SED302 - Computer Aided Engineering

Unit details

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Enrolment modes:(G, X)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value: 0.125
Unit chair:

M Weiss

Prerequisite:

SED102, SEM223

Contact hours: 2 x 1 hour lectures, 1 x 1 hour tutorial per week (CAD lab), 2 x 3 hour practicals per trimester (CAD lab). 2 x 3 hour laboratory sessions for off-campus students per trimester.

Note:

Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications.

Content

Topics to be addressed in this unit include the role of CAE in the product development (target setting, optimisation, performance analysis, manufacturing analysis); computer aided design (solid modelling, data management and transfer, CAD modelling for CAE); finite element analysis (basic principles and applications, building models, boundary conditions, solvers, interpreting results); multi-body dynamics; computational fluid dynamics.

Assessment

Two assignments (25% each) 50%, ePortfolio 10%, CAE design project (technical report 30%, oral presentation 10%) 40%.  To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit students must achieve an overall mark of at least 50% and at least 50% in both assignments and the CAE design project.

Unit Fee Information

Student Contribution Rate*Student Contribution Rate**Fee rate - Domestic Students Fee rate - International students
$1045$1045$3365$3384

* Rate for all CSP students, except for those who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
** Rate for CSP students who commenced Education and Nursing units pre 2010
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.