ENME313-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Electro Technology for Mechanical Engineers

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

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.

Almost all mechanical systems incorporate electrical, electronic, and computational elements in the form of sensors, data acquisition units, signal conditioning and processing, control systems, motors etc. To use these elements effectively, mechanical engineers must understand how they work, their performance characteristics, and limitations. This course covers the fundamental electrical and electronic theories necessary to understand what is going on inside these elements, as well as practical aspects such as how to use sensors and actuators in engineering applications.

This course complements Controls and Vibrations (ENME303) and serves as a foundation for the subsequent elective courses, Robotics (ENMT482), and Linear Systems Control and System Identification (ENME403), as well as Final Year Research Projects requiring sensors, instrumentation, data acquisition, and processing.

This course includes laboratory work which is conducted using Arduino micro-controllers with a variety of common sensors and actuators, giving students practical experience with industry standard equipment.

Learning Outcomes

  • Washington Accord (V4) Summary of Graduate Attributes attained in this course:
     WA1 – Engineering Knowledge
     WA2 – Problem Analysis

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

    1. Fundamentals: Circuit Basics, Electronics
            1.1. Identify, recognise and apply fundamental electronic concepts in simple electronic systems (WA1)
            1.2. Analyse simple electronic circuits (WA2)
    2. Applications: Transducers and sensors, Embedded systems and signals, Electric machines and actuators
            2.1. Describe the principles, performance characteristics and limitations of electric motors (WA1)
            2.2. Identify and apply basic instrumentation techniques to make physical measurements of mechanical systems with electronic sensors (WA1, WA2)
            2.3. Use an embedded system to control an actuator based on sensor measurements (WA2)
    • University Graduate Attributes

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

      Critically competent in a core academic discipline of their award

      Students know and can critically evaluate and, where applicable, apply this knowledge to topics/issues within their majoring subject.

Prerequisites

60 points at 200-level in mechanical engineering

Restrictions

ENMT201

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 12:00 - 13:00 C3 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 C3 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Wednesday 12:00 - 13:00 C3 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture D
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Friday 09:00 - 10:00 C3 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lab A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 15:00 - 18:00 Mech 214 Mechatronics Lab
9 Sep - 13 Oct
02 Tuesday 14:00 - 17:00 Mech 214 Mechatronics Lab
9 Sep - 13 Oct
03 Wednesday 14:00 - 17:00 Mech 214 Mechatronics Lab
9 Sep - 13 Oct
04 Thursday 08:00 - 11:00 Mech 214 Mechatronics Lab
9 Sep - 13 Oct
05 Friday 13:00 - 16:00 Mech 214 Mechatronics Lab
9 Sep - 13 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 14:00 - 15:00 Rehua 009
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
02 Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 Rehua 009
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 19:00 - 20:00 K1 Lecture Theatre
9 Sep - 15 Sep

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Chris Pretty

Lecturer

Andrew Lapthorn

Lab Coordinator

Zac James Perston

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Homework x 5 10% 1 Per Fortnight
Labs x 5 15% 1 per week during term 4)- Complete lab sheet during lab
Test 1- Out of Hours 12 Sep 2024 25%
Final Exam 50%


Course assessment policy:

The minimum passing mark for this course is 50%. In addition, to pass the course, you must also achieve a minimum of 50% across the test and exam.

Notes

For detailed course, policy, regulatory and integrity information, please refer to the UC web site, or see relevant Course or Department LEARN pages, (which are available to enrolled students).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,059.00

International fee $6,000.00

* 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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