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Department of Mechanical Engineering MECHENG 334 Engineering Design III M - 2011

Course Organiser: Professor Xun Xu Lecturers: A/Prof. Simon Bickerton (Room 1.903), Email: [email protected] Prof. Xun Xu (Room 1.1002), Email: [email protected] Mick Ou, Email: [email protected]

Lectures: Thursday: 4.00 - 5.00pm (OGGB5/260-051) Friday: 12.00 - 1.00pm (ClockT039/105S-039)

Design Offices: Wednesday: 12.00 -2.00pm. There is NO design office in week 1. Rooms 4.501/2/3 or 1.311/1.312/1.307/3.517 (see over page) Main Theme: The main aim of this course is to use modern and computer-aided tools to assist mechanical engineering design (including design of a mechanism and structure product). A major theme is to introduce an integrated approach toward engineering design, involving major stages of a product development process, i.e. computer aided design, visualisation, analysis, manufacturing and testing. Objectives: - To apply the principles studied in Parts I-III of your degree program to the design of mechanical engineering devices and components. - To develop the ability to work both individually and as part of a team. - To better understand the entire design process and the sequence of performing tasks in designing a product. - To develop skills in the effective use of CAD tools for mechanism design. - To develop skills in the effective use of Finite Element Analysis (FEA) as a modern design tool. - To develop some fundamental skills in computer-aided process planning and manufacturing (CAPP-CAM), and computer numerical controlled (CNC) machining. - To be exposed to structural testing and capable of post-testing analysis.

Report Submission: Project reports and assignments must be submitted as advised. Any late submissions will be penalised (20% for 0-8 hours late, 35% for 8-24 hours, 50% for 24-48 hours). Reports and assignments will not be accepted after 48 hours without a valid medical or compassionate excuse. All late submissions must be delivered in person to the course organiser. If the submission consists of several items they must be placed in a suitably sized unsealed envelope, with your and your group’s name(s) and project/assignment name clearly marked on it. Ethics: All work submitted must represent your individual effort or must clearly identify assistance obtained from others. If the submission represents the work of several students, the exact contribution from each person must be stated. Any work that contains sections that are copied from other sources without appropriate acknowledgement or that is the result of excessive collaboration will be severely penalised. Workbook/Design Pads: You will have to document your project development work in a project workbook. The material contained in the workbook/design pads will be assessed for completeness and evidence of evolutionary development. Textbook: No particular textbook is required for this course. A list of recommended readings will be supplied with the project descriptions.

28/04/2018 Projects and Course Weighting:

Coursework Weeks Title Organisers Weighting Project A 1-5 Computer-aided Mechanism Design Xun Xu 30% Project B 6-12 Computer-aided Simon Bickerton 50% Design/Analysis/Manufacturing Xun Xu (Application of Finite Element Analysis for Structural Design) Test 11 Mechanism Design, DfM and Finite 20% Element Analysis

The first Design Office will be held in 4.501/2/3 on the 9th of March.

Other Design Offices are held in School’s computer rooms 1.311 & 1.312 (maybe 1.307 or 3.517, too), primarily in the form of tutorials:

Date Day Time Content March 16 Wednesday 12.00 to 2.00 Pro/Mechanism Tutorial March 23 Wednesday 12.00 to 2.00 Pro/Mechanism Tutorial March 30 Wednesday 12.00 to 2.00 Pro/Mechanism Clinic (optional) April 6 Wednesday 12.00 to 2.00 ANSYS Workbench Lecture + Demo + Tutorial April 8 Friday 12.00 to 1.00 ANSYS Workbench Tutorial April 27 Wednesday 12.00 to 2.00 ANSYS Workbench Tutorial May 4 Wednesday 12.00 to 2.00 ANSYS Workbench Clinic (optional) May 11 Wednesday 12.00 to 2.00 Pro/NC Tutorial May 18 Wednesday 12.00 to 2.00 ANSYS/Pro/NC Clinic (optional)

 Course Test date: May 25, 12.00 to 2.00pm in Design Offices 4.501/2/3.

 Project B mechanical testing week: week 12 (starting from Tuesday or Wednesday).

ALL MATERIALS CAN BE FOUND ON CECIL

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