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ENTM12006 - Industrial Fluid Power

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Students develop a working knowledge of the principles and applications of fluid power in industry. They use technical fluid power terminology and representations and select and size fluid power system components, design pressure controls and circuit protection, and recommend and draw simple circuit designs. They outline measures taken to maintain circuit sustainability; develop skills to work, learn and communicate professionally, to investigate and solve problems, and clearly communicate their designs and problem solutions and their rationale for solving problems. Distance education (FLEX) students are required to have access to a computer and to 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

Prereq: ENAG11002 Energy & Electricity or ENEG11009 Fundamentals of Energy & Electricity or PHYS11185 Engineering Physics B

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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2019

Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Mixed Mode
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Mixed Mode

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 30%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Written Assessment 30%
4. 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 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 27.27% 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: Unit Evaluation
Feedback
Residential School would be best to build the physical control circuit following the circuit design practice.
Recommendation
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, lab experiments were performed via Zoom. Lab staff helped to create a physical circuit suggested by students. Once any opportunity of running res-school for labs, students would benefit.
Action Taken
No such step to have on-campus residential school has been taken. That means to continue with Zoom based residential school and lab experiments along-with software based control circuit simulation. This has also proven to be effective.
Source: Unit Coordinator
Feedback
During the past 2 years unit content has been updated that helps students learn practical and theoretical fluid power applications in modern industries.
Recommendation
Suggested to continue the enhancement of the unit content as well delivery practice.
Action Taken
The unit is being continuously updated based on latest industry innovation in areas of industrial automation in almost every sector.
Source: Evaluation feedback
Feedback
More organised, on weekly basis, learning materials in the Moodle site.
Recommendation
Suggested to organise and sort out, more appropriately making easy-accessible, all learning and assessment materials at the beginning of the term.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: UC reflection and students' wish
Feedback
Sourcing and using automation industry simulation software (free for students) to test their designed fluid circuit prior to lab experiments.
Recommendation
Recommended continuing sourcing fluid circuit simulation software (complimentary) from prominent industrial automation companies assisting students to use it for their tutorial and lab experiments.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Explain the nature and principles of 'fluid power' and fluid power systems and describe the behaviour of common working fluids in such systems [1,2,3,4,5]
  2. Use and interpret technical terminology, symbols and representations used to describe fluid power systems, components and installations [1,2,3]
  3. Select and size fluid power circuit components to achieve circuit control objectives [3, 4, 5]
  4. Design suitable pressure controls to protect circuit components and to minimise energy loss. [1,3,4,5]
  5. Explain the factors influencing sustainable operation of fluid power systems and measures taken to maintain circuit sustainability [1,3,4,5, 8]
  6. Recommend suitable circuit designs for simple hydraulic and pneumatic systems [1,2,3,4,5,8]
  7. Design and draw simple pneumatic/hydraulic systems [1,2,3,4,5]
  8. Work, learn and communicate in an ethical, professional manner individually and collaboratively, using information literacy skills to investigate problems and present solutions [2, 4, 6, 9, 10]
  9. Solve problems and record and communicate clearly and professionally the approach used to solve problems and the reasons for adopting such approaches to problems [2, 4, 9, 10]

Bracketed numbers show Graduate Attributes below aligned with by each Learning Outcome above.

BEng Graduate Attributes


1. science and engineering

2. communicate effectively

3. technical competence

4. problem solution

5. systems approach

6. function in teams

7. social, cultural, global and environmental

8. sustainable design and development

9. professionalism and ethics

10.lifelong learning


ADEng Graduate Attributes


1. science and engineering

2. communicate effectively

3. technical support competence

4. simple problem resolution

5. standards and codes of practice

6. function as a team member

7. social, cultural, global and environmental

8. sustainable design and development

9. professionalism and ethics

10. lifelong learning

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Problem Solving • • • • • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • • • • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • • • • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • • • • • • •
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 • • • • • •
4 - Written Assessment • • • • • •