A course of about 170 lectures with 240 hours of laboratory work, tutor- lais, practice classes and verbal reporting throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Section 1, comprising about 130 lectures, is compulsory for all students.
Lectures will be given, as far as possible, during first term and the early part of second term.
Sectlon 2, comprising a number of 14 lecture units, will be program- med mainly in second and third terms. Each student will be expected to attend lectures in three units only. These elective courses are directed to more specialist topics, and all the electives listed below may not be presented in any one year, depending on staffing and demand. The approval of the head of department must be obtained for the electives selected, and some students may be directed Into particu- lar electives.
Supplementary notes, expanding on the organization of the course for that year and Including details of the section 1 lecture and laboratory arrangements, will be available at the beginning of first term.
Section 1
Signal Transmission
Time and Frequency characteristics of distributed circuits. Rectangu- lar wavegulde transmission. Propagation from practical antennas.
Modulation and Signal Processing
Signal description and frequency transformations. Band limited, time limited signals. Linear, angle and discrete modulation processes. Opti- mum detection and elements of decision theory.
Digital circuits
Passive and active pulse circuits.
Analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits.
Design with digital Integrated circuits.
Analogue circuits
Integrated circuits and their application to amplifiers.
Wide band, low pass and band pass amplifiers. Oscillators.
Networks
Network topology. Two terminal network Synthesis. Filter design.
Automatic Control
Linear control system analysis and design techniques. Non linear system analysis. Computer useage In control system design and operation. Stability analysis of discrete data systems. Application of control theory to non-engineered systems.
Machines and Transmission Components
Transmission components. Generalized, Synchronous and AC com- mutator machines. Matrix transformations. Rectification and Inver- sIon.
Section 2
The elective units to be offered in 1974 will be notified to students during first term, 1974. The following list of elective units offered in 1973 is included as an indication of the amount of choice which was available In that year.
(14 lectures per unit: three units to be selected) Information Theory
Waveform Communications Network Synthesis
Introduction to Biological Engineering Machine Applications
Computer Systems Microwaves Electronic Circuits Power Systems LABORATORY WORK
In first term and the early part of second term, there will be 6 hours per week devoted to experiments related to the Section 1 syllabus.
Additional time will be taken up In presenting verbal reports related to these laboratory periods. During the remainder of the year, students will be expected to undertake project work under supervision, requir- ing about 8 hours per week Including consultation with the supervisor.
TUTORIALS
There will be approximately two 1-hour tutorials per week devoted to topics associated with lecture courses and practice classes. Practice classes must be submitted as required.
EXCURSIONS
Excursions may be arranged on approximately five afternoons (or the equivalent) mainly during second term.
REPORT
Each student is required to submit a report on vacation experience by the end of the second week of first term.
THESIS
Each student will be required to write a thesis during the second and third terms, not exceeding 4000 words, on a topic in electrical engineer- ing to be determined after consultation with staff. Two typed copies are required to be submitted by 30 September.
NOTE
No student will be admitted to the annual examination without evidence of satisfactory work during the year In all the above practical work. A practical examination, or resubmission of work, may be required in doubtful cases. All the above work will be used in assessing the exam- ination results.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
Carlson A B Communication Systems, McGraw-Hill
Grebene A B Analogue Integrated Circuit Design, Van Nostrand Gibbs W J Electrical Machine Analysis Using Matrices, Pitman Fitzgerald A E & Kingsley C Electrical Machinery, 3rd ed McGraw-Hill Moorhouse C E Power Sources, Links and Loads, Pitman
Recommended for reference:
Ruston H & Bordonga J Electrical Networks, McGraw-Hill
Javid M & Brenner E Analysis Transmission afd Filtering of Signals, McGraw-Hill
Kuo F Network Analysis and Synthesis, Wiley International
Gray P F & Searle C L Electronic Principles, Physics Models and Circuits,
Wiley .
Collin R E Foundations for Microwave Engineering, McGraw-Hill
Ramo S Whinnery J R & Van Duzer T Fields and Waves In Communication Electronics, Wiley
107
Shinners S M Modern Control System Theory and Applications, Addison Wesley 1972
Elgerd O I Control System Theory, McGraw-Hill
McCluskey E J Introduction to the Theory of Switching Circuits, McGraw- Hill
Ghandi S Theory and Practice of Microelectronics, Wiley
Westinghouse Engineers Electrical Transmission and Distribution Refer- ence Book, Westinghouse 1950
Weedy B M Electric Power Systems, 2nd ed Wiley 1972
Stevenson W D Elements of Power Systems Analysis, McGraw-Hill Adkins B The General Theory of Electrical Machines, Chapman and Hall
1957
Jones C V The Unified Theory of Electrical Machines, Butterworth 1967 Cobine J D Gaseous Conductors, Dover 1958
Draper A Electrical Machines, Longmans
Panter P F Modulation, Noise, Spectral Analysis, McGraw-Hill Betts J A Signal Processing, Modulation and Noise, EUP 1970
Hill F J & Peterson G R Introduction to Switching Theory and Logical Design, Wiley 1968
EXAMINATION
There will be up to seven 3-hour papers, or the equivalent iст time, for pass and final honours. Some of these examinations may be held during the year. Additional tests may be held during the year and given some weight in assessing the final examination results.
431-321. ELECTRONICS PART 1
A course of about 85 lectures and 95 hours of laboratory work, tutorial and practice classes throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Networks & Signals. Time & frequency response of networks. Transform methods. Four Terminal networks. Signal description in time & frequency domain. Noise. Convolution.
Electronic Circuits. Physical basis of operation of bipolar and field effect transistors. Circuit models. Voltage and power amplifiers. Operational amplifiers. Feedback.
Digital Circuits. Logic circuit analysis & synthesis. Logic gate realisation using digital circuit techniques. Waveform generation and shaping.
Fields & Transmission Lines. Electromagnetic fields. Maxwell's equations.
Radiation and propagation. Transmission Lines.
PRACTICAL WORK
75 hours on experiments and 20 hours of tutorials relating to the above course.
No student will be admitted to the annual examination without evidence of satisfactory practical work which will be assessed In the deciding of examination results. A practical examination will be held In doubtful cases. Records of laboratory work must be submitted periodically as required by demonstrators.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
Gray P E & Searle C L Electronic Principles—Physics, Models and Circuits, Wiley
108
Paris D T & Hurd F K Basic Electromagnetic Theory, McGraw-Hill 1969 Desour C A & Kuh E S Basiс Circuit Theory, McGraw-Hill
Recommended for reference:
Carlson A B Communication Systems, McGraw-Hill SEEC Vols 1-6, Wiley
Angelo E J Electronics BJTs, FETs and Microcircuits, McGraw-Hill Skilling H H Electrical Engineering Circuits, 2nd ed Wiley
Chirlain P M Basic Network Theory, McGraw-Hill
Reza F M & Seely S Modern Network Analysis, McGraw-Hill Streetman В G Solid State Electronics Devices, Prentice-Hall Holt C A Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields and Waves, Wiley Cherry E M & Hooper D E Amplifying Devices and Low Pass Amplifier
Design, Wiley
Plonsey R & Colin R E Principles and Applications of Electromagnetic Fields McGraw-Hill
McCluskey E J Introduction to the Theory of Switching Circuits, McGraw- Hill 1965
Hill F J & Peterson G R Introduction to Switching Theory and Logical Design, Wilеу 1968
Strauss L Wave Generation and Shaping, McGraw-Hill EXAMtNATION
Two 3-hour papers for pass and honours.
431-421. ELECTRONICS PART 11
A course of about 140 lectures with 225 hours of laboratory work, tutorials, practice classes and verbal reporting throughout the year.
SYLLABUS
Section I, comprising about 100 lectures, is compulsory for all students.
Lectures will be given, as far as possible, during first term and the early part of second term.
Section 2, comprising a number of 14 lecture units will be programmed In second and third terms. Each student will be expected to attend lec- tures In three units only.
These elective courses are directed to more specialist topics, аnд all the electives listed below may not be presented In any one year, depending on staffing and demand. The approval of the head of department must be obtained for the electives selected, and some students may be directed into particular electives.
Supplementary notes, expanding on the organization of the course for that year and Including details of the section 1 lecture and laboratory arrangements, will be available at the beginning of first term.
Section 1
Signal Transmission
Time and Frequency characteristics of distributed circuits. Rectangular waveguide transmission. Propagation from practical antennas.
Modulation and Signal Processing
Signal description and frequency transformations.
Band limited, time limited signals. Linear, angle and discrete modula- tion processes. Optimum detection and elements of decision theory.
109
Digital circuits
Passive and active pulse circuits.
Analysis and synthesis of sequential circuits.
Design with digital integrated circuits.
Analogue circuits
Integrated circuits and their application to Amplifiers. Wide band, low pass and band pass amplifiers. Oscillators.
Networks
Network topology. Two terminal network synthesis. Filter design.
Automatic Control
Linear control system analysis and design techniques. Non-linear system analysis. Computer useage in control system design and operation. Staff lity analysis of discrete data systems. Applications of control theory to non-engineered systems.
Section 2
The elective units to be offered in 1974 will be notified to students during first term, 1974. The following list of elective units offered In 1973 is included as an indication of the amount of choice which was available in that year.
(14 lectures per unit: three units to be selected.) Information Theory
Waveform Communications Network Synthesis
Introduction to Biological Engineering Computer Systems
Microwaves Electronic Circuits LABORATORY WORK
In first term and the early part of second term, there wil be about 6 hours per week devoted to experiments related to the section 1 syllabus. Additional time will be taken up in presenting verbal reports related to these laboratory periods.
During the remainder of the year, students will be expected to under- take project work under supervision, requiring about 8 hours per week including consultation with the supervisor.
TUTORIALS
There will be approximately two 1-hour tutorials per week devoted to topics associated with lecture courses and practice classes. Practice classes must be submitted as required.
EXCURSIONS
Excursions may be arranged, on approximately five afternoons (or the equivalent) mainly during second term.
NOTE
No student will be admitted to the annual examination without evidence of satisfactory work during the year In all the above practical work. A practical examination, or resubmission of work, may be required In doubtful cases. All the above work will be used In assessing the exam- ination results. .
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
Carlson A B Cоmmипication Systems, McGraw-Hill
Grebene A B Analogue Integrated Circuit Design, Van Nostrand
Recommended for reference:
Panter P F Modulation, Noise and Spectral Analysis, McGraw-Hill Betts J A Signal Processing, Modulation and Noise, EUP 1970
Gray P E & Searle C L Electronic Principles—Physics, Models and Circuits, Wiley
Hill F J & Peterson G R Introduction to Switching Theory and Logical Design, Wiley 1968
Ruston H & Eordonga J Electric Networks, McGraw-Hill
Javid M & Brenner E Analysis Transm/sslon and Filtering of Signals, McGraw-Hill
Kuo F Network Analysis and Synthesis, Wiley international Collin R E Foundations for Microwave Engineering, McGraw-Hill
Ramo S Whinnery J R & Van Duzer T Fields and Waves In Communication Electronics, Wiley
Shinners S M Modern Control System Theory and Applications, Addison- Wesley 1972
Elgerd O I Control System Theory, McGraw-Hill
McCluskey E J Introduction to the Theory of Switching Circuits, McGraw- Hill
Ghandl S Theory and Practice of Microeiectronics, Wiley EXAMINATION
There will be up to six 3-hour papers, or the equivalent In time, for pass and honours. Some of these examinations may be held during the year. Additional tests may be held during the year and given some weight In assessing the final examination results.
700-001. ELEMENTARY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION (GENERAL COURSE)
One lecture per week, not more than five practical exercises and tutor- ials to be arranged as required.
SYLLABUS
A general survey of construction details of current building types from single-storey light timber-framed structures to large scale buildings of various forms.
Construction procedures, dimensional accuracy and materials of con- struction, including reference to large scale prefabricated components.
BOOКS
Sharp W W Australian Methods of Building Construction, Angus &
Robertson EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper. Results of practical exercises will be Incorporated in the examination.
624-001. ELEMENTARY ECOLOGY
A course of 26 lectures, with practical work.
SYLLABUS
A systematic study of Australian native trees; types of vegetation—
grassland, forest, scrub, swamp.
Environmental factors and their relation to the structure and distribu- tion of vegetation in Australia and, In particular, in Victoria.
The study of soils in the field; their texture, structure and pH; nature of the soil profile; elementary particle size analysis; elementary physics of the soll; soll mapping; erosion, erosion control.
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PRACTICAL AND FIELD WORK
Two hours' laboratory work per week throughout the year, and approxi- mately four half-day and six full-day excursions.
EXAMINATION
One 3 hour theory paper and one 3-hour practical examination for pass only. Excursion reports will be assessed as part of the examination.