| Area: |
Department of Mechanical Engineering |
| Credits: |
25.0 |
| Contact Hours: |
4.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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| Lecture: |
2 x 1.5 Hours Weekly |
| Tutorial: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: |
2 x 2 Hours Quarterly |
| Other Requisite(s): |
Completion of first year of course: Completion of CFY Engineering
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| Syllabus: |
Introduction (basic properties of dynamics), problem formulation and solution concepts, coordinate systems, planar motion of rigid bodies, Newton's Second Law, free body diagrams, static and dynamic friction, inclined plane motion, relative motion, velocity and acceleration diagrams, rotating and reciprocating components. Rigid body motion with applied forces and torques. Mass moments of inertia, parallel axis theorem, simple and complex bodies, thin plates and experimental measurement. Introduction to mechanical power transfer systems including gears (fixed axis and epicyclic), belt drives (flat and Vee belts), Hooke's joints and friction clutches (disk, cone and centrifugal). |
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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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| Field of Education: | 030701 Mechanical Engineering |
| Funding Cluster: | 08 - Engineering, Science, Surveying |
| SOLT (Online) Definitions*: | Supplemental
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
| Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Partially Online Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
Fully Online |
| 2005 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
Partially
Online
Internal | refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
Fully
Online | refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External |
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