ME 304 Mechanical Engineering Design (1)

Course Description

Introduction to design: design process, problem formulation, engineering model, factors of safety and codes, overall design considerations; Stresses: stress concentration factors, residual stresses; Deflection and Stiffness; Stability and Buckling; Theories of failure: failure under static loading, fatigue loading; fracture mechanics.

 

Credits Hours

 3(3,2,0)

 

Prerequisites Courses

ME 352

 

Textbooks:

1. R.C.Hibbeler. Mechanics of Materials, SI 8th Edition.
2. J. E. Shigley, C. R. Mischke and R. G. Budynas, Mechanical Engineering Design, SI 9th  Edition, McGraw Hill, 2008.

 

Reference Books

1.   Mechanical Analysis and Design, By Arthur B. Burr, Elsevier

2.   Fundamentals of Machine component Design, By Robert Juvinall and Kurt Marshek, Wiley

 

Course Topics

1. Shaft Design
2. Theory of Failure: Static Loading
3. Deflection of Beams and shafts
4. Stability of Structures: Column Buckling
5. Energy Methods 
6. Theory of Failure: Dynamic Loading
7. Introduction to Fracture Mechanics

Week (1) : Introduction

Week (2) : Chapter 10

Week (3) : Chapter 10

Week (4) : Chapter 10

Week (5) : Chapter 11

Week (6) : Chapter 11

Week (7) : Chapter 11

Week (8) : Chapter 12

Week (9) : Chapter 12

Week (10) : Chapter 14

Week (11) : Chapter 14

Week (12) : Chapter 14

Week (13) : Chapter 6

Week (14) : Chapter 6

Week (15) : Chapter 6

Week (16) : Chapter 6

 

Class/Laboratory Schedule

Three 50 minutes lecture sessions, two 50 minutes tutorials per week.

Computer Applications

Microsoft Office

Laboratory Projects

Term project

 

Assessment Tools

1. Quizzes + Homework  15 %
2. Project report  5%
3. MID – I   20%
4. MID – II   20%
5. Final Examinations  40%

Problems  Activities:

1.Introduction to design; Process, Tools, Codes and Standards  ( Chapter 1: Mechanical Engineering Design)

2.Shaft Design: (11.4, 11.13, 11.17, 11.30, 11.44, 11.45, 11.48, 11.52, R.C. Hibbeler.  Mechanics of Materials)

3.Theory of Failure for Static Loading: (10.69, 10.72, 10.74, 10.76, 10.82, 10.83, 10.90, 10.91, 10.92, 11.39, 11.40, 11.46; R.C. Hibbeler.  Mechanics of Materials)

4.Deflection of Beams and Shafts: (F12.4, F12.8, F12.11, 12.15, 12.24, 12.38, 12.46, 12.49, 12.55, 12.67, 12.78, 12.86, 12.92, 12.93, 12.95); R.C. Hibbeler.  Mechanics of Materials)

5.Buckling: (F13.6, 13.4, 13.19, 13.21, 13.36, 13.37, 13.97, 13.98, 13.99, 13.120, 13.133, 13.134; R.C. Hibbeler.  Mechanics of Materials)

6.Energy Methods: (14.3, 14.4, 14.11, 14.15, 14.20, 14.21, 14.28, 14.39, 14.41, 14.44, 14.52, 14.54, 14.58, 14.63, 14.150, 14.151, 14.152, 14.153; R.C. Hibbeler.  Mechanics of Materials)

7.Fatigue: ( Crack Growth, life prediction, 6.12, 6.16, 6.17, 6.18, 6.19, 6.20, 6.21  ; Mechanical Engineering Design)

8.Fracture Mechanics: ( KIC Testing; Mechanical Engineering Design)

9.Contact Stresses