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Handbook 1997 : Faculty of Engineering : Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

436-220 Engineering Design and Materials 1A - Engineering Design for Systems Integrity

Credit Points:

7.1

Coordinator:

Dr J. G. Weir

Prerequisite/s:

436-103 Engineering Mechanics or 421-103 Engineering Statics, and 100-level Mathematics

Pre/Corequisite/s:

436-105 Engineering Communications

Timetable:

Semester 1

Contact:

13 hours of lectures and 26 hours of practical work in engineering design

Objectives:

Upon completion students will have gained practice in the skill of designing simple engineering components for structural integrity and be confident with practical work formulated in a graded progression from well delineated problems to dealing with complex and/or vaguely defined design tasks.

Content:

Failure modes for engineering systems, theories of failure. Rational assessment of safety factors. Integrity of structures and machines, design against failure. Modelling of complex load-bearing systems in terms of simple engineering components. Design of elements of structures and machines from first principles. Design to resist fatigue, axial tension and compression, combined torsion and bending and internal pressure (only common metallic materials are considered). Design of bolted and welded joints. Approaches to uncertainty in design problems.

Assessment:

Assignments and reports not exceeding 30 pages equivalent; a two-hour examination.

Prescribed Texts:

  • Lewis, W. P. and Samuel, A. E., Fundamental of Engineering Design, Prentice-Hall, 1989.
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