About the School of Mechanical Engineering
Mission
- To support the missions of the Faculty of Engineering and University of Adelaide
- To provide high quality undergraduate and postgraduate education in Mechanical Engineering, through world class teaching and research
- To benefit the Australian community by providing excellent research facilities and highly trained graduates
History of the School
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| Professor HH Davis |
After a long history of engineering education at the University of Adelaide, dating
back to 1878, the School of Mechanical Engineering was established separately in 1946.
Instrumental in this were sizeable donations from BHP,
Adelaide Electric Supply Limited, GMH Limited and Sir Edward Holden, and smaller donations
from several others. A Professor of Mechanical Engineering (H. H. Davis) was appointed in
1946 and in 1948 two permanent lecturing staff were appointed.
Steady growth in research and teaching activities since that time has led to an increase
in the size of the School to 24 academic staff, more than 50 postgraduate students
and more than 400 undergraduate students.
Expertise
Acoustics, Vibration and Control
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- Active noise control
- Industrial noise control
- Underwater acoustics
- Active vibration control
- Industrial and human body vibration
- Vibration analysis and control
- Signal Processing
- Boundary element analysis
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- Finite element analysis
- Statistical energy analysis
- Intelligent robotics and manufacturing systems
- Automation of manufacturing processes
- Mechatronics
- Control Systems
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Combustion, air conditioning and fluid mechanics
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- Aerospace engineering
- Air conditioning and building services
- Coal combustion modelling
- Gaseous explosion modelling
- Combustion performance
- Computational thermo fluid mechanics
- Flames and industrial burners
- Flow Separation and reattachment
- Flow visualisation
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- Boundary layers
- Heat and mass transfer
- Jets, wakes, jets in cross flow
- Mixing of fuel jets
- Precessing jet flows and flames
- Swirling flows
- Wake-bluff body interactions
- Fluid mechanics and turbulence
- Wind Engineering
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Materials and fracture mechanics
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- Electron microscopy
- Fracture mechanics
- Fatigue analysis
- Materials science
- Ferrous and non-ferrous alloys
- Corrosion
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- Solidification mechanics
- Stress analysis
- Structural integrity
- Electron optical techniques including
- TEM, SEM, FESEM and X ray analysis
- Welding and joining
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Facilities
- Anechoic and reveration acoustic test chambers
- Engine test cells
- Combustion facilities and laser diagnostic instrumentations
- Comprehensive inventory of noise and vibration test equipment for in-house and field testing
- Computational engineering - fluid dynamics, stress analysis, acoustics, vibration
- Fluid dynamics facilities including a number of water tunnels and wind tunnels
- Powerful computing network
- Fully equipped mechanical workshop including a CNC lathe and CNC vertical mills
- Specialised welding equipment for research
- Impact test facilities for playground materials
- Wind tunnels
- 3D scanning laser vibrometer
- Lasers for flow visualisation
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