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Bachelor of Engineering Honours

Mechanical Engineering with Space stream

Computational Engineering specialisation

Computational Engineering specialisation

Students in the Mechanical or Mechanical with 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
Students must complete 6 credit points from the following:
AMME4060
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
N AMME5060
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 (AMME2000 and MECH3261) or (AMME2000 and AERO3260) 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
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 (AMME2000 and MECH3261) or (AMME2000 and AERO3260) 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
AMME4912
Crash Analysis and Design
6 A Computer Aided Drafting, Basic FEA principles and Solid Mechanics.
P MECH2400 and AMME2301 and MECH3460 and MECH3361
N AMME5912
Students must take three individual units outlined in the table above to be eligible for the specialisation.
Units taken for the specialisation will also count toward requirements of the Mechanical or Mechanical with Space stream.