Overview
This unit will introduce you to the fundamentals of mechatronics element design. You will learn the design principles and rules of fundamental mechanical elements, fundamental electromechanical elements, simple power transmission elements, and complex mechatronics systems. You will also learn solid modelling and selection of electromechanical sensors and actuators.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: ENEG11005 Fundamentals of Professional Engineering and ENEM12010 Engineering Dynamics
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2020
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
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Labs and relevant explanation were appreciated by students.
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Text book was useful in understanding concepts.
This textbook is used throughout the world as a standard text. Same text will be used for future offerings.
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Some students found exam a bit difficult.
Exam covers key concepts from the unit and is based on the content discussed in lectures and tutes. More questions will be practiced in tutes to prepare students for the exam.
Feedback from Self reflection
Students need to be made aware of the available learning resources.
Information on types and location of learning resources available to the students will be communicated throughout the term.
- Explain design principles and rules of fundamental mechatronics elements
- Apply stress analysis and fatigue analysis theories, and failure modes to design simple mechatronics elements
- Analyse the design requirements and select most suitable components from manufacturers’ catalogues
- Analyse static and dynamic loading conditions of mechatronics elements using industry standard software
- Design simple electromechanical power transmission units and model them using industry standard solid modelling software
- Solve real-life problems and communicate professionally using mechatronics engineering terminology, symbols, and diagrams that conform to Australian and international standards
- Work individually, and collaboratively in teams, communicate professionally in presenting your solutions.
Learning outcomes are linked to Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies and also discipline capabilities. You can find the mapping for this on the Engineering Undergraduate Course website.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||||
| 2 - Electronic Focused Interactive Learning (eFIL) - 30% | |||||||
| 3 - Take Home Exam - 50% | |||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Electronic Focused Interactive Learning (eFIL) - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Take Home Exam - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design
10th Edition in SI units (2015)
Authors: Richard G. Budynas and J. Keith Nisbett
McGraw Hill
New York New York , New York , USA
ISBN: 978-981-3151-00-0
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
If you prefer to study with a paper copy, they are available at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code). eBooks are available at the publisher's website.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
j.sul@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapters 1 - 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Discussion on assessments, unit expectations
Tutorial: Introduction to Machine Drawing and CAD modelling
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems, design case study
Tutorial: Problem Solving. Instruction on 2D engineering drawing
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapters 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems, design case study
Tutorial: Problem Solving. Instruction on 2D engineering drawing
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapter 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: Problem Solving. Instruction on 2D engineering drawing
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapter 11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems, Design case study
Tutorial: Problem Solving. Instruction on 2D engineering drawing
Problem Solving Due: Week 5 Friday (14 Aug 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapter 13
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems, Design case study
Tutorial: Introduction to CAD modelling
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapter 14
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems, Design case study
Tutorial: CAD exercise
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapter 15
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems, Design case study
Tutorial: CAD exercise
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapter 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems
Tutorial: CAD exercise
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems
Tutorial: CAD exercise
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems, Design case study
CAD Modelling of Machine Elements Due: Week 11 Monday (28 Sept 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Lecture Notes
Events and Submissions/Topic
Solved example problems
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
There will be no residential school in T2/2020 owing to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. This is replaced with take home exercises. Similarly, the final examination is replaced with a take home exam. Please refer to the changes in assessments for this term.
1 Written Assessment
This assignment will consist of 5 numerical problems which you will solve and submit during the term. Each problem will be related to the syllabus covered in the first 6 weeks. Refer to the Unit Moodle Site for more comprehensive information about this task.
Week 5 Friday (14 Aug 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 7 Friday (4 Sept 2020)
The main criteria for assessment are:
1. Development of accurate free body diagrams (FBDs) for the problems
2. Application of relevant theory and design equations to calculate required unknowns
3. Comment on the final results obtained
- Explain design principles and rules of fundamental mechatronics elements
- Apply stress analysis and fatigue analysis theories, and failure modes to design simple mechatronics elements
- Solve real-life problems and communicate professionally using mechatronics engineering terminology, symbols, and diagrams that conform to Australian and international standards
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Electronic Focused Interactive Learning (eFIL)
In this task, you will use a recommended CAD package such as Autodesk Inventor or Solidworks and develop engineering drawings and CAD models following AS1100.101/201.
Week 11 Monday (28 Sept 2020) 11:59 pm AEST
Week 12 Friday (9 Oct 2020)
The main assessment criteria for this task are:
1. Production of high quality engineering drawings as per AS1100.101/201
2. Procedural demonstration of CAD modelling
- Analyse the design requirements and select most suitable components from manufacturers’ catalogues
- Analyse static and dynamic loading conditions of mechatronics elements using industry standard software
- Solve real-life problems and communicate professionally using mechatronics engineering terminology, symbols, and diagrams that conform to Australian and international standards
- Work individually, and collaboratively in teams, communicate professionally in presenting your solutions.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
3 Take Home Exam
In this task, you will answer a set of questions that will be set in a typical examination format. Each question shall be a combination of short answers and numerical questions. Refer to the Unit Moodle site for more detailed information.
Its exact due date will be announced during the term.
Students to view marks on the day for certification of grades
The main criteria for assessment are:
1. Development of accurate free body diagrams (FBDs) for the problems
2. Application of relevant theory and design equations to calculate required unknowns
3. Comment on the final results obtained
- Explain design principles and rules of fundamental mechatronics elements
- Apply stress analysis and fatigue analysis theories, and failure modes to design simple mechatronics elements
- Design simple electromechanical power transmission units and model them using industry standard solid modelling software
- Solve real-life problems and communicate professionally using mechatronics engineering terminology, symbols, and diagrams that conform to Australian and international standards
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Ethical practice
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
