Bachelor of Engineering Honours (Mechanical)
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Mechanical Engineering Stream |
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| Completion of a stream is a requirement of the Bachelor of Engineering Honours. | |||
| Students complete 192 credit points comprising: | |||
| (a) 36 credit points from the Engineering Core Table, including all required units | |||
| (b) 108 credit points of Stream Core units | |||
| (c) A minimum of 42 credit points of Mechanical Stream Specialist units | |||
| (d) A maximum of 6 credit points from the Engineering General Elective table | |||
| (e) The requirements of the Professional Engagement Program. | |||
Stream Core units |
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| Students complete all 108 credit points of the following units of study. | |||
| The exceptions are: | |||
| (i) Students undertaking the Space Major: | |||
| – are exempt from AMME2000 Engineering Analysis and MECH3460 Mechanical Design 2 | |||
| – complete 18 credit points of units of study from the Space major table specified below. | |||
| (ii) Students in the combined Bachelor of Engineering Honours/Bachelor of Arts are exempt from MECH1560 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering. They should take AMME2200 Advanced Aerodynamics in place of AMME2261 Fluid Mechanics 1 and AMME2262 Thermal Engineering 1. | |||
| AMME1362 Materials 1 |
6 | A HSC Mathematics Extension 1 N CIVL2110 or AMME2302 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME1802 Engineering Mechanics |
6 | N CIVL1802 or ENGG1802 |
Semester 2 |
| ENGG1801 Engineering Computing |
6 | N COSC1003 |
Intensive January Semester 1 |
| MECH1560 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering |
6 | N AERO1560 OR MTRX1701 OR ENGG1800 OR CIVL1900 OR CHNG1108 OR AMME1960 OR BMET1960 OR ENGG1960 Limited Places due to TAFE component. Department Permission required for non-BE(Mech) students. |
Semester 1 |
| AMME2000 Engineering Analysis |
6 | P (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) AND (ENGG1801 OR INFO1103 OR INFO1903 OR INFO1110 OR INFO1910 OR DATA1002 OR DATA1902) |
Semester 1 |
| AMME2261 Fluid Mechanics 1 |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with basic, first year, integral calculus, differential calculus and linear algebra. P (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) N AMME2200 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME2262 Thermal Engineering 1 |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with basic, first year, integral calculus, differential calculus and linear algebra. P (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) N AMME2200 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2301 Mechanics of Solids |
6 | P (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802) AND (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) N CIVL2201 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME2500 Engineering Dynamics |
6 | A Familiarity with the MATLAB programming environment P (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923 OR MATH1907 OR MATH1933) AND (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802) |
Semester 1 |
| AMME2700 Instrumentation |
6 | A Programming skills, 1st year maths skills, familiarity with fundamental Engineering concepts. P AERO1560 OR MECH1560 OR MTRX1701 OR ENGG1800 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH2400 Mechanical Design 1 |
6 | A ENGG1801 and (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802); HSC Maths and Physics N BMET2400 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME3500 System Dynamics and Control |
6 | P AMME2500 |
Semester 1 |
| 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 (1) A good understanding of basic knowledge and principles of material science and engineering from Materials I and mechanics of solids for simple structural elements (in tension, bending, torsion); (2) Reasonable mathematical skills in calculation of stresses and strains in simple structural elements. P AMME2301 AND (AMME2302 OR AMME1362 OR CIVL2110) |
Semester 1 |
| MECH3460 Mechanical Design 2 |
6 | A Properties of engineering materials including fatigue failure theories. Statics and dynamics properties of machines. P MECH2400 and AMME2301 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH3660 Manufacturing Engineering |
6 | P MECH2400 OR ENGG1960 OR AMME1960 OR BMET1960 OR MECH1560 OR ENGG1800 |
Semester 1 |
Stream Specialist units |
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| Complete a minimum of 42 credit points from the units listed below: | |||
| Note: A maximum of 6 credit points can be selected from the Engineering General Elective Table. | |||
| MECH1400 Mechanical Construction |
6 | Semester 2 |
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| MATH2021 Vector Calculus and Differential Equations |
6 | P (MATH1X21 or MATH1931 or MATH1X01 or MATH1906) and (MATH1XX2) and (MATH1X23 or MATH1933 or MATH1X03 or MATH1907) N MATH2921 or MATH2065 or MATH2965 or (MATH2061 and MATH2022) or (MATH2061 and MATH2922) or (MATH2961 and MATH2022) or (MATH2961 and MATH2922) or MATH2067 |
Semester 1 |
| MATH2921 Vector Calculus and Differential Eqs (Adv) |
6 | P [(MATH1921 or MATH1931 or MATH1901 or MATH1906) or (a mark of 65 or above in MATH1021 or MATH1001)] and [MATH1902 or (a mark of 65 or above in MATH1002)] and [(MATH1923 or MATH1933 or MATH1903 or MATH1907) or (a mark of 65 or above in MATH1023 or MATH1003)] N MATH2021 or MATH2065 or MATH2965 or (MATH2061 and MATH2022) or (MATH2061 and MATH2922) or (MATH2961 and MATH2022) or (MATH2961 and MATH2922) or MATH2067 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH2401 Human-Centred Engineering Design |
6 | A MECH1560 AND MECH1400 |
Semester 2 |
| AMME3060 Engineering Methods |
6 | P AMME2000 OR MATH2067 OR (MATH2061 AND MATH2065) OR MATH2021 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH4460 Mechanical Design 3 |
6 | A (AMME1802 OR ENGG1802) AND AMME2301 AND AMME2500 AND MECH3361 P MECH2400 and MECH3460 N MECH5416 |
Semester 1 |
| MECH4660 Engineering Management |
6 | N MECH3661 OR AERO3660 OR MECH2660 OR MECH4601 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5060 Advanced Computational Engineering |
6 | A Linear algebra, calculus and partial differential equations, Taylor series, the finite difference and finite element methods, numerical stability, accuracy, direct and iterative linear solvers and be able to write Matlab Scripts to solve problems using these methods. P UG students are required to complete AMME3060 before enrolling in this unit. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5101 Energy and the Environment |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer P MECH3260 OR MECH9260 or MECH8260 OR AERO3261 OR AERO9261 or AERO8261 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5105 Risk Management Analysis |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| AMME5202 Computational Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A Partial differential equations; Finite difference methods; Taylor series; Basic fluid mechanics including pressure, velocity, boundary layers, separated and recirculating flows. Basic computer programming skills. |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5271 Computational Nanotechnology |
6 | A Understanding of basic principles of Newtonian mechanics, physics and chemistry, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5292 Advanced Fluid Dynamics |
6 | A MECH3261 OR MECH9261 OR CIVL3612 OR CIVL9612 OR AERO3260 OR AERO9260 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5310 Engineering Tribology |
6 | A (AMME2302 OR AMME9302) AND (AMME2301 OR AMME9301) AND (MECH3261 OR MECH9261 or MECH8261) Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5510 Vibration and Acoustics |
6 | P (AMME2301 OR AMME9301) AND (AMME2200 OR AMME2261 OR AMME9261) AND (AMME2500 OR AMME9500) |
Semester 2 |
| AMME5520 Advanced Control and Optimisation |
6 | A Strong understanding of feedback control systems, specifically in the area of system modelling and control design in the frequency domain. P AMME3500 OR AMME9501 or AMME8501 |
Semester 1 |
| AMME5912 Crash Analysis and Design |
6 | A Computer Aided Drafting, Basic FEA principles and Solid Mechanics Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| MECH5255 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. P MECH3260 OR MECH9260 or MECH8260 N MECH4255 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5265 Combustion |
6 | A Students are expected to be familiar with the basic laws of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer. P (MECH3260 AND MECH3261) OR MECH9260 or MECH8260 |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5275 Renewable Energy |
6 | A The student will need a sound background in advanced level fluid mechanics, thermodynamics and heat transfer. In particular, students should be able to analyse fluid flow in turbomachinery; perform first and second law thermodynamic analysis of energy conversion systems, including chemically reacting systems; and perform advanced level calculations of conductive and convective and radiative heat transfer, including radiative spectral analysis. P (MECH3260 AND MECH3261) OR (AERO3260 AND AERO3261) OR (MECH9260 AND MECH9261) OR (MECH8260 and MECH8261) OR (AERO9260 AND AERO9261) OR (AERO8260 and AERO8261). Students claiming to have prerequisite knowledge based on study at other institutions must contact the unit of study coordinator before enrolling in this unit and may be required to sit a pre-exam to demonstrate that they have the necessary knowledge and skills to undertake this advanced level unit. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| MECH5310 Advanced Engineering Materials |
6 | P MECH3362 OR MECH9362 or MECH8362 N MECH4310 |
Semester 1 |
Space major |
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| Students enrolled in the Space major complete the following 18 credit points of units of study: | |||
| AERO2705 Space Engineering 1 |
6 | A ENGG1801. First Year Maths and basic MATLAB programming skills. P (AERO1560 OR MECH1560 OR MTRX1701 OR ENGG1800) AND (MATH1001 OR MATH1021 OR MATH1901 OR MATH1921 OR MATH1906 OR MATH1931) AND (MATH1002 OR MATH1902) AND (MATH1003 OR MATH1023 OR MATH1903 OR MATH1923). Entry to this unit requires that students are eligible for the Space Engineering Major. Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 2 |
| AERO3760 Space Engineering 2 |
6 | P Students must have a 65% average in (AMME2500 AND AMME2261 AND AMME2301 AND AERO2705) OR (AMME2500 AND AMME2301 AND MTRX2700 AND AERO2705). Note: MUST have passed AERO2705 |
Semester 2 |
| AERO4701 Space Engineering 3 |
6 | P [65% average in (AERO3460 AND AERO3360 AND AERO3560 AND AERO3760) OR (MECH3660 AND MECH3261 AND MECH3361 AND AERO3760) OR (MECH3660 AND AMME3500 AND MTRX3700 AND AERO3760)] AND [Must have passed AERO3760]. Students must have achieved a 65% average mark in 3rd year for enrolment in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
For a standard enrolment plan for Mechanical Engineering visit CUSP (https://cusp.sydney.edu.au) / Sydney Curriculum.