School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Mechanical Design and Development
  • Unit Code

    ENS6132
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ferdinando Giovanni GUZZOMI

Description

This unit introduces the general principles of mechanical design and applies these to product development, from concept to detailed design. It considers methods for evaluation and selection of alternative designs. It then engages students in a major multidisciplinary design and development project, which may integrate elements of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and optimise simple machine elements.
  2. Demonstrate a capacity to contribute effectively to multidisciplinary projects, which may include elements of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering.
  3. Describe fundamental design processes for various (simplified) mechanical system elements.
  4. Evaluate a design and formulate a solution to suit a given performance goal.
  5. Explain how mechanical design concepts evolve.
  6. Identify and apply basic mechanical design principles.
  7. Research new developments in the field of mechanical design and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.
  8. Schedule tasks for a simple design project from concept to completion.

Unit Content

  1. Bearings.
  2. Bolted Joints.
  3. Columns.
  4. Design optimisation and efficiency techniques.
  5. Design processes applicable to mechanical systems.
  6. Power transmission systems.
  7. Research and development project.
  8. Shafts.
  9. Stress Concentration.
  10. Welded Joints.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentTheory based problem sets20%
ProjectMajor research, design and optimisation project40%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Engineering

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Mechanical Design and Development
  • Unit Code

    ENS6132
  • Year

    2017
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ferdinando Giovanni GUZZOMI

Description

This unit introduces the general principles of mechanical design and applies these to product development, from concept to detailed design. It considers methods for evaluation and selection of alternative designs. It then engages students in a major multidisciplinary design and development project, which may integrate elements of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded ENS5105

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse and optimise simple machine elements.
  2. Demonstrate a capacity to contribute effectively to multidisciplinary projects, which may include elements of electrical, electronic and mechanical engineering.
  3. Describe fundamental design processes for various (simplified) mechanical system elements.
  4. Evaluate a design and formulate a solution to suit a given performance goal.
  5. Explain how mechanical design concepts evolve.
  6. Identify and apply basic mechanical design principles.
  7. Research new developments in the field of mechanical design and reflect critically on their significance to engineering practice.
  8. Schedule tasks for a simple design project from concept to completion.

Unit Content

  1. Bearings.
  2. Bolted Joints.
  3. Columns.
  4. Design optimisation and efficiency techniques.
  5. Design processes applicable to mechanical systems.
  6. Power transmission systems.
  7. Research and development project.
  8. Shafts.
  9. Stress Concentration.
  10. Welded Joints.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Seminars and laboratories.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentTheory based problem sets20%
ProjectMajor research, design and optimisation project40%
Examination ^End of semester examination40%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Core Reading(s)

  • Budynas, R., & Nisbett, K. (2015). Shigley's mechanical engineering design. (9th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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