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Graduation
 
Faculty: UNSW@ADFA (Australian Defence Force Academy)
 
 
School:  UC Aerospace, Civ and Mech Eng
 
 
Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html
 
 
Campus: University College Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 3
 
 
EFTSL: 0.062 (more info)
 
 
Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

Students are exposed to the principles of machinery and component design: example topics include springs, bearings, gears, linkages, brakes and clutches, standard hardware, fasteners, tapers. Studies considering what components do, how they do it, how they were made, and possible forms are undertaken. Various design philosophies, such as safe life, fail safe, damage tolerance are discussed.

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