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Unit of Study ENI73005 - Machine Element Design (2016)

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Unit description

Introduces students to basic principles of machine element design through team design projects.   Specific components include bolts, rolling bearings, stepped shafts and gears.  Industrial practice is addressed by considering the broad context of the choices presented to a design engineer, including considerations of safety and compliance with standards.    Mechanical failure in yielding, buckling, fracture and metal fatigue are addressed.  

Unit content

1. Design, manufacture and assembly of basic machine elements  

2. Materials  

3. Machine frames   

4. Welded, adhesive and bolted joints, fasteners  

5. Stepped shafts  

6. Rolling element bearings  

7. Gear mechanics and manufacture  

8. Design for strength  

9. Design for other mechanical failure modes including fatigue, stress concentration  

10. Safety, ergonomics and standards

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Not currently available in 2016

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 Design typical machine components and joints against possible modes of failure, including yield, fracture and fatigue
2 Apply formal procedures of engineering design and the methods for choosing between competing alternatives, and develop skills in recording design calculations and reasoning in a workbook
3 Understand issues of safety, risk management and legal responsibility in engineering design
4 Understand how to approach design problem formulation so that solutions can be sought
5 Conduct and document design work as a team
6 Strengthen skills with CAD software package

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. Design typical machine components and joints against possible modes of failure, including yield, fracture and fatigue
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  2. Apply formal procedures of engineering design and the methods for choosing between competing alternatives, and develop skills in recording design calculations and reasoning in a workbook
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  3. Understand issues of safety, risk management and legal responsibility in engineering design
    • GA4:
    • GA6:
  4. Understand how to approach design problem formulation so that solutions can be sought
    • GA2:
    • GA4:
  5. Conduct and document design work as a team
    • GA6:
  6. Strengthen skills with CAD software package
    • GA4: