Area: | Department of First Year Engineering Studies |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly |
Syllabus: | Designed for those who have studied TEE Physics or who have completed Engineering Physics 100. Electrostatics. Fundamentals of DC Circuits. Fundamentals of AC Circuits. Electro-mechanics and Energy Conversion. Electronics. Instrumentations and Control. |
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Unit Outcomes: | On completion of this unit students will understand and apply fundamentals of electrostatics and electro-mechanisms in the context of potential due to charges, Coulomb's and Lenz's law, capacitances, inductances and energy storage; demonstrate their knowledge of DC circuit theory and their understanding of basic circuit theorems by being able to solve circuit problems; understand principles of AC circuits, complex power, power factor, resonance, frequency response etc. and demonstrate this through power factor correction and tuned circuit applications; understand and analyse fundamentals of electro-mechanical energy conversion and their applications to DC/AC motors and protective relays; describe factors affecting circuit response and circuit responses; demonstrate understanding of electronic switches and fundamental principles of AC-DC conversion; explain the use of transducers and simple D/A and A/D conversion and data acquisition for real time experiments. |
Texts and references listed below are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Some units taught offshore are modified at selected locations. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information and approved offshore variations to unit information before finalising study and textbook purchases. |
Unit References: | Alexander and Sadiku. (1999). "Fundamentals of Electric Circuits". United States of America. Mc-Graw Hill Incorporated. Serway and Beichner. (2000). "Physics for Scientists and Engineers Vol. 2", 5th ed. United States of America. Saunders College Publishers. |
Unit Texts: | Boylestad Robert L. (2003). "Introductory Circuit Analysis", Tenth Edition, Prentice Hall Inc. ISBN : 0-13-048433-4 |
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Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Three Assignments 15%, Final Examination 50%, Laboratory Reports 15%, Mid Term Examination (WebCT based) 20%. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
Field of Education: | 30301 Chemical Engineering | HECS Band (if applicable): | 2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information: | Informational | Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
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Availability
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | | | 2004 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 1 | Y | | | | 2004 | Miri Sarawak Campus | Semester 2 | Y | | |
Area
External | refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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