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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

436-446 Advanced Work Design and Reliability

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Dr A. J. R. Smith

Prerequisite/s:

436-346 Work Organisation and Design and 436-204 Engineering Economics and Statistics or equivalent.

Timetable:

Semester 2

Contact:

22 lectures and 17 tutorials

Objectives:

On completion, students should:

  • understand in detail problems of workplace design, industrial accidents, task analysis and the working environment (including lighting, thermal effects and noise);

  • have developed a consciousness for the effective design of workplaces for the human operator;

  • understand the various approaches to the management of reliability; and

  • be able to perform basic reliability analyses.

Content:

Task/activity analysis methods in industry: allocation of tasks to humans and machines. The work environment: effect on task performance. Anthropometry of workplaces. Robots in industry: comparison with human performance. Allocation of tasks. Safety issues. Reliability and maintenance management: failure determination and measures; failure frequency distributions; analysis for optimal maintenance organisation. Design and organisation for humans to improve availability.

Assessment:

A 3 hour examination at the end of semester, and assignments of no more than 12 pages.
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