MECH ENG 4115 - Engineering Acoustics
North Terrace Campus - Summer - 2023
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General Course Information
Course Details
Course Code MECH ENG 4115 Course Engineering Acoustics Coordinating Unit School of Mechanical Engineering Term Summer Level Undergraduate Location/s North Terrace Campus Units 3 Contact Up to 12 hours per week Available for Study Abroad and Exchange Y Prerequisites MECH ENG 3028 or MECH ENG 3111, and 6 units of Level II Applied Maths courses Incompatible MECH ENG 4115EX, MECH ENG 7027, MECH ENG 7027EX Assessment Assignments, Laboratory experiments, Final exam Course Staff
Course Coordinator: Long Hin Poon
Course Timetable
The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .
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Learning Outcomes
Course Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
1 Understand the principles of acoustics. 2 Be able to assess complex occupational and environmental noise problems using acceptable assessment criteria. 3 Understand the importance of protecting the community from excessive noise and how it damages the hearing mechanism. 4 Be able to use instrumentation for noise measurement and understand the type of measurements appropriate for various situations. 5 Understand noise source types and of how sound propagates outdoors. 6 Understand sound fields in rooms and how they may be controlled. 7 Be able to design noise control fixtures and develop strategies to reduce occupational and environmental noise to acceptable levels. 8 Have a deep understanding of the responsibility of engineers to the community in terms of providing a safe healthy environment. 9 Understand the need to undertake lifelong learning University Graduate Attributes
No information currently available.
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Learning Resources
Required Resources
- Bies, D.A. and Hansen, C.H., Howard, C.Q., Engineering Noise Control, 5th edition, CRC Press, London, (2017).
- Course notes – these are essential and required.
Recommended Resources
- Hansen, C.H. Noise Control: From Concept to Application (2005).
- Frank J. Fahy, “Foundations of Engineering Acoustics.” L.E. Kinsler et. al. 3rd edn. "Fundamentals of acoustics"
- M. P. Norton, D. G. Karczub, "Fundamentals of noise and vibration analysis for engineers.”
- H. Fastland E. Zwicker, “Psychoacoustics Facts and Models”, Springer, 3rd Ed 2007. (free ebook from BSL)
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Learning & Teaching Activities
Learning & Teaching Modes
All lectures will be delivered online. These online lectures will be complemented by learning activities including quizzes, assignments and a face-to-face laboratory experiment. Lecturers will also be available at designated times for consulting in person or via Zoom.
There will also be the option to participate in all activities entirely remotely.Workload
The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.
This is a 3-unit course which has a minimum workload of 150 hours - approximately 38 hours/per week as it is intensive summer course.
Learning Activities Summary
- Basic
- General Noise Control
- Instrumentation
- The Ear
- Criteria
- Psychoacoustics
- Sound Sources
- Sound power
- Enclosure and transmission loss of panels
- Barriers
- Mufflers
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Assessment
The University's policy on Assessment for Coursework Programs is based on the following four principles:
- Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
- Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
- Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
- Assessment must maintain academic standards.
Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Task Type Due Weighting % Course Learning Outcome(s) Quizzes x 14 Formative Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
0.5% each = 7% Total 1 - 9 Assignments x 6 Formative Every Monday, Wednesday and Friday 3.5% each = 21% Total 1 - 9 Practice Exam Formative 10th February 2% 1 - 9 Lab Summative 2 Weeks after lab 10% 1, 2, 8 Exam Summative Exam week 60% 1 - 9 Assessment Related Requirements
Laboratory experiment and Exam are compulsory hurdle requirement
- Attend the laboratory experiment (either in person)
- Submit a lab report.
Exam
- Must get at least 40% for exam grade to be considered for passing course and to be eligible for a supplementary.
Assessment Detail
Lecture quizzes are submitted electronically and comprises 7% of the total grade of the course.
Assessments are submitted electronically and comprises 21% of the total grade of the course.
Final exam is a close book exam contribute 60% towards the total grade of the course, required to achieve at least 40% in the exam to pass the course.
Submission
All quizzes, assignments and practical reports must be submitted electronically via MyUni as per instructions for each assessment. All quizzes, tutorials and assignments are submitted online using Mobius/MyUni. Late submissions are not possible as Mobius/MyUni automatically prevents submission after the due time on the due date, unless an extension has been granted and implemented in Mobius/MyUni by the Course Coordinator.
Extensions for assignments will only be given in exceptional circumstances and a case for this with supporting documentation can be made in writing via email to the Course Coordinator. The Course Coordinator must receive a completed Application for Assessment Extension form (/policies/3303/?dsn=policy.document;field=data;id=7446;m=view) prior to the Assessment Deadline when a student is seeking an extension. There are only three grounds for which an extension can be granted: Medical Circumstances, Compassionate Circumstances and/or Extenuating Circumstances. Course Coordinators cannot grant extensions based on balancing student workloads.There will be no opportunities for re-submission of work of unacceptable standard.
Due to the large size of the class feedback on assignments will be limited to in-class discussion resulting from questions from students and individual automatic feedback through Mobius/MyUni.
Course Grading
Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:
M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme) Grade Mark Description FNS Fail No Submission F 1-49 Fail P 50-64 Pass C 65-74 Credit D 75-84 Distinction HD 85-100 High Distinction CN Continuing NFE No Formal Examination RP Result Pending Further details of the grades/results can be obtained from Examinations.
Grade Descriptors are available which provide a general guide to the standard of work that is expected at each grade level. More information at Assessment for Coursework Programs.
Final results for this course will be made available through .
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SELTs are an important source of information to inform individual teaching practice, decisions about teaching duties, and course and program curriculum design. They enable the University to assess how effectively its learning environments and teaching practices facilitate student engagement and learning outcomes. Under the current SELT Policy (http://www.adelaide.edu.au/policies/101/) course SELTs are mandated and must be conducted at the conclusion of each term/semester/trimester for every course offering. Feedback on issues raised through course SELT surveys is made available to enrolled students through various resources (e.g. MyUni). In addition aggregated course SELT data is available.
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