ENME313-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012

Electro Technology for Mechanical Engineers

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 20 February 2012
End Date: Sunday, 24 June 2012
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 4 March 2012
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 20 May 2012

Description

An introduction to the basic principles of circuit theories, RL and RC circuits, transduction principles, mechanical measurements, instrumentation techniques, operational amplifiers, data acquisition, Programmable Logic Control, power electronics and electric machines and control.

This course is an introduction to the basic principles of circuit theories, RL and RC circuits, transduction principles, mechanical measurements, instrumentation techniques, operational amplifiers, data acquisition, Programmable Logic Control (PLC), power electronics, electric machines and control.  The course serves as a foundation for a subsequent elective course in Computer Control and Instrumentation (and Final Year Research Projects requiring instrumentation, data acquisition and processing.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course students will be able to:
 Understand electrical circuit fundamentals
 Design simple electronic circuits
 Analyse RC and RL circuits
 Understand and apply basic transduction principles and sensors
 Understand and apply operational amplifiers, Wheatstone Bridge, and basic signal conditioning techniques
 Understand and apply basic instrumentation techniques, data conversion, and data acquisition
 Implement instrumentation systems for mechanical measurements
 Understand the principles, performance characteristics and limitations of: stepper motors, DC motors, and AC machines
 Understand the principles of power electronics as applied to motor and actuator control
 Understand Programmable Logic Controller, I/O interface, and ladder logic
 Design ladder logic  for sensing, process control, and motor control
 Design instrumentation methods and solutions for mechanical processes and engineering systems through analysis of measurement requirements and synthesis of information

Prerequisites

ENME211 (old regs.); or ENME201 and ENME221 (new regs.)

Restrictions

ENME339, ENME443

Course Coordinator

XiaoQi Chen

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Laboratories x 8 32%
Test 1 26 Apr 2012 34%
Test 2 31 May 2012 34%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Carryer, J. Edward. , Ohline, R. Matthew., Kenny, Thomas William; Introduction to mechatronic design ; Prentice Hall, 2011.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $777.00

International fee $4,375.00

* 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 .

All ENME313 Occurrences

  • ENME313-12S1 (C) Semester One 2012
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