Course Title: Apply Scientific Principles to Engineering Problems

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2011

Course Code: MIET7296

Course Title: Apply Scientific Principles to Engineering Problems

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6069 - Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Paul GEORGE
Tel. No. 99254957
Email:  paul.george@rmit.edu.au

Leon MATTATIA
Tel. No. 99254668
Email: leon.mattatia@rmit.edu.au

Yadana WAI
Tel. No. 99254461
Email: yadana.wai@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit of competency sets out the knowledge and skills required to apply scientific principles to solve problems common to all engineering fields. This includes quantities and units, vector and scaler quantities, kinematics, dynamics, heat and temperature, constitution of matter, and error and uncertaintity.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

VBP230 Apply Scientific Principles to Engineering Problems

Element:

 

Performance Criteria:

 


Learning Outcomes


NA


Details of Learning Activities

Lectures, Tutorials & Laboratory work


Teaching Schedule

Session  1           INTRODUCTION TO COURSE + BASIC CONCEPTS+SI SYSTEMS OF UNITS +ERROR AND UNCERTANITY

Session  2            KINEMATICS OF  LINEAR MOTION  (including CURVILINEAR MOTION).

Session  3            KINEMATICS OF  CIRCULAR MOTION.

Session  4            KINETICS OF LINEAR MOTION.

Session  5            KINETICS OF CIRCULAR MOTION (including CENTRIPETAL/CENTRIFUGAL FORCE).

Session  6            BASIC CHEMISTRY, GAS LAWS, HEAT & TEMPERATURE & ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (Research Project).

Session  7            WORK

Session 8             ENERGY

Session  9            POWER

Session  10          MOMENTUM.

Session  11          DYNAMICS OF LINEAR MOTION/SIMPLE MACHINES THEORY.

Session 12:           LABORATORY EXPERIMENT 

Session  13           REVISION .

Session  14           FINAL ASSESSMENT ( TEST ) CONDUCTED.

(Session(s) may be added if required & order of sessions may vary)


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References

ENGINEERING MECHANICS by VAL IVANOFF      

ENGINEERING MECHANICS & STRENGTH OF MATERIALS By ROGER KINSKY

ENGINEERING MECHANICS - DYNAMICS by R.C. HIBBELER


Other Resources

TEACHERS NOTES & TUTORIAL EXERCISES.


Overview of Assessment

 A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to apply principles of mechanics to standard engineering problems. Competency in this unit cannot be claimed until all prerequisites have been satisfied.


Assessment Tasks

Assignment One - Research Project  10%

Assignment Two - Major Assignment  20%

Laboratory Report 10%

Closed Book TEST 60%

Note: Students MUST obtain a MINIMUM of 50% in EACH of the above assessments in order to gain an overall pass in this course (subject).


Assessment Matrix

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