Offered
Clayton Second semester 2008 (Day)
Synopsis
Topics include maintenance planning and scheduling, organisation of maintenance resources, quantitative techniques in maintenance management; queue theory; network planning and Monte Carlo simulation; preventive and condition-based maintenance, failure analysis, reliability engineering, computerised maintenance management and appraising maintenance performance. The T* integral limitation and growth rules; variable amplitude loading; and the alternating finite element method. Damage tolerant design principles.
Assessment
Examination (3 hours): 70%
Assignments and laboratory work: 30%
Contact hours
33 lecture hours, 10 practice class hours and 12 laboratory hours
Prerequisites
MEC3455
