Swinburne University of Technology - Melbourne Australia
Future Students - Courses
Duration
Contact Hours
Campus
Prerequisite
Corequisite
1 Semester
90 Hours
Hawthorn
Nil
Credit Points: 12.5 Credit Points
A unit of study in the Associate Degree in Engineering
To provide a coherent and balanced account of energy and motion, emphasising their applications and importance in an engineering context.
Lectures, Tutorials and Practical Work
Examinations (50% - 80%), Assignments and Labs (20% – 50%) Actual allocation of marks will be specified in the Unit of Study Outline.
The graduate attributes which relate to this subject help to produce students who: Are capable in their chosen professional areas Operate effectively in work and community situations
Linear mechanics Kinematics; Newton's laws; momentum; energy and work Rotational mechanics Circular Motion Fluid mechanics Buoyancy; Pascal's law; Bernoulli's principle Thermodynamics Zeroth and first law of thermodynamics; heat transfer and expansion; kinetic theory Vibrations and waves Simple harmonic motion; resonance and damping
Serway, RA, Principles of Physics, Saunders, 3rd edn, 2002
