Machine design
Undergraduate · Engineering
Syllabus focus
Standard syllabus · STEM / applied
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Topics typically covered
Standard syllabus
Design process and materials
- Engineering design process and specifications
- Safety factors, reliability, and risk assessment
- Material selection for machine components
- Stress concentration factors and notch sensitivity
- Fatigue loading: fluctuating and reversed stresses
- S-N curves and modified Goodman diagram
- Surface finish and size effects on fatigue
- Fracture toughness and brittle design concerns
- Standards and catalogs for machine elements
- Tolerancing and fits for rotating and sliding interfaces
Power transmission elements
- Shaft design for combined bending and torsion
- Keys, splines, and couplings
- Rolling-contact bearings: life and selection
- Sliding bearings and lubrication regimes
- Gears: spur gear fundamentals and AGMA factors
- Belt and chain drives: speed ratios and tension
- Springs: helical compression and extension design
- Fasteners: bolted joints and preload
- Welded joints in machine frames (intro)
- Clutches, brakes, and flywheels (survey)
STEM / applied
Integrated machine design projects
- Kinematic layout of mechanisms and linkages
- Cam and follower design basics
- Gear trains and planetary sets
- Motor selection and duty cycle analysis
- Vibration isolation for mounted equipment
- CAD assembly modeling and motion study
- Design for manufacturability and assembly (DFMA)
- Prototype testing and design iteration
- Cost estimation for machined components
- Capstone machine design project documentation
Advanced and specialty topics
- Finite element refinement at stress concentrations
- Composite shafts and lightweight structures
- Robotics end-effector mechanical design
- Packaging machinery and automation interfaces
- Hydrostatic and pneumatic actuators
- Thermal effects on clearances and fits
- Corrosion protection in mechanical designs
- Reverse engineering of commercial products
- Intellectual property and patent basics for designers
- Industry guest topics: supplier quality and PPAP
Notes
Topics reflect common engineering syllabi at US colleges and universities. Exact order, depth, and applied emphasis vary by institution, department, and instructor.