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ME2521 - Dynamics of Machine Elements
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science and Engineering |
Available to science and engineering students.
Part 1 - Kinematic and kinetic analysis of planar mechanisms; velocity and acceleration analysis, instantaneous centres for force analysis in mechanisms; virtual work; kinetcs; energy and momentum methods; impact. Part 2 - Vibration of single degree of freedom systems; undamped and damped free vibration, forced vibration, vibration isolation and base excitation.
Learning Outcomes
- analyse velocities, accelerations and forces in planar mechanisms;
- analyse vibration characteristics of single degree of freedom systems;
- produce effective and efficient records of lecturing and laboratory exercises and reporting of the analysis of the experimental results;
- recall core knowledge of dynamics concepts and theory and analysis techniques.
| Prerequisites: | EG1011 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Professor Wenxian Lin |
| Lecturers: | Professor Wenxian Lin, Dr Rong Situ. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.