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~ ~ 8 2Risk 6 <strong>Technology</strong> (Maintenance)<br />
No. <strong>of</strong> hours per week: two hours<br />
Instruction: lectures, laboratory work and site<br />
visits<br />
Subject aims and description<br />
This subject aims to provide an overview <strong>of</strong> maintenance<br />
practices and technologies used to predict plant performance<br />
reductions from the onset <strong>of</strong> damage and to introduce<br />
methods used to improve operating performance through<br />
monitoring procedures.<br />
Condition monitoring, noise, vibration, performance.<br />
Non destructive testing, oil and wear debris analysis,<br />
spectroscopy, ferrography, wear atlas, centrifugal method.<br />
Fluid system diagnostics.<br />
Case studies illustrating techniques studied.<br />
References<br />
Bies, D. and Hansen, C. Engineering Noise Control. London, Unwin<br />
Hyman, 1988<br />
Collacott, R. Mechanical Fault Diagnosis and Condition Monitoring.<br />
London, Chapman & Hall, 1977<br />
IES International. The Secret <strong>of</strong> Successful Machine Condition<br />
Monitoring. Sydney, IES lnternational, 1986<br />
Neal, M. A Guide to Condition Monitoring. London, HMSO, 1978<br />
Sawyer, J. Sawyer's Turbomachinery Maintenance Handbook.<br />
Norwalk, Conn., Turbomachinery lnternational Publications, 1980<br />
Sawyer, J. Sawyer's Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook. 3rd edn,<br />
Norwalk, Conn., Turbomachinery lnternational Publications, 1985<br />
Sharland, I. Wood's Practical Guide to Noise Control. Colchester,<br />
Woods, 1972<br />
~ ~ 8 2Risk 7 Project<br />
No. <strong>of</strong> hours per week: two hours<br />
Subject aims and description<br />
This subject aims to enable a research project to be carried<br />
out in the field <strong>of</strong> risk management and to report on the<br />
findings.<br />
Execution <strong>of</strong> project to achieve a practical result.<br />
References<br />
Lane, N. Techniques for Student Research. Melbourne, Longman<br />
Cheshire, 1989<br />
Leedy, P.D. Practical Research: Planning and Design. 5th edn, New<br />
York, Macmillan, 1993<br />
MM~OI Database <strong>Technology</strong><br />
No. <strong>of</strong> hours per week: three hours<br />
Assessment: assignments/examination<br />
Subject aims and description<br />
This subject aims to provide a conceptual framework <strong>of</strong> the<br />
database concept. The study will encompass requirements<br />
analysis, database design, implementation and query<br />
languages with emphasis being on the rational paradesign.<br />
Applications specific to the manufacturing environment will be<br />
discussed.<br />
Data structures; flat files, hierarchial, relational, network<br />
structures.<br />
Rational databases; tables, relational algebra, keys, indexes,<br />
normalisation.<br />
Database design; modelling reality, data dictionaries, entity<br />
relationships, CASE tools.<br />
Implementation; SQL, QBE, 4GL, application s<strong>of</strong>tware.<br />
Manufacturing applications; modelling manufacturing data,<br />
graphical data, MRP II performance.<br />
Systems requirements analysis; data flow analysis, system life<br />
cycle.<br />
Textbook<br />
Date, C.J. An Introduction to Database Systems. 5th edn, Reading,<br />
Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1990<br />
Reference<br />
Howe, D.R. Data Analysis for Data Base Design. 2nd edn, London,<br />
Edward Arnold, 1989<br />
~ ~ 9 0 Numerical 2 Engineering<br />
No. <strong>of</strong> hours per week: two hours<br />
Assessment: assignment/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 />
Approximation and interpolation for data, functions and<br />
integrals using polynomials and orthogonal functions.<br />
Lagrange polynomials. Methods <strong>of</strong> weighted residuals for<br />
ordinary differential equations with homogeneous and nonhomogeneous<br />
boundary conditions.<br />
Linear and cubic Hermite basis functions, applications<br />
including beam problems.<br />
Rod elements, beam elements, plate and shell theory, theories<br />
and analysis in structural stability. Application <strong>of</strong><br />
finite elements to manufacturing engineering employing a PC<br />
based package - STRAND 6.1. Examples <strong>of</strong> solutions to beam<br />
problems. Comparison <strong>of</strong> results with elasticity solutions.<br />
Textbooks<br />
Burnett, D.S. Finite Element Analysis From Concepts to Applications.<br />
Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1987<br />
Easton, A,, Robb, P. and Singhe, M. Approximation and the Finite<br />
Element Method. Hawthorn. Vic., <strong>Swinburne</strong> Press, 1994<br />
Prenter, P.M. Splines and Variational Methods. New York, Wiley, 1975<br />
Strand 6.7 Manual. Sydney, G + D Computing. 1993<br />
References<br />
Cook, R.D., Malkus, D.S. and Plesha, M.G. ConceptsandApplications<br />
<strong>of</strong> Finite ElementAnalysis. 3rd edn, New York, Wiley, 1989<br />
Logan, D.L. A First Course in the Finite Element Method. Boston,<br />
Mass., PWS-Kent, 1985<br />
~ ~ 9 0 Numerical 3 Engineering Project<br />
No. <strong>of</strong> hours per week: one hour<br />
Prerequisite: MM902<br />
Assessment: project<br />
A project based course on the application <strong>of</strong> numerical<br />
methods in engineering based on in particular the application<br />
<strong>of</strong> microcomputer FE analysis.<br />
Textbooks<br />
See MM902<br />
References<br />
See MM902