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Question 1 - Crystal structures of titaniumThis assignment (the first of two) is due 5.00 pm Monday , September 10 . You may hand it in at the lecture or hand it in directly to my office before September 10.  This assignment is worth 17% of your final mark.  You must sign and submit the attached declaration sheet.  Please print this question sheet and write your answers directly onto it. When appropriate, give details about how ...

Properties of Beams and Mechanical FailureBeams are horizontal structural members which primarily carry vertical loads. When a load is applied on a beam, the upper section of the beam experiences compression while the bottom section experiences tension. Concrete is weak in tension but good in compression. For this reason, concrete beams have more steel reinforcement at the bottom than at the top. Torsion is defined as the twisting of a structu...

Design and Operation of Centrifugal CompressorA gas turbine which is sometimes denoted to as ignition turbine is an example of internal ignition engine and it has three chief constituents which are ignition chamber, a downstream turbine on the same shaft, upstream rotating gas compressors.  The gas turbine operates when air from atmospheric finds its way through the compressor which makes it attain higher pressure then the spraying fuel a...

BackgroundConcurrency controls (CC) are majorly used for purposes of ensuring the reliability of database systems. When distributed transactions are done concurrently, concurrency must yield similar outcomes as an execution done sequentially. An execution is said to be serializable when its computation reflects a serial execution. When carrying out a serial execution of more than one transaction, all operations of individual transactions will ...

Rankine vs. Coulomb Earth Pressure CoefficientsRankine earth pressure coefficients (active and passive pressure coefficients) are determined on the following assumptions: there is zero wall friction (frictionless wall), the soil is cohesionless, failure and ground surfaces are straight planes, the interface between the soil and wall is vertical, and there is no friction acting between the backfill and the soil (i.e. resultant force is acting p...

The Concept of Growth Mindset and Fixed MindsetThe video describes about the growth mindset of the people. A great focus has been given on the comparison between growth mindset and fixed mindset. In the video the speaker describes the growth mindset claim that failure after all is not actually a failure in a sense. It is in fact establishment of the fact that it is one of the process that would not hence, the individual can reach the success...

Design GoalsThroughout the campuses of Western Sydney university of Penrith for example, Kingswood, North Warrington and South Warrington campuses, it has regularly discovered that it is hard or a challenge arriving to this mentioned regions as a result of consumed time duration while travelling. In contradiction, there are always buses and shuttles stationed at this areas to solve the challenge although either the exact time when the busses o...

Designing an Obstacle Avoider Robotic VehicleThis research paper in the field of mechanical engineering is about how to design an obstacle avoider robotic vehicle. The major aim and objective of this research paper are to determine a way through which an obstacle robotic vehicle can be designed by the use of hardware specifications such as an ultrasonic sensor, motor drive, microcontroller, and compiler. Robots can be defined as system package...

1.1: Signal Simulation1.1 Introduction Signals exist in the form electrical currents and are primarily purposed for the transmission of information and data from a point to another. Signals exits in various physicals forms among them electromagnetics, mechanical and also exist in other forms where they convert to the electrical forms for the purposes of taking measurements (Blahut, 2012). The various types and shapes of signals as well ...

Design dataDESIGN AND SELECTION (a).Design Data Provided Table 1: Design Parameters Crack length (mm) Pipe diameter (m) Static head (m) Water hummer (m) 3.0 2.5 501 765 Table 2: Steel Material Properties PROPERTIES STEEL A QT 445 STEEL B BS150490LT50 C 0.15-0.21 <0.20 Si <0.90 0.10-0.50 S <0.04 &...

Aims/ObjectivesSince ancient times timber has been considered an essential material for construction of buildings and other structures. The structural stability of this timbers was determined by use of simple calculations and assumptions which were validated by the several practical which were carried out (Andrews, 2011). The strength capability of timber is very complicated. The strength capability of wood is a matter of several paramete...

About the Component About the Component Crank is the component used to connect the pedal and Chain sprocket in the bicycle. The crank converts the reciprocating motion of the legs of the rider into rotational motion of chain sprocket. This sprocket drives the chain which in turns rotates the rear wheel and thus translational motion is produced from the reciprocating motion of the human legs. Cranks are preferably made from aluminium alloy m...

The Importance of Aircraft MaintenanceAir transport sector has been a great contributor to global economy in various ways. While facilitating global movement of people and their commodities, it has improved economies in various nations including improving living standards of many people who work with airways both directly and indirectly. Distant countries have been bridged by well-constructed and developed airways and this has brought efficien...

Navigation through ProcessesCES Selector is an advance tool which has takenfavourable position of broad materials property information, progressed graphical investigation, and pro apparatuses to help materials determination and substitution choices. This has guaranteed that the materials specialists can make the best utilization of their materials comprehension and offer it inside the gathering. CES Selector tool has driven three-overlap decre...

Valve Timing GraphThis report is written on the disassembly of GX160 stationary engine, the main objective was to study on its working mechanism, materials used in manufacturing and its working efficiency based on the engine design. Therefore in order for all the theoretical knowledge on the working of this engine to be understood well, it had to be done practical through disassembly of the engine. HONDA GX160T1 used as air compressor, lawn mo...

Structural and Morphological Features of Toohey ForestToohey forest is found in the southern suburbs of Brisbane. It has an extensive walking track with huge sandstone outcrops. The forest has stunning banksias and grass trees. The plants found in the forest are eye-catching especially during late spring and winter. The forest contains a variety of rocks littered everywhere which could have been as a result of sedimentary metamorphism leadin...

Thermodynamics and Thermal Equilibrium In thermodynamics, thermal equilibrium is an important factor which exists in fluid. Changes on different variables highly affect the equilibrium state of the fluid. Once one factor changes, other variables have to change in order to bring the fluid into equilibrium. The fluid exerts pressure has great impact on the solid surfaces where the fluid is contained. The materials making the solid surfaces are an ...

Types of Heat TreatmentDiscuss About The Properties Behavior Of The Parent Material. Heat treatment is a group of metal working or industrial processes that are used in altering the chemical and physical properties of a material. Manufacturing of products such as glass also uses heat treatments since this process involves too much chilling or heating normally to extreme temperatures in order to achieve an anticipated result such as so...

Wood SawdustDiscuss About The Mechanical And Rheological Characteristics Of Wood Saw Dust. The world is focusing on improving the environment safety in every country. The wood plastic is a blend made up of wood sawdust and the recycled plastic. These two components, polypropylene, and plastic undergo polymer blending. Polymers are slowly gaining fame in the industry as a new commodity. The standard procedure used in the process of polym...

Common mechanical properties of steel propertiesDiscuss about the Potential Structural And Functional Materials. In the fast growing industry, steel remains to increase its uses as a potential structural and functional materials due to its high strength, soft-magnetic properties, wear resistance and good corrosion together with comparatively low material cost. Steel has a carbon content approximately 0.29 and 0.60 %. Steel is well known ...

Objective Discuss About The Solar Thermal Technology In Storage System. Solar Energy has been the most prominent source of power in the earth. It is one of the most reliable renewable energy and can produce huge amount of energy at a time (Tian and Zhao 2013). Therefore, Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plants have been installed in various places of Australia for transferring solar energy into various other sources of energy including thermal en...

Requirement and Measuring DeviceDiscuss about the Control Of Reheat Furnace Based On Distributed Model. The purpose of this paper is to design a control system for the annealing furnace. Annealing furnace is nothing but a furnace that heats up to a maximum temperature and then cools down to obtain their properties. The alloys are heated up to 860 degree Celsius and then it is cooled for about 10 hours. The cooling of the furnace is carrie...

ObjectivesDiscuss about the Design and Analysis of Grinding Attachment. Characteristics of the project This project of Design and Analysis of Grinding Attachment was the Machine tool Design project that I executed in the fourth year bachelor’s degree. The grinding operation in a lathe machine is solely performed to obtain excellent surface finishing once the turning operation is completed. This is eventually done to learn ab...

Intake Manifolds and Their ImportanceDiscuss About The Optimization Computational Fluid Dynamics. The technology in the automotive comprises of the intake manifold that facilitates the transport of air-fuel mixture to the cylinder engine. The definition of manifold had come from the manifold English word that has a relation to the folding together of numerous outputs and inputs. The major reason for the intake manifold was to facilitate e...

Introduction to EngineeringDiscus about the ENEG20001 Australian Engineering Practice. What? Engineering is something which has been associated with the providing of solutions for continuous improvement of the quality of life, added business value and many more. Significantly it can be stated that engineering has a great influence over the global economy. The consequences of engineering can be intended or unintended. The learning...