ENME411-25S2 (C) Semester Two 2025

Advanced Mechanical Systems Design

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 14 July 2025
End Date: Sunday, 9 November 2025
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 27 July 2025
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 28 September 2025

Description

This course involves a series of lectures on specialist topics in mechanical engineering design. Specialist topics include: hydraulic power systems; vibration isolation; design optimisation; similitude and scale modelling; risk & reliability. Students will learn to develop their ability in these specialist topics while completing a design assignment and a three day workshop. The assignment and workshop will each involve the application of engineering analysis in one or more of the specialist areas listed above. Students will communicate their designs using: hand sketches; engineering drawings; calculations; and formal technical reports. Students will need to be available to complete the 3-day workshop.

Learning Outcomes

  • Washington Accord (V4) Summary of Graduate Attributes attained in this course:
     WA2 – Problem Analysis
     WA3 – Design/Development of Solutions
     WA4 – Investigation
     WA5 – Tool Usage

  • Course topics with Learning Outcomes (and Washington Accord (WA) and UC Graduate Attributes) identified.

    1. HYDRAULICS I - Basic Principles
       Applications; Cylinders; Motors/Pumps
    2. HYDRAULICS II - Control
       Control devices; Flow control; Pressure control
    3. HYDRAULICS III - Transmission System Design
       Heat Generation; Hydraulic Fluid; Heat Dissipation; Proportional Valves; Servo Valves; Filtration
    4. HYDRAULICS IV - Part 4
       Circuit Diagrams; Case Study
    5. Similitude and Scale Models
       Types of Similarity (Geometric/Static/Kinematic/Dynamic); Case Study
    6. Design Optimisation
       Analytical Approaches; Optimisation by Differential Calculus; Lagrange Multipliers; Search Methods
    7. Risk & Reliability
       Risk & Society ; Design for Reliability ; Case Study
    8. Reliability & Repair of Systems
       Assessing System Reliability From Component Reliability; Repairable Systems; Case Study
    9. Vibration Isolation I
       Single degree of freedom systems ; Forced damped vibration;
    10. Vibration Isolation II
       Multi degree of freedom systems; Vibration absorbers

      • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Timetable 2025

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 13:00 - 14:00 Psychology - Sociology 252 Lecture Theatre
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00 Rehua 528
14 Jul - 24 Aug
8 Sep - 19 Oct

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Shayne Gooch

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,268.00

International fee $6,238.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

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