ENG1401

Mechanical engineering

Lecturer (Caulfield) to be advised, T F Berreen (Clayton), Lecturer (Gippsland) to be advised

4 points
* 24 hours of lectures and 24 hours of tutorials, project and laboratory sessions
* First/second semester, Clayton
* First or second semester, Caulfield and Gippsland

Objectives On successful completion, students will be able to appreciate the planar motion of rigid bodies subject to translation and rotation. The focus will be centred on basic engineering mechanisms and power transmission devices that are widely used in practice. Skills include the modelling of the mechanism or device, the setting up of the appropriate method of solution, and the solution itself. Students will also be required to design and build some simple mechanisms to meet prescribed behaviour characteristics. In addition, students will be able to analyse some simple vibrating systems having first modelled them and set up the appropriate equations. They will recognise the significance of resonance.

Synopsis Engineering units, introduction to vectors. Rectilinear and curvilinear motion including displacement, velocity and acceleration. Newton's Laws and dynamic equilibrium. Variable acceleration including friction effects. Mechanisms and their velocity and acceleration. Construction and testing of simple mechanisms to meet prescribed behaviour. Power transmission devices including belts and geared systems. One dimensional vibration (free and forced) and resonance.

Assessment Examination (2 hours): 70%
* Tests and projects: 20%
* Tutorials: 10%

Prescribed texts

Alfredson R J and Berreen T F Engineering mechanics CD-ROM QED Research Unit, 1997
Berreen T F Engineering mechanics Department of Mechanical Engineering, Monash U, 1998