Engineering Graphics and Solid Modelling I

At the end of this course, the students should be able to: 1. have a good grasp of design thinking and be obsessed with the determination to apply such to solving simple every day and also complex problems; 2. recognise the fundamental concepts of engineering drawing and graphics; 3. show skills to represent the world of engineering objects in actionable solid models, and put such models in a form where they can be inputs for simulation and analyses; 4. analyse such models for strength and cost; 5. prepare the objects for modern production and manufacturing techniques of additive and subtractive manufacturing; 6. recognise that engineering is multidisciplinary in the sense that mechanical, electrical and other parts of physical structures are modelled in context as opposed to the analytical nature of the courses they take; and 7. analyse and master the basics of mechanical and thermal loads in engineering systems.

Introduction to design thinking and engineering graphics. First and third angle orthogonal projections. Isometric projections; sectioning, conventional practices, conic sections and development. Freehand and guided sketching – pictorial and orthographic. Visualisation and solid modelling in design, prototyping and product-making. User interfaces in concrete terms. Design, drawing, animation, rendering and simulation workspaces. Sketching of 3D objects. Viewports and sectioning to shop drawings in orthographic projections and perspectives. Automated viewports. Sheet metal and surface modelling. Material selection and rendering. This course will use latest professional design tools such as fusion 360, solid works, solid edge or equivalent. NUE 102: Fundamentals of Nuclear Engineering (2 Credits, LH 30) Learning Outcomes: On completion, the student should be able to: 1. Understand and quantitatively characterize a stable and unstable nuclide. 2. Understand the stability regime of nuclides and the relationship with the respective number and ratio of nucleons in the nucleus. 3. Know the class of nuclides, particularly the Actinides and the dynamics of their decay leading to the release of energy and fission products 4. Quantify the energy released by the decay of a nuclide, either spontaneously or induced based on Einstein theory of relativity. 5. The meaning of nuclear fission induced by neutrons and the physics of the process 6. Understand the basic elements of neutrons release in a fission chain reaction; multiplication of neutrons in a fission reactor, the meaning of subcritical, critical and super critical chain reaction. 7. Understand the physics of the control of the fission reaction. 8. Understand how a nuclear power reactor is used to control the process and the released energy is transferred, and used to create steam and drive a turbine to produce electricity; the different types of power reactors. 9. Understand the science and engineering of various cooling mechanisms and coolants and applications in reactor design. Course Contents The nucleus and nuclear properties; fission process and chain reaction; survey of design and operation of reactors and associated equipment; effects, uses, and detection of radiation. Types of nuclear reactors: boiling water reactor (BWR), pressurized water reactor (PWR), heavy water reactor (HWR), early graphite systems, breeders, metal-cooled systems, liquid metal-cooled fast breather reactor (LMFB), etc. Design philosophy of nuclear reactor systems. Evolution into modern systems. 200 Level