Machine Component Design (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

0-5

Content scheduling

Each contact lesson has own topics. Students will create teams for team exercise project. Exercise project starts in the beginning of the course and it will be finalized in the end of the course.

Objective

You will learn the basics and calculation of power transmission gear boxes and gear wheels. You will learn basic principles and how to calculate basic connections between machine parts, e.g. screw joints and welding joints.

Investigations and information retrieval:
You can analyze and solve technical challenges.

Engineering practice:
You can calculate and select the most common machine components and joints.

Content

Selected machine components which are commonly used in mechanical engineering:
Design of shafts
Shaft connections
Design of gear transmissions
Design of bolted joints
Design of welded joints

Materials

Lecture handout.

Teaching methods

Contact hours are mainly theory lessons and examples of calculation tasks. Calculation tasks as home works. Mandatory team exercise project.

Exam schedules

Exam at the last contact lesson time. Two resits.

Student workload

Lectures 16 h
Calculation exercises 65 h
Assignment 54 h
Total 135 h

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Adequate (1): You can identify the basic knowledge and terminology but can only sufficiently apply them to simple selection and calculating tasks of machine elements.
- You can design and dimension bolted and welded joints in adequate way
- You can design and dimension shafts and their connections in adequate way.
- You are familiar with different types of gear transmissions and can dimension spur gear pairs in adequate way

Satisfactory (2): You are familiar with the basic knowledge and terminology but you can only satisfactorily apply them to selection and calculating tasks of machine elements.
- You can design and dimension bolted and welded joints in satisfactory way
- You can design and dimension shafts and their connections in satisfactory way
- You are familiar with different types of gear transmissions and can dimension spur gear pairs in satisfactory way

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Good (3): You master the essential knowledge and skills covered by the course and can apply this knowledge to machine component design:
- You can design and dimension bolted and welded joints
- You can design and dimension shafts and their connections
- You are familiar with different types of gear transmissions and can dimension spur gear pairs.

Very good (4): You master the essential knowledge and skills and can apply the knowledge acquired in a critical and innovative manner to selection and calculating tasks of machine components.
- You can design and dimension bolted and welded joints in good way
- You can design and dimension shafts and their connections in good way
- You are familiar with different types of gear transmissions and can dimension spur gear pairs in good way

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent (5): You master the essential knowledge and skills of the course and can apply the knowledge acquired in a critical and innovative manner to demanding selection and calculating tasks of machine components.
- You can design and dimension bolted and welded joints in excellent way
- You can design and dimension shafts and their connections in excellent way
- You are familiar with different types of gear transmissions and can dimension spur gear pairs in excellent way

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Approved:
- approved training work
- an approved exam

Qualifications

- basics of statics
- basics of strength of materials
- basics of mechanical drawings
- basics of material technology.

Further information

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