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 792-171 Engineering

Credit Points

5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr W Pyke

Semester

1, repeat 2 (view timetable)

Contact

2.5 hours per week

Subject Description

The objective of this subject is to extend participants' ability to:

  • understand the role of engineering in current agricultural practices;

  • apply to agriculture the relevant basic laws and principles of engineering.

This subject covers the role of engineering in agriculture and develops the principles and explains the laws that are necessary to determine - agricultural machinery performance specifications, fluid behaviour for hydraulic power transmission, farm water supply specification, agricultural structure requirements. Topics covered will include: Performance - mechanical performance, hydraulic performance, pressure, flow rate, torque, power, velocity and speed, efficiency, stress, strain, voltage and current, measurement, accuracy, power transmission, engine cycles, engine components, engine performance. Fluid behaviour - pressure, flow-rate, head, head loss, pump and motor performance, pipe flow, pipe specifications, channel flow. Structural requirements- functional design, loads, materials.

Assessment

Three half hour tests (20% each); four practical reports (10% each).



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