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ENEX13003 Mechanical Design Practice
Mechanical Design Practice
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General Information

Overview

This unit aims to develop extensive skills and knowledge in mechanical engineering design. You will learn mechanical design principles in a professional context, including requirements analysis, concept development, detailed design, fabrication, testing, evaluation, and reporting. You will develop skills in 2D drafting, 3D solid modelling, rendering, and producing detailed assembly drawings of mechanical components. Additionally, you will be introduced to machine elements such as gears, bearings, cams, couplings, flywheels, mechanical seals, and their applications in various engineering contexts. You will undertake a team-based design and build project, applying sustainable mechanical design principles learned in this unit using advanced manufacturing methods such as 3D printing. Lectures and workshop sessions will provide the necessary material and support for the successful completion of the project.

Details

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites: ENEG11005: Fundamentals of Professional Engineering, ENEG11008: Materials for Engineers, and ENEM12009: Structural Mechanics.

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 - 2025

Mackay
Online

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).

Website

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 19 May 2025
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Previous Student Feedback

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.

Feedback from Private emails and formal unit feedback.

Feedback

Students appreciated learning new numerical modeling methods, including non-linear FEA analysis.

Recommendation

The unit coordinator should strive to improve the quality of the instructions and further relate more practical applications to these analyses.

Feedback from Formal unit feedback and self-reflection.

Feedback

The deployment of the final assessment item could have been earlier and its tasks could be more clear.

Recommendation

The unit coordinator should make sure the final assessment item is available for students before the census date and the detailed marking rubric can be accessible at the same time.

Feedback from Private emails and formal unit feedback.

Feedback

Students pointed out the difficulty level of the assessment items.

Recommendation

The unit coordinator should inform students of the expected time commitment to completing each assessment and should organise a separate session to explain tasks and expectations for the assessment items.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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Academic Integrity Statement

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