipping, tripping and falling<br />

incidents, design criteria, relevant standards. Occupational<br />

overuse injury: types, origins, task design criteria, control<br />

measures.<br />

Occupational health and safety issues. Occurrence analysis:<br />

introduction to accident causation philosophy, energy damage<br />

model, generalised time sequence model, Rowe's risk<br />

estimation model, application <strong>of</strong> the models to accident<br />

investigations. Safety: health and safety program design, H.<br />

and 5. management principles, injury claims management.<br />

References<br />

Accident Compensation Act. 1985<br />

Occupational Health & Safety Act. Melbourne, Victorian Government<br />

Publishing Office, 1989<br />

Sanders, M.S. and McCormick, E.J. Human Factors in Engineering and<br />

Design. 7th edn. New York. McGraw-Hill. 1993<br />

Victorian Department <strong>of</strong> Labou~ Manual Handling: Regulations and<br />

Code <strong>of</strong> Practice. Melbourne. Dept. <strong>of</strong> Labour, 1988<br />

MMNO<br />

Computer lnterfacing and<br />

Microprocessors<br />

No. <strong>of</strong> hours per week: two hours<br />

Assessment: project work and examination<br />

0 3 Subject aims and description<br />

2 This subject aims to provide students with a sound introduction<br />

cn<br />

g, to basic computer architecture, interfacing and networking<br />

principles as they relate to advanced manufacturing<br />

n<br />

-a technology and mechatronic systems.<br />

rn<br />

Boolean algebra, number systems, Karnaugh maps, sequential<br />

2. state machines and microprocessor architecture. Memory<br />

technology and mapping (addressing). Computer bus<br />

:. structures. Microprocessor programming levels (assembly and<br />

a nJ<br />

machine code), basic operating systems and compilers.<br />

Computer interfacing techniques, isolation and buffering<br />

devices. Amplifiers (analog + PWM), transformers, A/O and D/<br />

A conversion, opto-isolation.<br />

ul<br />

3 References<br />

Madhu, 5. Linear CircuitAnalysis. Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall,<br />

1988<br />

Paynter, R. Introductory Electronic Devices and Circuits. 2nd edn,<br />

Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1991<br />

Prestopnik, R. Digital Electronics. Philadelphia, Saunders College<br />

Publishing, 1990<br />

Toncich, D.J. Computer Architecture and Interfacing to Mechatronic<br />

Systems. Brighton, Vic. Chlystobel Engineering, 1994<br />

~ ~ 4 7 Numerical 1 Engineering<br />

No. <strong>of</strong> hours per week: two hours<br />

Assessment: tutorial assignments and examination<br />

Subject aims and description<br />

This subject aims to develop an understanding <strong>of</strong> the<br />

mathematics <strong>of</strong> Finite Element Analysis and the application <strong>of</strong><br />

FEA to engineering problems.<br />

Interpolation <strong>of</strong> data. Laqranqe polynomial. Inner products and<br />

orthogonality. piecewise-line% and7quadratic Lagrange<br />

interaolation. Method <strong>of</strong> weiohted residuals for ordinarv '<br />

diffeiential equations with h

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