436-421 Engineering Design-Manufacturing

Credit Points

HECS Band

Coordinator

Prerequisites

Students are expected to be familiar with the material of 436-320 Engineering Design 2A and 436-204 Engineering Economics and Statistics or equivalent.

Semester

Contact

Subject Description

Upon completion students should have: learned to liaise with clients, and to identify and define complex design problems in manufacturing engineering of concern to the client, and to synthesise solutions to these problems; learned to adopt a professional approach to engineering problem solving via writing proposals and making bids, setting targets and schedules for meeting these targets, managing projects in accordance with agreed schedules, and reporting on the results achieved; gained an appreciation of the application of theoretical and practical knowledge to a wide range of design problems in manufacturing engineering; developed a working knowledge of modern approaches to the management of reliability and maintenance, including the vital role of the quality of design; and developed the ability to undertake various analyses associated with reliability, preventative maintenance, and the selection of alternative plant and maintenance strategies.

Topics covered include: the design process. Invention and innovation, conceptual design. Design strategies. Topological and mathematical models. Integration of design and manufacturing. Overview of quality and fitness for purpose. Design projects. Failure determination and measures; failure frequency distributions, probabilistic methods in design, analysis for optimal maintenance organisation. Design and organisation for humans to improve availability.

Assessment

One 90-minute examination at the end of the year, and assignments to a maximum of 25,000 words or equivalent. Students will be notified of the weighting of assessment components at the beginning of semester.