(Mr Lewis, Mr Jones)
A course of about z4 lectures and 60 hours' drawing office work.
SYLLABUS
Factors of safety and probability of failure. Application to ball and roller bearings.
Design for fatigue. Experimental data. Design of mechanical elements subject to alternating axial stress and alternating combined stress. Design of connections subject to fatigue loads. Surface fatigue.
Aspects of mechanical design for special operating conditions—creep, high rates of strain, low temperatures, ultra-high pressures.
Tolerance selection, limits and fits. Principles of limit gauging.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed text-books:
Shigley, J. E., Mechanical Engineering Design. (and ed., McGraw-Hill, 1963.) B S 308-1964, Engineering Drawing Practice.
Bs 1916-1953, Limits and Fits. (Parts 1 and 2.) (b) Recommended for reference:
Heywood, R. B. Designing Against Fatigue. (Chapman and Hall, 1962.)
urger, O. J., (ed.), A.S.M.E. Handbook of Metals Engineering-Design. (znd ed., McGraw- Hill, 1g65.)
Johnson, L. G., The Statistical Treatment of Fatigue Experiments. (American Elsevier, 1964.) Mann, J. Y., Fatigue of Materials. (M.U.P., 1967.)
Sines, G. and Waisman, J.
L.,
Metal Fatigue. (McGraw-Hill, 1959.) Eder, W. E. and Gosling, W, Mechanical System Design. (Pergamon, 1964.) EXAMINATIONOne 3-hour paper for Pass and Honours. Work done during the year on design projects will be given due weight in assessing the standard of all candidates.
558-з. ENGINEERING DESIGN PART III
(Mr Lewis, Mr Mansoor)
A course of about 24 lectures and 48 hours' drawing office work.
SYLLABUS
The design process. Objectives and decision-making in engineering design. Procedures for optimization. Reliability, application of probability methods to design problems- Design for interchangeability. Geometrical analysis of engineering designs.
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An important part of this course is the practical work in engineering design. Students will be required to carry out one or two major design projects involving the application of studies undertaken elsewhere in the course.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed text-books :
Asimow, M., Introduction to Design. (Prentice-Hall, 1g6z.) B S 308-1964, Engineering Drawing Practice.
Duplicated notes will be available.
(b) Recommended for reference:
von Alven, J., (ed.), Reliability Engineering (Aeronautical Research Incorporated, 1964.) Gladman, C. A., Manual for Geometrical Analysis of Engineering Designs. (Australian
Trade Publications, 1966.
Hall, A. D., A Methodology for Systems Engineering. (Van Nostrand, ßg63.) Mischke, C. R., An Introduction to Computer-aided Design. (Prentice-Hall, 1968.) Wilde, D. J. and Beightler, C. S., Foundations of Optimization. (Prentice-Hall, 1968.) Numerous. references to specialized subjects in Engineering Design will-be given through.
out the course.
EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper for Pass and Final Honours.
Work done during the year on design projects will be given due weight in assessing the standard of all candidates.
641. ENGINEERING DESIGN (MINING) A course of z5 lectures and about 40 hours' drawing office work.
SYLLABUS
Analysis of determinate and simple indeterminate structures. Structural properties of steel, concrete and timber. Codes of practice. Design of beams, slabs, columns and connections..
DRAWING OFFICE WORK
Students are required to prepare and submit during the year original designs based on the lecture course: Work submitted will be assessed as part of the Annual Examination.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed text-books:
Timoshenko, S. and Young, D. H., Theory of Structures. (McGraw-Hill.)
Cowan, H. J. and Smith, P. R., Design of Reinforced Concrete. (Angus & Robertson.) (b) Recommended for reference:
Pearson, R. G., Kloot, N. H. and Boyd, J. D., Timber Engineering Design Handbook.
(C.S.I.R.O. and M.U.P.)
Faupel, J. H., Engineering Design. (Wiley.) EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper. The results of practical work done during the year will be assessed as part of the examination.
559.
ENGINEERING MATERIALS
(Dr Osborn)
A course of approximately 36 lectures, 36 hours' practical work and 12 hours' practice classes.
SYLLABUS
1. Structure and Physical Properties: Elementary solid state physics. Crystallography.
Metals, ceramics, organic polymers; liquids and gases. Atomic vibrations—thermal properties. Multiphase materials. Alloys, heat treatment of steel, surface treatments;
age-hardening. Natural rocks and soils. Timber. Sintered products; concrete; chemistry of cement.
z. Engineering Properties and Behaviour: Elasticity and plasticity in crystalline solids.
Dislocations. Work-hardening and annealing. Yield points, strain ageing, brittle fracture.
Tensile, hardness, notched-bar, creep, fatigue tests. Friction and wear.
BOOKS
(a) Preliminary reading :
Alexander, W. and Street, A., Metals in the Service of Man. (Pelican.)
(b) Prescribed text-books:
*Wulff, J, (ed.), The Structure and Properties of Materials, Vol. III (Wiley.)
*Van Vlack, L. H., Elements of Materials Science. (znd ed., Addison-Wesley.) (c) Recommended for reference
Cottrell, A. H., The Mechanical Properties of Matter. (Wiley.)
Jastrzebski, Z. D.,-Nature and Properties of Engineering Materials. (Wiley.) Jaeger, J. C,. Elasticity, Fracture and Flow. (Methuen.)
Tewksbury Symposium on Fracture. (Eng. Faculty, Univ. of Melb.) EXAMINATION
One 3-hour paper.
All work done in connection with practical work, problem sheets and test papers will be taken into account in assessing the results of the Annual Examination. All records made during the year should be retained for submission if required in connection with the Annual Examination.
593.
ENGINEERING MATERIALS (Е)
(Dr Bunyan) A course of about 15 lectures covering the following:
Free electron and nearly free electron theories, reciprocal space concept, 3-dimensional Brillottin Zones, description of energy-band structure of semiconductors, application of Fermi-statistics to semiconductors. Semiconductor materials. Dielectric and ferroelectric materials. Magnetic materials.
BOOKS
(a) Prescribed text-books:
Kittel, C., Elementary Solid State Physics. (Wiley.) (b) Recommended for reference:
Dekker, A. J., Electrical Engineering Materials. (Prentice-Hall.) LABORATORY
About four 3-hour laboratory sessions during the year.
EXAMINATION
One z-hour paper for Pass and Honours.
553-1.
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS PART I
A course of four lectures and two hours' tutorial and practice classes per week through.
out the year.
Preliminary reading: At least two of the following:
Dantzig, T., Number, the Language of Science. (Allen and Unwin or Anchor.) Kline, M., Mathematics in Western Culture. (Allen and Unwin.)
Rademacher, H. and Toeplitz, O., The Enjoyment of Mathematics. (Princeton U.P.) Abbott, A., Flatland. (Macmillan or Dover.)
SYLLABUS
1. Sets, Algebras. Number systems; elementary number theory; complex numbers. Graphs.
Limits. Vectors. Introduction to linear algebra and probability. Approximations. Com- putations—arithmetical, graphical and mechanical.
2. Geometry. Polyhedra. Solid angles. Plane and solid analytical geometry. Elementary topology, projective geometry and non-euclidean geometry.
3. Calculus. Integration and differentiation; geometrical and physical applications. Series expansions. Partial differentiation. Simple differential equations; physical and chemical applications.
4. Dynamics. Idealizations of physical systems Principles of mechanics. Motion of a particle, of
a
system of particles and of rigid bodies.BOOKS
(a) Prescribed text-books:
Courant, R. and Robbins, H.. What is Mathematics? (О.U.Р.)
Kemeny, J. G., Snell, J. and Thompson, G., Introduction to Finite Mathematics. (Prentice- Hall.)
Thomas, G. B., Calculus and Analytic Geometry. (4th ed., Addison-Wesley.)
Christie, D. E., Vector Mechanics. (McGraw-Hill.) 1» (altern.) Bullen, K. E. Introduction to the Theory of Mechanics. (Science Press.)
Kaye, G. and Laby, T., Four Figure Mathematical Tables. (Longmans.) (altern.) Knott, C., Four Figure Mathematical Tables. (Chambers.)
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;6) Recommended for reference:
Allendoerfer, C. B. and Oakley, C. 0., Principles of Mathematics. (McGraw-Hill.) Kemeny, J. G„ Mirkil, H., Snell, J. and Thompson, G. L., Finite Mathematical Structures.
(Prentice-Hall.)
Courant, R., Differential and Integral Calculus. vol. 1. (Blackie.) Tuckey, C. 0. and Armistead, W., Coordinate Geometry. (Longmans.) Randolph, J. F., Calculus. (Macmillan.)
Caunt, G. W., Infinitesimal. Calculus. (Oxford.)
Weatherburn, C. Е, Elementary Vector Analysis. (Bell.)
Synge, J. L. and Griffith, B. A., Principles of Mechanics. (McGraw-Hill.) Brand, L., Vectorial Mechanics. (Wiley.)
EXAMINATION
Two 3-hour papers for Pass and Honours. The work done in tutorials, practice classes and on test papers will also carry some weight in the examination.