THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Department of Mechanical Engineering

THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Department of Mechanical EngineeringSupplementary document for Full-time/Sandwich/Part-time Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) DegreeinMechanical EngineeringProgramme Codes:43078 (full-time)43088 (part-time)43091 (part-time self-financed) (New technical elective streams implementedin the 2004/05 academic year)September 2004Table of Contents Overview (ii)Subject SyllabusesAviation StreamLGT 3006 Transport Law (Land, Air and Intermodal) (1)LGT 3007 Air Transport Logistics (3)ME 471 Aviation Safety Management Systems (5)ME 472 Aviation Systems I (7)ME 473 Aviation Systems II (9)ME 474 Maintenance Programme Development (11)Design and Manufacturing StreamME 421 Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering (13)ME 425 Industrial Automation (15)ME 426 Computer-aided Technology for Design (17)ME 427 Mechatronic Systems (19)ME 428 Manufacturing and Prototyping (21)ME 429 Advanced Materials for Design and Technology (23)Environmental Technology and Transportation Studies StreamME 431 Emission and Pollution Control (25)ME 436 Management of Land Transportation Operations (27)ME 437 Urban Transportation Technology (29)ME 438 Combustion Applications (31)ME 441 Environmental Noise (33)ME 443 Noise Abatement and Control (35)OverviewAs a policy of the Department, we continually update our teaching subjects to meet the demand of our ever-changing society. In addition to the existing technical elective streams offered to the BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering students, we have also developed three additional new streams to be implemented in the 2004/05 academic year. Details of the new streams and their subject pools are as follows:AviationLGT 3006Transport Law (Land, Air and Intermodal)LGT 3007Air Transport LogisticsME 471Aviation Safety Management SystemsME 472 Aviation Systems IME 473 Aviation Systems IIME 474 Maintenance Programme DevelopmentDesign and ManufacturingME 421 Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical EngineeringME 425 Industrial AutomationME 426 Computer-aided Technology for DesignME 427 Mechatronic SystemsME 428 Manufacturing and PrototypingME 429 Advanced Materials for Design and TechnologyEnvironmental Technology and Transportation StudiesME 431 Emission and Pollution ControlME 436 Management of Land Transportation OperationsME 437 Urban Transportation TechnologyME 438 Combustion ApplicationsME 441 Environmental NoiseME 443 Noise Abatement and ControliiAviation StreamSUBJECT DESCRIPTION FORM___________________________________________________________________________ Subject Title :Transport Law (Land, Air and Intermodal) LGT 3006 (3 credits)Elective ___________________________________________________________________________ Pre-requisites :NilCo-requisites :NilExclusions :Nil___________________________________________________________________________ Formal Contact Hours :42___________________________________________________________________________ Assessment :Overall Assessment : 0.6 × End of Subject Examination + 0.4 × Coursework___________________________________________________________________________ Objectives :This subject aims :•To give students a full comprehension of (a) carrier’s liability for goods in transit, (b) the law of carriage of goods by air, (c) the law of carriage of goods by land, (d) the law of intermodal transport, and (e) the law of freight forwarding•To develop students’ ability of solving legal problems that a practitioner in the transport and logistics industry may have in his/her course of business.___________________________________________________________________________Syllabus :Carriage of Goods by Land Parties to the contract; consignment notes; general obligations and liabilities of carriers; Supply of Services (Implied Terms) Ordinance; carrier as bailee; carriers’ liabilities in conversion; stoppage in transit; international carriage of goods by land: Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of goods by Road (the CMR); Convention Concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF).Carriage of Goods by Air The Warsaw Convention, Hague Protocol, Guadalajara Convention and the Carriage by Air Ordinance: application, air waybill, carriers’ obligation and rights, delay, limitation of liabilities .Intermodal Transport ICC Uniform Rules For a Combined Transport Document (1975 Revision); UN Convention on International Multimodal Transport of Goods (1980); UNCTAD/ICC Rules for Multimodal Transport Documents (1992).Freight Forwarding Relations between forwarder and carrier; types of forwarding operations; legal position of forwarder; liabilities & rights under various trading conditions. Indicative Reading List :Essential1.Felix Chan, Jimmy Ng & Bobby Wong, Shipping and Logistics Law in Hong Kong(2002) Hong Kong University Press.Suggested1.D’Arcy Leo, Ridley’s Law of the Carriage of Goods by Land See & Air, (1992) Shaw& Son.2.H. Ph. Diederiks-Verschoor An Introduction to Air Law (2001) Kluwer Law andTaxation Publishers.3.Trevor Philopson, Carriage by Air (2001) Butterworths.4.Donald James Hill, Freight Forwarders (1972) Stevens.5.Ralph de Wit, Multimodal Transport :Carrier Liability and Documentation (1995)Lloyd’s of London Press.6.Multimodal Transport: Avoiding Legal Problems (1997) Lloyd’s List Practical Guides.7.Multimodal Transport Rules (1997) Kluwer Law International.August 2004SUBJECT DESCRIPTION FORM___________________________________________________________________________ Subject Title :Air Transport Logistics LGT 3007 (3 credits)Elective ___________________________________________________________________________ Pre-requisites :NilCo-requisites :NilExclusions :Nil___________________________________________________________________________ Formal Contact Hours :42___________________________________________________________________________ Assessment :Overall Assessment : 0.6 × End of Subject Examination + 0.4 × Coursework___________________________________________________________________________ Objectives :This subject aims :•To provide a fundamental knowledge of the intermodal transport of goods, especially by air; to establish an awareness of the range of perspectives which may be adopted, theoretically, legally and practically towards the air transport system.•To provide students with a full understanding of current and future developments in the air transport industry.___________________________________________________________________________Syllabus :Operating procedures: control of airspace, communications, navigation, flight planning and operation, aircraft and equipment maintenance and overhaul, principles and procedures; Interface with other transport modes and terminals; Aircraft characteristics: types of aircraft and performance characteristics, motive power units, economics of aircraft, take-off and landing, cruising weights and load capacity estimation; Physical characteristics of airports and liaison with airport authorities; Air transport in national, regional and local patterns and networks; Size and scale problems; scheduling, fleet utilisation and crew working; Route selection and principles of timetable production, load factors and frequency; The interrelationship between passenger and freight transport; TACT rules and regulations, TACT rates, General Cargo Rate Calculation, Specific Cargo Rate Calculation; Class Rate Calculation, ULD Rate Calculation, Consolidation Rate Calculation, Rating methodology under Hong Kong's environment; Policy formation and implementation; corporate planning, direction and control of external factors; Management techniques in operational research, work study, organisation and method training and education, especially relating to safety and security; training and licensing of operating crew; operation of aircraft and crew; limitations on crew utilisation; Marketing policy, strategy and analysis; Role of IATA in relation to marketing; elasticity of demand for airline operations; Pooling procedures and bilateral operating agreements; Types of airport terminal, general layout, organisational structure; Performance indicators, measures of overall cost performance; Warehousing and storage in the airport terminal; wide-bodied, large-capacity aircraft; supersonic transport and associated developments; political control, pressure groups and public attitude; international developments in business, trade and tourism affecting air transportIndicative Reading List :1.Aircraft financing (1998) Euromoney Publications.2.Gialloreto, L. (1988) Strategic Airline Management, Pitman.3.Joseph P. Schwieterman (1993) Air Cargo and the opening of China, CU Press.4.Kai-sun Kwong (1988) Towards Open Skies and Uncongested Airports- Anopportunity for HK, CU.5.Kelly Monaghan (1992) Air Courier Bargains, Intrepid Traveler.6.Michael J. Kroes (1993) Aircraft basic science, Glencoe.7.Rigas Doganis (1991) Flying Off Course, Routledge.8.Rigas Doganis (1992) The Airport Business, Routledge.9.Shaw, S. (1993) Air Transport- a marketing perspective, Pitman.10.Stephen Holloway (1992) Air finance: aircraft acquisition finance and airline creditanalysis, Pitman.11.Wells Alexander (1994) Air Transportation: A management perspective, Belmont. August 2004SUBJECT DESCRIPTION FORM___________________________________________________________________________ Subject Title :Aviation Safety Management Systems ME 471 (3 credits)Elective ___________________________________________________________________________ Pre-requisites :AMA 202 Mathematics II or AMA 294 Mathematics IICo-requisites :NilExclusions :ME 4501 Aviation Safety Management Systems___________________________________________________________________________ Formal Contact :Lecture38 hoursTutorial/Laboratory 4 hours----------Total42 hours_____________________________________________________________________________ Assessment :Overall Assessment : 0.3 × End of Subject Examination + 0.7 × CourseworkCoursework may include assignments, laboratory experiments or short tests.___________________________________________________________________________ Objectives :This subject aims :•To instill a keen awareness of safety.•To provide an overview of safety concepts, practices, and management system for seekers of careers in risk-taking enterprises such as the aviation industry.•To equip students with data-processing tools and skills for assessment and management of risks for safety.___________________________________________________________________________Syllabus :Introduction Safety management system overview; aviation safety community ―members and their roles; the regulatory framework ― organisations and rulemaking; Hong Kong and international perspectives.Aviation Accidents Statistics of air transportation accidents; aviation safety data recording and reporting systems; aviation accident investigation and causation models; introductory management of risk.Human Factors in Aviation Safety Human factors; management of human error; technical and administrative strategies for human error control; aviation safety culture. Aircraft Safety Systems Long-range commercial air transportation; safety design for atmospheric conditions; flight deck human-machine interface; safe flight procedures; future aircraft technologies.Airport and Air Traffic Safety Systems Airport operational safety ― terminal buildings, maintenance workshops, ramp operations, runway incursions, specialized services; air traffic safety ― air traffic control procedures, flight operation planning.Aviation Security Attacks on aviation; regulatory measures for attack avoidance; role of intelligence and international influences; security technologies for aviation.Indicative Reading List :1.Wells, A. T., and Rodrigues, C. C., Commercial Aviation Safety. 4th ed., McGraw-Hill,USA, 2004.2.Krause, S. S., Aircraft Safety. Accident Investigations, Analyses, and Applications. 2nded., McGraw-Hill, USA, 2003.3.Reason, J., Managing the Risks of Organizational Accidents. Ashgate Publishing Ltd.,2002.4.Nader, R., and Smith, W. J., Collision Course: The Truth about Airline Safety. 1st ed.,TAB Books, USA, 1994.5./analyze/usinfo.htmAugust 2004SUBJECT DESCRIPTION FORM___________________________________________________________________________ Subject Title :Aviation Systems I ME 472 (3 credits)Elective ___________________________________________________________________________ Pre-requisites :AMA 202 Mathematics II or AMA 294 Mathematics IICo-requisites :NilExclusions :ME 4502 Aviation Systems I___________________________________________________________________________ Formal Contact :Lecture38 hoursTutorial/Laboratory 4 hours----------Total42 hours___________________________________________________________________________ Assessment :Overall Assessment : 1.0 × CourseworkCoursework may include group projects, class presentation, class participation and individual reports.___________________________________________________________________________ Objectives :This subject aims :•To provide an overview of aviation systems to a diverse audience that has an interest in the development of careers in aviation.•To develop students’ understanding of the aviation industry, which comprises various supporting unit systems, operating within one framework to achieve the global objectives of air transport safety and security and the unit-system objectives of operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.•To develop students’ understanding of the up-to-date operational concepts, technology applications and practices.Professionals will be invited to speak on selected topics in the following syllabus, and site visits will be planned.___________________________________________________________________________Syllabus :Introduction to Aviation Systems An introduction to aviation systems such as civil aviation authorities, airlines, airports and aviation organisations.Civil Aviation Administration CAAC and CAD HK. Freedoms of the air. Bilateral agreements. Air traffic control and facilities. Aeronautical information services. Airworthiness. Licensing of flight crew and aircraft maintenance engineers. Operations of aircraft.Airline Organization Organization structure. Route planning. Ground and flight crew selection and recruitment. Engineering operations. Flight operations. Flight simulators.Airport Operations Role of the Hong Kong Airport Authority. Airport planning and operations. Passenger and cargo terminal operations. Sky Pier.Government Flying Service Organization of Government Flying Service. Area of responsibility within the Hong Kong Flight Information Region. Helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft operations.Aircraft Maintenance Mandatory approved organizations. General aircraft maintenance facilities. Licensed aircraft maintenance engineers.Aviation and the Environment Environmental impacts of aviation.International Associations International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Standards and recommended practices. International Air Transport Association (IATA).Indicative Reading List :1.Richard De Neufville. Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management. McGraw-Hill, USA, 2003.2.Alexander T. Wells & Seth B. Young. Airport Planning and Management. 5th Ed.McGraw-Hill, USA, 2004.3.Jon D. Fricker & Robert K. Whitford. Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering: AMultimodel Systems Approach. Prentice-Hall, USA, 2004.4.International Civil Aviation Organization. ICAO Journal.5.McGraw-Hill. Aviation Week and Space Technology.August 2004SUBJECT DESCRIPTION FORM___________________________________________________________________________ Subject Title :Aviation Systems II ME 473 (3 credits)Elective ___________________________________________________________________________ Pre-requisites :AMA 202 Mathematics II or AMA 294 Mathematics IICo-requisites :NilExclusions :ME 4503 Aviation Systems II___________________________________________________________________________ Formal Contact :Lecture38 hoursTutorial/Laboratory 4 hours----------Total42 hours___________________________________________________________________________ Assessment :Overall Assessment : 1.0 × CourseworkCoursework may include group projects, class presentation, class participation and individual reports.___________________________________________________________________________ Objectives :This subject aims :•To provide an overview of aviation systems to a diverse audience that has an interest in the development of careers in aviation.•To develop students’ understanding of the aviation industry, which comprises various supporting unit systems, operating within one framework to achieve the global objectives of air transport safety and security and the unit-system objectives of operational efficiency and cost-effectiveness.•To develop students’ understanding of the up-to-date operational concepts, technology applications and practices.Professionals will be invited to speak on selected topics in the following syllabus, and site visits will be planned.___________________________________________________________________________Syllabus :Aviation Systems An overview of the relationship among major aviation systems such as civil aviation authorities, airlines, airports and aviation organisations.Civil Aviation Administration Air service agreements. Air traffic management. Search and rescue. Provision of ground and flight operations support. Flight standards. Aviation safety and accident investigation.Managing Airline Operations Flight planning and operations. Training of flight crew, aircraft engineers and technical support staff. Management of engineering operations. Flight simulator training.Airport Management Organization structure of the Hong Kong Airport Authority. Passenger and air cargo terminal operations. Provisions for general aviation activities.Government Flying Service Role of Government Flying Service: Search and rescue, air ambulance, police support, fire fighting, aerial survey, and general SAR Government support. Helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft maintenance.Aircraft Maintenance Quality assurance of aircraft maintenance. Aircraft modifications. Engine testing.Aviation and the Environment Aircraft noise and abatement policy. Air pollution and fuel usage.Other Local Aviation Organizations Hong Kong Air Cadet Corps. Hong Kong Historical Aircraft Association. Hong Kong Air Traffic Control Association. Hong Kong Aviation Club. Aviation Development Council. Guild of Air Pilots and Navigators.Indicative Reading List :1.Richard De Neufville. Airport Systems: Planning, Design, and Management. McGraw-Hill, USA, 2003.2.Alexander T. Wells & Seth B. Young. Airport Planning and Management. 5th Ed.McGraw-Hill, USA, 2004.3.Jon D. Fricker & Robert K. Whitford. Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering: AMultimodel Systems Approach. Prentice-Hall, USA, 2004.4.International Civil Aviation Organization. ICAO Journal.5.McGraw-Hill. Aviation Week and Space Technology.August 2004SUBJECT DESCRIPTION FORM___________________________________________________________________________ Subject Title :Maintenance Programme Development ME 474 (3 credits)Elective ___________________________________________________________________________ Pre-requisites :AMA 202 Mathematics II or AMA 294 Mathematics IICo-requisites :NilExclusions :ME 4504 Maintenance Programme Development___________________________________________________________________________ Formal Contact :Lecture38 hoursTutorial/Laboratory 4 hours----------Total42 hours___________________________________________________________________________ Assessment :Overall Assessment : 0.4 × End of Subject Examination + 0.6 × CourseworkCoursework may include assignments, laboratory experiments or short tests.___________________________________________________________________________ Objectives :This subject aims :•To introduce students the fundamental concepts of aircraft structures and systems and their operations.•To provide students with an overview of aircraft maintenance programme development in aviation, including its vital elements, preparation and approval process.•To introduce students the management, planning process and procedure of aircraft maintenance.___________________________________________________________________________Syllabus :Introduction Aircraft structure and system. Aircraft operation. Applicable legislation. Civil Aviation Requirements.Aircraft Maintenance Programme Vital Elements Certification maintenance requirements. Maintenance steering group (MSG) 2 analysis. MSG 3 analysis. Maintenance review board. Maintenance planning data document (MPD). Aircraft repair and overhaul services. Aircraft Maintenance Programme Management Aging aircraft system. Structure programmes. Escalation / Optimisation of maintenance programmes. Low utilization programmes. Bridging / Alignment of aircraft on maintenance programmes. Maintenance programme management. Modification and continued airworthiness aspects. CAD maintenance programme approval process.Case Studies Mechanical issues (e.g. United Airliner Flight 2311). Maintenance issues (e.g. American Airlines Flight 191, Maintenance-induced Aircraft Damage).Indicative Reading List :1.Friend, C. H. Aircraft maintenance management, Longman scientific & technical, 1992.2.HKAR-66, 145 and 147 aviation requirements.3.Aircraft maintenance and certification documents.August 2004Design and Manufacturing StreamSUBJECT DESCRIPTION FORM___________________________________________________________________________ Subject Title :Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering ME 421 (3 credits)Elective ___________________________________________________________________________ Pre-requisites : ME 364 System Dynamics and Automatic ControlCo-requisites :NilExclusions :ME 4207 Artificial Intelligence in Mechanical Engineering___________________________________________________________________________ Formal Contact :Lecture38 hoursTutorial/Laboratory 4 hours----------Total42 hours___________________________________________________________________________ Assessment :Overall Assessment : 0.4 × End of Subject Examination + 0.6 × CourseworkCoursework may include assignments, laboratory experiments or short tests.___________________________________________________________________________ Objectives :This subject aims :•To teach students available techniques in artificial intelligence and the applications to Mechanical Engineering.•To teach students the major components of expert systems, and different roles of individuals interacting with expert systems.•To teach students the basic principles of fuzzy set and fuzzy inference systems, so that they can apply the techniques to solve mechanical engineering problems.•To teach students the basic concept of neural networks and their applications to pattern recognition.•To teach students software tool for the development of AI systems, such as expert systems, fuzzy logic controllers or neural networks, to solve practical problems.•To encourage critical thinking and self-learning through projects and presentations.___________________________________________________________________________Syllabus :Expert Systems for Mechanical Engineering Principles of expert systems; Knowledge representations; Inference mechanisms; Application of expert systems to mechanical engineering; Understanding expert system shells, such as Prolog; Building expert systems using Prolog.Fuzzy Inference Systems Fuzzy sets and membership functions; Properties of fuzzy membership functions; Operations on fuzzy membership functions; Fuzzy if-then statements; Fuzzy inference systems; Fuzzification and defuzzification procedures; Developing fuzzy inference systems using Matlab.Elementary Neural Networks Models of neurons and neural networks; the concept of linear separation; the principle of layered neural networks; Developing neural networks for pattern recognition using Matlab.Laboratories :There are two 2-hour laboratory sessions.Typical Experiments :1.Building a simple expert system using Prolog2. A fuzzy logic liquid-level controller3. A neural network for the recognition of 26 charactersIndicative Reading List :1.L.H. Tsoukalas and R.E. Uhrig, Fuzzy and neural approaches in engineering, JohnWiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996.2.by L. Medsker, Design and development of expert systems and neural networks,Maxwell Macmillan International, New York, 1994.3.by C.S. Krishnamoorthy, Artificial intelligence and expert systems for engineers, BocaRaton, Fla. CRC Press, 1996.August 2004SUBJECT DESCRIPTION FORM___________________________________________________________________________ Subject Title :Industrial Automation ME 425 (3 credits)Elective ___________________________________________________________________________ Pre-requisites :ME 364 System Dynamics and Automatic ControlCo-requisites :NilExclusions :ME 424 Automation and ControlME 4202 Industrial Automation___________________________________________________________________________ Formal Contact :Lecture38 hoursTutorial/Laboratory 4 hours----------Total42 hours___________________________________________________________________________ Assessment :Overall Assessment : 0.4 × End of Subject Examination + 0.6 × CourseworkCoursework may include assignments, laboratory experiments or short tests.___________________________________________________________________________ Objectives :This subject aims :•To provide students with a thorough understanding of the principles of mechanization of parts feeding, handling and orientation essential for industrial automation.•To provide students with a thorough treatment of numerical control and industrial robotics used in flexible automation.•To provide students with a thorough treatment of industrial logic control system design used in manufacturing automation.•To provide students with an introductory treatment of computer control and the associated implementation issues in robots and numerical controlled machines.•To provide students with a thorough treatment of design and economic issues related to the implementation and applications of robot-aided automation.___________________________________________________________________________Syllabus :Introduction to Automation Production systems; Manufacturing support system; Facilities; Automated manufacturing systems; Computerization of manufacturing support systems; Economic considerations.Sensors and Actuators in Automation Industrial sensors; Digital and analog sensors; Fluid power actuators; Control valves; Electrical system elements; Motors drives; Mechanical devices.Computer Numerical Control Numerical control systems; Computer numerical control (CNC) machines; CNC programming methods and languages; Axis and coordinate systems; Absolute and incremental coordinates; Linear and circular interpolations; Direct numerical control.Industrial Robotics Robot geometry; Robot drives; Motion control; Robot Tooling; Programming; Intelligent robots; Performance specifications; Robot applications and justification; Robot implementation.Discrete Control Using PLCs Relay logic; Combinational and sequential control; Minimization of logic equations; Ladder logic diagrams; Programmable logic controllers (PLCs); PLC components; Programming; I/O addresses; Timer and counters; A/D conversion and sampling; PLC applications.Material Transport Systems Mechanization devices and material handling systems; Mechanization of parts handling; Parts feeding; Parts sensing; Automatic production and assembly; Assembly machines.Laboratories :There are two 2-hour laboratory sessions.Typical Experiments :1.Sequential control using PLC2.Programming and control of gantry robot3.Path planning and programming of Zebra robotIndicative Reading List :1.M.P. Groover, Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-IntegratedManufacturing, Prentice Hall, 2001.2.T.C. Chang, R.A. Wysk and H.P. Wang, Computer-Aided Manufacturing, PrenticeHall, 1998.August 2004。