Standard syllabus
Machine design · Undergraduate · Engineering
Topics
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)
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