Mechanical Engineering stream
Computational Engineering specialisation
Computational Engineering specialisation |
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| Students in the Mechanical or Mechanical (Space) stream must complete 18 credit points to achieve this specialisation. |
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition |
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| Students must complete 6 credit points from the following: | ||
| 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 AMME3060 |
| Students must complete 12 credit points from the following: | ||
| 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 P [(MECH3261 and AMME2000) or (AERO3260 and AMME2000)] or ENGG5202 or MECH8261 N AMME8202 |
| AMME5271 Computational Nanotechnology |
6 | A Understanding of basic principles of Newtonian mechanics, physics and chemistry, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics |
| AMME5912 Crash Analysis and Design |
6 | P (MECH2400 or MECH9400) and (AMME2301 or AMME9301) and MECH3460 and MECH3361. Computer Aided Drafting, Basic FEA principles and Solid Mechanics. |
| Units taken for the specialisation will also count toward requirements of the Mechanical stream. | ||
