Course Description
The analysis and design concepts for how basic mechanical parts are assembled into a typical machine, with an emphasis on loading and stress analysis, deflections and stiffness, and part failures.
Athena Title
Machine Design I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in MCHE 3300E
Prerequisite
ENGR 2140 or ENGR 2140E
Pre or Corequisite
ENGR 2130 or ENGR 2130E
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: Understand the Factor of Safety concept and how it relates to statistical variation and reliability; tolerances Understand Linkages Understand computation and combination of stresses arising from tensile forces, bending, shear and torsion Understand computation of deflections resulting from stresses Understand basic materials and how to assess their properties Understand basic modes of mechanism failure in static and variable loadings
Topical Outline
Topics: Tolerances Kinematic analysis of linkages Deflection Singularity Functions Static Failure Fatigue Failure Theory Material Science Software Modeling of mechanisms
Syllabus