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ENAM12006 - Mechanical Component Selection

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Students select and specify common mechanical engineering components like drive line components, bearings and fasteners. They determine requirements for components, research to find information to guide selection, select and size components, and specify the selected components. They select fasteners and indicate fits, tolerances and finishes required for mechanical components. Students describe the roles and responsibilities of members of engineering teams and develop skills required to work and learn independently and collaboratively, and to solve problems and present solutions. Distance education (FLEX) students are required to have access to a computer and make frequent use of the Internet.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites [ENAG11005 Mechanics or ENTA 11009 Engineering Principles] and MATH11160 Technology Mathematics

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2016

Term 2 - 2017 Profile
Distance
Term 2 - 2018 Profile
Distance
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 50%
2. Written Assessment 50%
3. Written Assessment 0%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25.00% response rate.

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.

Source: Student feedback
Feedback
The extension of students' professional knowledge helped them relate to the topics easily.
Recommendation
The topics will be kept and updated.
Action Taken
Yes, it was kept and updated.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Audio quality in video recordings was poor and difficult to follow.
Recommendation
Zoom session will be moved to the room with AV Full.
Action Taken
The request was not met. It was still conducted in a nonsound-proof place.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Textbook extracts from outside resources were difficult to follow in the study guides, underutilising the prescribed textbook for the course.
Recommendation
Lecturing notes were mainly based on the prescribed textbooks. But, some workbook questions were from outside resources. They will be improved and more questions will be from the prescribed textbooks.
Action Taken
The brief description for each topic and workbook questions and solutions for each topic mainly from the prescribed textbooks were provided, and the workbook portfolio was added for the assessment.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
A corrected assignment paper from each assignment posted shortly after the marking of each would be beneficial.
Recommendation
In this term, for each week workbook questions, a corrected paper was uploaded into the moodle site each week. Similar work will be done for the assignment questions.
Action Taken
Yes, the workbook question solutions were provided, and more detailed corrected assignments were also provided.
Source: Coordinator reflection
Feedback
The suitable textbooks need to be continuously searched and selected to avoid the typo errors and the mixed usage of two units (US customary and SI).
Recommendation
The chapter contents might be taken from the different suitable textbooks.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Determine requirements for components in mechanical assemblies and systems from design notes, related sources of information and from analysis of performance and purpose [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8]
  2. Research and obtain information required to select components [2, 3, 4, 5, 10]
  3. Select and size components and explain the basis for selections [2, 3, 4, 5]
  4. Specify selected components using terminology relating to mechanical component selection [2, 3, 4, 5]
  5. Select fasteners for given applications and explain reasons for the selection [2, 3, 4]
  6. Describe and explain methods of indicating fits, finishes and tolerances, and apply these to component selection [2, 3, 4, 5]
  7. Describe the roles and responsibilities of members of engineering teams and the procedures used to maintain safety and quality in design, production and operation [2, 6, 7, 8, 9]
  8. Work and learn collaboratively and professionally to investigate and solve open ended problems, check work and present solutions [2, 4, 6, 9, 10]

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Written Assessment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
5 - Team Work
6 - Information Technology Competence
8 - Ethical practice
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Written Assessment