Curricula

Objective

The design of mechanical components and steel structures requires a broad understanding of mechanical and strength engineering. On completion of the course, you will be able to statically and dimension basic structures using manuals and spreadsheet examples. You will be able to build a mechanical model of the structure under consideration and solve for the stresses, strains and deformations that affect it. You will be able to take into account economic and sustainability objectives in the design of mechanical components and steel structures. You will start studying basic concepts and progress in their application to increasingly challenging design problems.

Knowledge and understanding:
You will understand the principles of strength engineering and their basis in statics, mathematics and physics.

Engineering practice:
You will be able to apply the principles of strength engineering to solve practical problems using established calculation methods. You will be able to use calculations to dimension and select machine parts and joints typically used in mechanical engineering.

Investigations and information retrieval:
You will be able to analyse and solve technical problems.

Content

Hyperstatic beams. Frames. Torsion of thin-walled pipe and open cross-section. Vlavsov torsion. Contact stresses. EUROCODE 3 calculation principles. Fundamentals and design of shafts and shaft joints, bolted and welded joints. Gears, calculation of gear ratios and gear transmissions.

Qualifications

You have the basic knowledge of the static and the strength of materials and you are able to do static sizing of structures. You can form a mechanic model from a structure under inspection and you can solve the stresses (shear and normal), tensions and deformations affecting it. You also understand the basics of technical drawing and material engineering. You know the most common machine components.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Adequate (1): You know the principles and terminology of torque, frames, hyperstatic beams, contact stresses, shafts and shaft connections, gears, gear drives, welded and bolted connections, but have weaknesses in their application. You are able to solve basic solutions in an adequate manner.

Satisfactory (2): You know the principles and terminology of torque, frames, hyperstatic beams, contact stresses, shafts and shaft connections, gears, gear drives, welded and bolted connections, but have weaknesses in their application in non-basic cases. You are able to solve clear basic problems.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): You know the principles and terminology of torque, frames, hyperstatic beams, contact stresses, shafts and shaft connections, gears, gear drives and welded and bolted connections. You will also be able to apply some of your knowledge beyond the basic cases. You will be able to solve basic, straightforward problems almost flawlessly.

Very good (4): You know the principles and terminology of torque, frames, hyperstatic beams, contact stresses, shafts and shaft connections, gears, gear transmission, welded and bolted connections. You will also be able to apply your knowledge beyond the basic cases. You will be able to apply your knowledge to solve non-standard cases.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): You master the principles and terminology of torque, frames, hyperstatic beams, contact stresses, shafts and shaft connections, gears, gear drives, welded and bolted connections. You will be able to apply your knowledge beyond the basic cases. You will be able to apply your knowledge to solve and analyse non-standard cases.