Unit details [KNT] Engineering Mechanics Enrolment code: KNT112 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Special note: room F71 (AMC) Unit description: Develops the ability to predict the effects of force and motion on frames and mechanisms; to present the concepts of the statics of rigid bodies and to develop techniques for the analysis of simple structures and frames; to outline the principles of linear and curvilinear motion of particles and rigid bodies and to relate their subsequent motion to the causal forces. Staff: Mr A Pal Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: (13 wks) Assess: continuous assessment and 2-hr exam Required: Kinsky R, Engineering Mechanics and Strength of Materials, McGraw Hill, 1986. Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Experimental Design and Analysis Enrolment code: KNT114 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Unit description: For details of this unit, please contact the School of Engineering. Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: (13 wks) Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Electrical Fundamentals ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –1 Unit details [KNT] Enrolment code: KNT115 Offered: Ltn: sem 1 Special note: room F67 (AMC) Unit description: Provides students with a foundation in electrical theory upon which studies of electrical power generation, electrical power distribution and electronics may be built. The unit also provides students with an opportunity to become familiar with the safe and efficient use of measuring instruments. Staff: Mr D Butler Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: (13 wks each sem) Assess: continuous assessment (50%), exams (50%) Required: Johnson, Hilburn, Johnson & Scott, Basic Electric Circuit Analysis, 5th edn, Prentice Hall. Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Materials Technology 1 Enrolment code: KNT116 Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2 Special note: room G28 (AMC) Unit description: Covers materials and related chemistry to provide a rational basis for materials selections. The unit also develops a professional engineering approach to the acquisition, presentation and application of knowledge, including professional behaviour. Staff: Mr A Belle Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: (13 wks each sem) Assess: continuous assessment and 2-hr exam each sem Required: Callister WD, Materials Science and Engineering, John Wiley and Sons, 1991 Unilearn Chemistry Study Guide, Open Learning Network, 1993 Fundamentals of Senior Chemistry, Open Learning Network, 1993. Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –2 Unit details [KNT] Physics Enrolment code: KNT119 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Special note: room C001B (UniTas) Unit description: Introduces students to the basic principles of physical science, which will form a foundation for later studies in the engineering program. Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: (13 wks) Assess: practical work (30%), mid-sem test (10%), final exam (60%) Required: Halliday D, Resnick R & Walker J, Fundamentals of Physics, 5th edn (extended), John Wiley and Sons, 1993. Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Engineering Profession and Industry Enrolment code: KNT120 Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2 Special note: room F65 (AMC) Unit description: Gives students an insight into how their profession fits into industry and society. The unit also incorporates report writing and presentations. Staff: Mr G Smith Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: (13 wks) Assess: continuous assessment (100%) Required: Johnson, Gostelow & Jones, Engineering and Society, Longman, 1999. Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Computer Aided Drafting ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –3 Unit details [KNT] Enrolment code: KNT121 Offered: Ltn: sem 1 Special note: room J137 (UniTas) or G60 (AMC) Unit description: Introduces students to the principles of engineering design and develops basic graphics skills needed for engineering practice, including 2-D Computer Aided Drafting. Staff: Mr J O’May Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: (13 wks) Assess: continuous assessment and 3-hr exam Required: Boundy AW, Engineering Drawing, McGraw Hill, 1992. Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Engineering Graphics and Design B Enrolment code: KNT122 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Special note: room J137 (UniTas) or G60 (AMC) Unit description: Continues and builds on KNT121. Staff: Mr J O’May Unit weight: 6.25% Teaching pattern: (13 wks) Prereq: KNT121 Assess: continuous assessment and 3-hr exam Required: Boundy AW, Engineering Drawing, McGraw Hill, 1992. Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Programming and Problem Solving Enrolment code: KNT131 ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –4 Unit details [KNT] Offered: not offered in 2004 Unit description: This unit is to be replaced by a new unit entitled Experimental Design and Analysis, details tba. Unit weight: 12.5% Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Calculus and Applications 1 Enrolment code: KNT150 Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2, dist.ed: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2 Special note: restricted to Engineering students Unit description: Covers the same material as KMA171 and KMA172 but is conducted as part of the Bachelor of Engineering. Staff: Dr D FitzGerald Unit weight: 25% Teaching pattern: 2 hrs lectures, 2 hrs tutorial weekly Prereq: *MT841 M.excl: KMA150, KMA152, KMA155, KMA156, KMA157, KMA171 Assess: 3-hr exam (60%), regular written work (40%) Required: Stewart J, Calculus: Early Vectors, ISBN 0534349412 Recommend: Thomas GB & Finney RL, Calculus and Analytical Geometry, ISBN 0201531747 Hill R, Elementary Linear Algebra (with applications), ISBN 0030103479 Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Thermal and Fluid Engineering Enrolment code: KNT210 Offered: Ltn: (fy) ie sem 1 & 2 Special note: room G63 (AMC) ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –5 Unit details [KNT] Unit description: Provides an understanding of how the laws of thermodynamics are applied to practical engineering cycles. Studies include positive displacement gas compressors; air standard cycles; Rankine cycle with superheat; vapour compression refrigerators and heat pumps; combustion psychrometry and heat transfer. The unit also provides a knowledge and understanding of thermofluid phenomena via flow visualisation, theory and exercises addressing the continuity, force momentum and steady flow energy equations for incompressible and compressible fluid flows. Staff: Dr L Goldsworthy, Mr P Sahoo Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 13 wks Assess: continuous (50%), 3-hr exam (50%) Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Engineering Design Enrolment code: KNT214 Offered: Ltn: sem 1 Special note: room F71 (AMC) Unit description: Provides students with an understanding of the overall philosophy, factors, considerations and techniques involved in the design of Engineering systems and components. Studies include, the Engineer and design, design concepts and considerations, selection of materials, manufacturing processes, design of components, failure and standard components. Students also complete an Engineering Design Project. Staff: Mr A Pal Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 4 hrs lectures/tutorial weekly (13 wks), 18 hrs investigative study Assess: continuous, 3-hr final exam Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Electronic Engineering Enrolment code: KNT216 ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –6 Unit details [KNT] Offered: Ltn: sem 1 Special note: room F67 (AMC) Unit description: Provides an understanding of solid state and digital devices, their applications and specifications, within the context of electronics systems. Topics covered include semiconductor devices; integrated circuits such as ideal and practical operational amplifiers, voltage regulators, IC applications and common circuits; digital techniques; electronic fault diagnosis using electronic test equipment and CRO and interpretation circuit diagrams and maintenance manuals; solid state applications; electronics intercommunications; microprocessors and microcontrollers. A practical program covering voltage regulation, testing and measurement of solid state circuits, digital logic circuits, digital to analogue and vice versa, electronics intercommunications techniques is also included. Staff: Mr D Butler Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 13 wks Assess: continuous (50%), 3-hr exam (50%) Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Strength of Materials Enrolment code: KNT219 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Special note: room F69 (AMC) Unit description: Enables students to analyse stresses and strains in structural components subjected to various loading situations. Students are also able to analyse experimental stress analysis data output from strain gauge rosettes under static loading conditions and to understand the underlying modes of failure (strength, serviceability and stability) in structural members. Staff: Dr N Lawrence Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 13 wks ea sem Assess: continuous (50%), 3-hr exam (50%) Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –7 Unit details [KNT] Materials for Marine Applications Enrolment code: KNT221 Offered: not offered in 2004 Special note: room G28 (AMC) Unit description: The application of materials technology to the selection and behaviour of materials for engineering uses. Studies include structural materials, welding processes and structural adhesives, selection techniques using performance indices, and computerised selection programs, failure mechanisms, and corrosion. Staff: Mr A Belle Unit weight: 6.25% Teaching pattern: 13 wks Prereq: KNT116 Assess: continuous (50%), 2-hr exam (50%) Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Materials for Engineering Design Enrolment code: KNT222 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Unit description: The application of materials technology to the selection and behaviour of materials for engineering uses. Studies include structural materials, welding processes and structural adhesives, concrete and composite materials, selection techniques using performance indices and computerised selection programs, failure mechanisms, and corrosion. Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 3 lectures, tutorial, 1-hr practical weekly (13 wks) Prereq: KNT116 Assess: continuous assessment (50%) 3-hr exam (50%) Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –8 Unit details [KNT] Software Process Enrolment code: KNT224 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Unit description: Contact the School of Engineering for details of this unit. Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 13 weeks Assess: continuous Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Computer Aided Design A Enrolment code: KNT225 Offered: Ltn: sem 1 Special note: room G28 (AMC) Unit description: Provides students with experience in the application of computer library subroutines for the solution of engineering problems. The unit gives students first-hand experience in the application of sophisticated software packages on microcomputers. It includes the introduction to Solids Modelling as a primary tool linked to Fine Element Analysis and 2D production drawing. Solids Modelling assignment using Autocad 12: digitise an existing hull design into Autoship, fair it and plot it to scale. Perform basic hydrostatic calculation on the hull using Wolfson. Staff: Mr A Belle Unit weight: 6.25% Teaching pattern: 13 wks Assess: continuous, 2-hr exam Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Computer Aided Design B ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –9 Unit details [KNT] Enrolment code: KNT226 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Special note: room G28 (AMC) Unit description: Continues and builds on KNT225. Staff: Mr A Belle Unit weight: 6.25% Teaching pattern: 13 wks Prereq: KNT225 Assess: continuous, 2-hr exam Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Calculus of Several Variables Enrolment code: KNT227 Offered: Ltn: may be taken in summer-sch OR sem 1, dist.ed: may be taken in summer-sch OR sem 1 Special note: restricted to Engineering students Unit description: Presents methods for the translation of real engineering problems into mathematical form, and mathematical techniques for the solution of such problems. Semester 1 lectures cover: second order, ordinary differential equations including Euler-Cauchy and Bessel equations, Laplace transformations, power series solutions, Fourier series, vectors, vector functions and Green’s, Divergence, and Stokes’ theorems; basic probability and statistics including distributional models, line and curve fitting and quality control. Staff: Assoc Prof D Blest, Mr B Robinson Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 3 lectures, 1 tutorial weekly Prereq: KNT126 OR KMA172 M.excl: KME271, KMA270, KMA271, KME280, KMA252 Assess: exam (50%); continuous assessment (50%) Required: James G, Advanced Modern Engineering Mathematics, 2nd edn ISBN 0201596211 Recommend: Stewart J, Calculus: Early Vectors, ISBN 0534349412 Courses: [N3A] ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –10 Unit details [KNT] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> Microprocessor Systems and Data Acquisition Enrolment code: KNT229 Offered: Ltn: sem 2 Special note: room F73 (AMC) Unit description: Contact the School of Engineering for details of this unit. Unit weight: 12.5% Teaching pattern: 13 wks Assess: continuous Courses: [N3A] Faculty website: <www.utas.edu.au/scieng/> ________________________________________ University of Tasmania unit details for 2004 academic year March 9, 2016, 18:31 PM, page –11