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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

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