Engineering practices: design of machine elements
B T Kuhnell
4 points * 22 lecture hours, 22 tutorials hours * Second semester * Clayton * Prerequisites: MEC2420, MEC2410
Design techniques: report writing; tolerancing; production techniques; prototype testing. Design constraints: systems engineering concepts; stability; standards; strength of materials; safety factors; fatigue; creep; design of machine elements; physical feasibility; financial feasibility; economic feasibility.
Assessment
Written: 100%
Prescribed texts
Juvinall R C and Marshek K M Fundamentals of machine component design 2nd edn, Wiley, 1991
Lewis W P and Samuel A E Fundamentals of engineering design Prentice-Hall, 1989
Recommended texts
Baumeister (ed.) Marks' standard handbook for mechanical engineers latest edn, McGraw-Hill