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ENGG150 – Electromechanics
2014 – S2 Day
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| Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Shaokoon Cheng
Michael Heimlich
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| Credit points |
Credit points
3
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| Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
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| Corequisites |
Corequisites
MATH132 or MATH135
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| Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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| Unit description |
Unit description
Students are introduced to fundamental concepts and techniques to enable analysis of electronic and mechanical systems. In the first section of the unit, students will learn about electrical circuit variables, basic circuit elements, and fundamental laws and theories concerning linear electrical circuits. In the second section of the unit, students will learn fundamental theories of mechanics, free body diagrams and their application to analyse mechanical forces in machines and structures.
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to use basic principles of mechanics to resolve a force into several components and to combine two or more forces.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.
- Understand the commonality between problems in electrical and mechanical engineering for linear systems and modeling
Assessment Tasks
| Name | Weighting | Due |
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| Assignment | 20% | Week 7. Week 12 |
| Quiz | 20% | Week 7, Week 12 |
| Tutorial | 10% | Every week |
| Final examination | 50% | TBA |
Assignment
Due: Week 7. Week 12
Weighting: 20%
There will be two assignments and each assignment is worth 10%. The first and second assignments will be on Mechanical and Electronic Engineering subjects respectively.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to use basic principles of mechanics to resolve a force into several components and to combine two or more forces.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.
Quiz
Due: Week 7, Week 12
Weighting: 20%
There will be two quizzes and and each quiz is worth 10%. The quiz will be online and students will be expected to perform 10 randomly selected questions.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to use basic principles of mechanics to resolve a force into several components and to combine two or more forces.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.
- Understand the commonality between problems in electrical and mechanical engineering for linear systems and modeling
Tutorial
Due: Every week
Weighting: 10%
Student understanding of a particular topic/ subject will be assessed based on their ability to solve tutorial/ laboratory questions. This will be assessed by the tutors.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to use basic principles of mechanics to resolve a force into several components and to combine two or more forces.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.
- Understand the commonality between problems in electrical and mechanical engineering for linear systems and modeling
Final examination
Due: TBA
Weighting: 50%
This is a closed book exam and will include questions on both Mechanical (50%) and Electronics (50%) engineering.
On successful completion you will be able to:
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to use basic principles of mechanics to resolve a force into several components and to combine two or more forces.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.
- Understand the commonality between problems in electrical and mechanical engineering for linear systems and modeling
Delivery and Resources
Text books
1. JL Meriam and LG Kraige, “Engineering Mechanics (volume 1). Statics.”
2. Dorf & Svoboda, “Introduction to Electric Circuits (9th edition).”
Unit Schedule
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Lecture Topic |
Lecturer |
Practical/ Tutorial |
Due Assignments/Tasks |
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Week 1 |
Introduction to Mechanical Engineering and mechanics (Statics).
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Shaokoon Cheng |
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Week 2 |
Force as vectors. Parallelogram law of combination. |
Shaokoon Cheng |
Revision on trigonometry, basic geometries and solving algebraic equations.
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Week 3 |
Moment of force and coupling. |
Shaokoon Cheng |
Force as vectors. Parallelogram law of combination.
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Week 4 |
Newton’s law and equilibrium.
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Shaokoon Cheng
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Moment of force and coupling. |
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Week 5 |
Free body diagrams. Analyzing forces in structures and machines.
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Shaokoon Cheng |
Newton’s law and equilibrium.
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Week 6 |
Analyzing forces in trusses.
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Shaokoon Cheng |
Free body diagrams. Analyzing forces in structures and machines.
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Week 7 |
Friction and virtual work.
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Shaokoon Cheng |
Analyzing forces in trusses.
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Quiz 1 (10%)
Assignment 1: Mechanical engineering (10%) |
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Semester break
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Week 8 |
Introduction to Electrical Engineering and electronics (Statics).
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Prof Michael Heimlich |
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Week 9 |
Circuit Elements
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Prof Michael Heimlich |
Voltage, Current, Power, and Energy |
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Week 10 |
Resistive Circuits
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Prof Michael Heimlich |
Resistors and Ohm's Law Independent and dependent sources Meters and switches |
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Week 11 |
Circuit Analysis: Nodal Analysis
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Prof Michael Heimlich |
Kirchoff's Laws Voltage and Current divideers Sources in series and parallel |
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Week 12 |
Linear Systems in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering:
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Prof Michael Heimlich |
Linearity Superposition |
Assignment 2: Electronics engineering (10%)
Quiz 2 (10%) |
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Week 13 |
Circuit Analysis: Mesh Analysis
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Prof Michael Heimlich |
Circuits with voltage sources Circuits with arbitrary sources |
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This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to use basic principles of mechanics to resolve a force into several components and to combine two or more forces.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.
- Understand the commonality between problems in electrical and mechanical engineering for linear systems and modeling
Assessment tasks
- Assignment
- Quiz
- Tutorial
- Final examination
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This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to use basic principles of mechanics to resolve a force into several components and to combine two or more forces.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.
- Understand the commonality between problems in electrical and mechanical engineering for linear systems and modeling
Assessment tasks
- Assignment
- Quiz
- Tutorial
- Final examination
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This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.
- Understand the commonality between problems in electrical and mechanical engineering for linear systems and modeling
Assessment tasks
- Assignment
- Quiz
- Tutorial
- Final examination
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This graduate capability is supported by:
Learning outcomes
- The student will be able to solve problems in Electronics and Electrical circuits by using concepts and theories commonly used in electronics engineering.
- The student will be able to design simple electrical circuits and draw simple circuits using computer aided tools.
- The student will be able to analyze and determine forces in members and components of machines and structure.