HSC Engineering Studies Year 12 Notes

These are the 20 revision notes inside the HSC Engineering Studies Mastery Pack. Open any note to see what it covers before you buy.

1. Civil structures over time: materials, innovation, social and environmental impact, and recyclingCivil structures · Civil structures (engineering application module)

   Historical and societal influences

2. Truss analysis: reactions, method of joints, method of sections and graphical solutionsCivil structures · Civil structures (engineering application module)

   Engineering mechanics

3. Shear force and bending moment diagrams, neutral axis and bending stress (σ = My/I)Civil structures · Civil structures (engineering application module)

   Engineering mechanics

4. Stress, strain, the stress/strain diagram, Young’s modulus and factor of safetyCivil structures · Civil structures (engineering application module)

   Engineering mechanics

5. Civil materials: concrete testing, X-ray, crack theory, ceramics, composites and corrosion protectionCivil structures · Civil structures (engineering application module)

   Engineering materials

6. Transport history, innovation and the environmental impact of transport energy and materialsTransport · Personal and public transport (engineering application module)

   Historical and societal influences

7. Simple machines, static friction and inclined planes: MA, VR, efficiency and angle of reposeTransport · Personal and public transport (engineering application module)

   Engineering mechanics

8. Work, energy and power in transport systemsTransport · Personal and public transport (engineering application module)

   Engineering mechanics

9. Ferrous metals: heat treatment, microstructures, forming processes, welding and hardness/impact testingTransport · Personal and public transport (engineering application module)

   Engineering materials

10. Non-ferrous metals, glass, polymers and textiles in vehicles; circuits, motors, control and electrical safetyTransport · Personal and public transport (engineering application module)

    Engineering materials; Engineering electricity/electronics

11. The aeronautical engineer: scope, ethics, safety, careers, history of flight in Australia and environmental impactAeronautical · Aeronautical engineering (engineering focus module)

    Scope of the profession; Historical and societal influences

12. Flight mechanics: lift, weight, thrust, drag, L/D ratio, angle of attack, stall, Bernoulli and airframe bendingAeronautical · Aeronautical engineering (engineering focus module)

    Engineering mechanics and hydraulics

13. Propulsion systems and fluid mechanics: piston, turboprop, turbofan, ramjet, scramjet, rockets, Pascal, pitot tube and altimeterAeronautical · Aeronautical engineering (engineering focus module)

    Engineering mechanics and hydraulics

14. Aircraft materials: aluminium alloys and age hardening, thermosets, composites, FML, NDT and corrosionAeronautical · Aeronautical engineering (engineering focus module)

    Engineering materials

15. The telecommunications engineer: scope, ethics and privacy, WHS, history from telegraph to CRT television and mobile networksTelecommunications · Telecommunications engineering (engineering focus module)

    Scope of the profession; Historical and societal influences

16. Telecommunications materials: copper alloys, semiconductors, insulating polymers, fibre optics and testingTelecommunications · Telecommunications engineering (engineering focus module)

    Engineering materials

17. Signals and networks: analogue and digital, modulation, radio and TV, fixed and mobile telephony, transmission media and the spectrumTelecommunications · Telecommunications engineering (engineering focus module)

    Engineering electricity/electronics

18. Satellite systems, GPS and digital logic gates with truth tablesTelecommunications · Telecommunications engineering (engineering focus module)

    Engineering electricity/electronics

19. AS 1100 orthogonal drawing: projection, line types, dimensioning, sectional and assembly viewsCommunication · Communication and engineering reports (all four modules)

    Communication

20. Pictorial and isometric sketching, developments and transition pieces, graphical mechanics, CAD and Engineering ReportsCommunication · Communication and engineering reports (all four modules)

    Communication; Engineering Report writing