MEC4437

Maintenance engineering

Not offered in 1998

4 points
* 22 lecture hours, 10 tutorial hours and 4 laboratory hours
* Second semester
* Clayton
* Prerequisites: MEC3404

Objectives To develop a basic understanding of selected management techniques as applied to the setting up and operation of plant maintenance; an appreciation of the various types of maintenance philosophies, including run-to-breakdown, time-based and predictive maintenance; knowledge of the variety of techniques available for monitoring the condition of machinery.

Synopsis The basic concepts of industrial maintenance engineering. 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.

Assessment Examination (3 hours): 80%
* Test on laboratory work: 20%

Prescribed texts

Mathew J and Kuhnell B T Lecture notes in maintenance engineering Dept Mechanical Engineering, Monash U, 1989

Recommended texts

Kelly A Maintenance planning and control Butterworths, 1984
Kelly A and Harris M J Management of industrial maintenance Butterworths, 1983
Mann Jr L Maintenance management Lexington Books, 1983
Collacott R A Mechanical fault diagnosis Chapman and Hall, 1977