436-221 Engineering Design and Materials 2

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Students will be expected to be familiar with material covered in 436-101 Engineering Mechanics and Materials, 100 level Mathematics and 436-105 Engineering Communications.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Unit 1, Engineering Design: Upon completion students should: comprehend fundamental concepts of engineering design through various stages of the design process; problem formulation and structuring, ideation, decision making, and communication; have developed an awareness of the integrative nature of engineering design through the experience of balancing a range of factors; have observed the close interrelation between the properties of engineering materials and the design process. Topics covered include: general approach to design problems; invention, analysis, decision making; goal, objectives, criteria and constraints; strategies for synthesis and decision making; technical, ergonomic and economic factors; appraisal of benefit and cost; fault and failure analysis; probability, uncertainty, and assessment of risk; inter-facing geometric and mathematical models, sensitivity analyses, combinatorial search.

Unit 2, Engineering Materials: Upon completion students should be able to: appreciate of the interrelationship between the structure, processing and properties of metals and of key factors in the selection of appropriate materials for specific applications. Topics covered include: Gibbs Phase Rule; development of microstructure, and its influence on properties; the iron carbon system; isothermal and constant-cooling transformation diagrams; heat treatments, including precipitation hardening; light alloys.

Assessment

Practical work, projects and reports not exceeding 40 pages; two examinations not exceeding two hours each. Completion and submission of satisfactory laboratory reports and assignments is a prerequisite for admission to the written examination. Students will be notified of the weighting of assessment components at the beginning of semester.