Mechanical Engineering Major
Overview
Mechanical engineering represents a broad branch of professional engineering, with its practitioners applying basic sciences to the development of technologies that enhance our quality of life.
This major provides students with the option to focus across a broad range of Mechanical Engineering technologies and activities - from the application of nanotechnology to the design of systems crucial to sustainable power generation, air conditioning, transport, steel production and mining.
This major best aligns with the Biomedical stream. You can not enrol in the Mechanical Engineering Major within the Mechanical stream.
Unit of study table
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Mechanical Engineering Major |
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Unit of study table |
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| Complete a minimum of 24 credit points of the following units of study, 18 credit points of which must be level 3000 or higher. | |||
| AMME2200 Introductory Thermofluids |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) N AMME2261 OR AMME2262 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2261 Fluid Mechanics 1 |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) N AMME2200 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME2262 Thermal Engineering 1 |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1906) AND (MATH1014 OR MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1907) N AMME2200 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME3500 System Dynamics and Control |
6 | P AMME2500 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH2400 Mechanical Design 1 |
6 | A ENGG1801 and ENGG1802, HSC Maths and Physics |
Semester 2 |
| MECH3260 Thermal Engineering 2 |
6 | A Fundamentals of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics are needed to begin this more advanced course P AMME2200 OR AMME2262. |
Semester 2 |
| MECH3261 Fluid Mechanics 2 |
6 | P AMME2200 OR (AMME2261 AND AMME2262) |
Semester 1 |
| MECH3361 Mechanics of Solids 2 |
6 | P AMME2301 AND (AMME1362 OR AMME2302 OR CIVL2110) |
Semester 2 |
| MECH3362 Materials 2 |
6 | A This subject requires you to have two important skills to bring in: (1) A good understanding of basic knowledge and principles of material science and engineering from AMME2302 (MECH2300) Materials I and mechanics of solids for simple structural elements (in tension, bending, torsion) from AMME2301 (AERO2300); (2) Reasonable mathematical skills in calculation of stresses and strains in simple structural elements. P AMME2301 AND (AMME1362 OR AMME2302 OR CIVL2110) |
Semester 1 |