1997 QUT Handbook

product design; manufacturing tolerances; computer-aided
design and solid modelling; effect of computer-aided manufacturing
on component design; rapid prototyping techniques;
use of prototypes in manufacturing; reverse engineering by
non-invasive techniques; design/testing/prototyping/production
cycle; application of design for manufacturing of bioengineering
devices.
Courses: ME46 Prerequisites: MEB484
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB602 SPECIAL TOPIC 2
See MEB503 Special Topic 1
Courses: IF53, IF56, ME35, ME35, ME45, ME46, ME47
Prerequisites: Students to have achieved an appropriate level
of preparation in topic area concerned
Corequisites: Depending on the syllabus of the particular
special topic offered
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB611 STABILITY & CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT
Static and dynamic stability (longitudinal and lateral). Evaluation
of stability derivatives and equations of motion. Simulation
of aircraft flight. Control system modelling.
Courses: EE43 Prerequisites: MEB553
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB612 MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS
Stress and strain; force, torque and power measurements; vibration
measurements; pressure and sound measurements;
flow measurements; data transmission and recording.
Courses: ME35
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB613 MECHANICS 2
Analysis of two-dimensional frames; small curvature beam
theory; introduction to energy methods; introduction to matrix
methods; free and forced vibration; damped vibration;
energy methods in vibration analyses.
Courses: ME45, ME47
Prerequisites: CEB184, MEB111, MEB314, MEB213
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ MEB641 AUTOMATION 1
Mathematical models of mechanical systems; time domain;
frequency domain; S-plane, including plotting of root locus
diagrams.
Courses: IF53, IF56, ME45, ME46, ME47
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ MEB661 TRIBOLOGY
Terminology in lubrication, friction and wear; ploughing and
adhesion components of friction; characterisation of solid
surfaces; wear modes; chemistry of lubricants; lubrication
modes; bearing design; lubrication of transmission elements;
failure diagnosis; special lubrication problems; biological
deterioration of lubricants; lubrication of human and prosthetic
joints.
Courses: IF53, IF56, ME35, ME45, ME46, ME47
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ MEB662 FLUID POWER
Components of hydraulic and pneumatic systems; fluid power
graphical symbols to Australian standards; fluid logic; hydraulic
components; hydraulic system design; hydraulic circuits.
Courses: IF53, IF56, ME45, ME47
Prerequisites: MEB462 or MEB466
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 4 per week
■ MEB672 TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Total quality control and systems; quality engineering technology;
statistical process control; product and systems reliability;
ISO9000 and AS3900; management of engineering
projects.
Courses: IF53, IF56, ME35, ME45, ME46, ME47
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB676 DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING 1
Introduction to design for manufacturing; introduction to solid
modelling; techniques used in the development of solid mod-
els; use of solid modelling in rapid prototyping; solid modelling
in the concurrent engineering environment; introduction
to CAD/CAM; use of CAM computer software for different
manufacturing processes; other rapid prototyping techniques
such as stereo-lithography.
Courses: IF53, IF56, ME35
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB678 PLASTICS TECHNOLOGY
Mechanical and Physical properties of polymers; low moulding,
compression moulding, transfer and rotational moulding;
extrusion and plastic injection moulding; tooling and product
design for plastic components; machinery, process control and
instrumentation in the plastics forming process.
Courses: IF56
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB681 BIOENGINEERING DESIGN 3
Combines the theory of electrical circuits and mechanical
components in the design of typical biomedical engineering
devices. The course consists of case studies run by practicing
Biomedical Engineers and includes: real-time data processing
circuitry; operational amplifier design and application;
filter selection and design; logic circuit design; electrical control
circuits; design for safety and reliability; standards requirements;
biomedical transducers and sensors; design of
typical biomedical instruments.
Courses: ME46
Prerequisites: EEB202, EEB371, PHB504
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB682 ADVANCED MECHANICAL DESIGN
The application of modern materials and analytical techniques
to mechanical design: ease studies; statistical analysis of failures;
application of material science in design; fracture mechanics;
computer aided optimisation techniques.
Courses: ME35, ME45, ME46, ME47
Prerequisites: MEB230 and MEB231 or MEB334 and
MEB430, MEB411, MEB483
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB690 AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS
Design criteria and techniques of hydraulic, pneumatic and
electrical circuits to provide the services to operate a modern
aircraft, e.g. detailed analysis of under-carriage and flap systems;
aircraft fuel systems; pressurisation systems; cockpit
instrumentation and associated equipment; principles and
operation of gyroscopes and accelerometers.
Courses: EE43
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB691 BIOMECHANICAL MODELLING
Process of model creation (assumptions, methods, limitations,
sensitivity, evaluation); methods of analysis of determinate
biomechanical systems; methods of analysis of indeterminate
biomechanical systems (including optimisation techniques);
application of energy methods; model formulation and analysis
of linked systems; finite element methods; simulation techniques
and examples of advanced applications.
Courses: ME46
Prerequisites: MEB111, MEB213, MEB333
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB702 SPECIAL TOPIC 3
See MEB503 Special Topic 1
Courses: ME45, ME47
Prerequisites: Students to have achieved an appropriate level
of preparation in topic area concerned
Corequisites: Depending on the syllabus of the particular
special topic offered
Credit Points: 8 Contact Hours: 3 per week
■ MEB711 AUTOMATION 2
Use of the classical control theory taught in Automation 1 in
solving problems of control system design. Emphasis shall
be placed on the use of computer packages to analyse and
tune the control system. An introduction to modern control
theory also will be undertaken.
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