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411-207 Process Equipment and Design 1 | |
Credit Points | 7.1 |
Coordinator | Professor David Boger and Ms Joan Gravina |
Prerequisites | 618-171 Mathematics 1P and 618-172 Mathematics 1Q or the equivalent. (From 1999: 620-171 Mathematics 1P and 620-172 Mathematics 1Q or equivalent) |
Corequisites | None |
Semester | 2 |
Contact | 3 hours per week, consisting of about 30 one-hour lectures and 6 one-hour tutorials |
Subject Description | Elements of statics; forces, moments, equilibrium of rigid bodies; applications to simple structures. Properties of materials for chemical engineering plant and equipment; steels, polymers, composites. Response of materials to steady and dynamic loading; thermal and environmental effects; crack formation and propagation, fracture. Concepts of stress and strain, elasticity and plasticity; thermal expansion, thermal shock. Beams; bending moments, stresses and deflections. Columns and compression members. Applications to the design of chemical equipment. Thin and thick wall cylindrical pressure vessels, simple vacuum vessels. End closures of vessels, flanges, gaskets and seals. Supports and foundations for process equipment. Attachment of instruments for measurement of process variables. Safety and integrity of equipment; Design Standards and Codes of Practice. Introduction to failure modes and effects analysis. |
Assessment | One examination not exceeding three-hours at the end of the semester |
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