MATS1600 Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Course description

Today, mechanical design is conducted using various digital engineering tools. In this course you will be gaining an understanding of different engineering design philosophies. Besides this you will also comprehend how failure prevention is the fundamental concept behind all mechanical design activity. Furthermore, you will use knowledge and skills from traditional mechanical subjects together with digital engineering tools to design mechanical parts, components and products. This course offers a right balance of theoretical concepts coupled with practical application and hands-on 3D modelling training.

The course builds on MAPE1300 Mechanics.

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After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student:

• understands the basic principle of engineering design and stress analysis.
• is familiar with failure theories and failure modes.
• is familiar with the systematic work involved in designing parts, and assembling the parts together to form components and products.
• knows the production documentation requirements.
• knows the rules for machine drawing.
• is familiar in using industrial standards and codes for designing mechanical parts
• understands the basic theoretical background of stress analysis and is able to perform simple stress analysis using FEA tools.
• is aware of various design tools and resources.

Skills

The student is capable of:

• digitally modelling parts, components and products, and generating correct detailed drawings and assembly drawings based on the digital models.
• carrying out simple stress calculations.
• constructing and dimensioning common machine parts and components such as welds, shafts, and simple shafting/transmissions.
• carrying out simple fatigue calculations for the machine parts.
• conducting simple finite element analysis.

General competence

The student must:

• be able to use Inventor to design engineering components and perform simple stress analysis.
• be capable of performing simple stress calculations for engineering components.

Lectures, lab exercises, project work and assignments. Group lectures based on digital engineering tools, lectures and laboratory work.

8 of 10 compulsory assignments must be approved.

The coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam.

The tasks are delivered in Canvas.

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• a compulsory measurement laboratory workshop

An individual report (word limit 3000-4000) based on a case study from Mechanical Engineering.

The exam result can be appealed. In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, an oral examination may be used instead. In case an oral exam is used, the examination result cannot be appealed

Veileder skal fortrinnsvis ha minimum 3-årig sosialfaglig høgskoleutdanning. Veiledere med annen utdanning eller realkompetanse kan vurderes individuelt.

Kunnskap

Kandidaten:

• kjenner til bachelorutdanningens praksisstudium
• har bred kunnskap om læringsprosesser i praksis
• har bred kunnskap om ulike teorier og former for veiledning
• har kunnskap om hvordan relasjonen mellom teori og praksis kan forstås
• har bred kunnskap om ulike refleksjonsmodeller i veiledning
• kjennskap til forsknings-utviklingsarbeid innenfor fagområdet
• kjennskap til fagområdets historie, tradisjoner, egenart og plass i samfunnet

Ferdigheter

Kandidaten:

• kan planlegge, begrunne, gjennomføre og reflektere over veiledning for å fremme studenters læringsprosesser
• kan bruke veiledning som en dialogisk og relasjonell læringsprosess
• kan utvikle selvrefleksivitet i veilederrollen
• kan veilede med utgangspunkt i rammene for praksisstudiet slik det er formulert i programplanene for bachelorutdanningene

Generell kompetanse

Kandidaten:

• kan reflektere over makt og mangfoldsperspektiv i sosialfaglig veiledning
• kan reflektere kritisk over faglige, etiske problemstillinger som er relevante for utøvelse av veiledning

Videreutdanningen er på 15 studiepoeng med ca. 50 timers undervisning. Det arrangeres tre samlinger i løpet av ett studieår. Hver samling går over tre dager. Samling I tas parallelt med veiledning av den første studenten. Samling II og III tas parallelt med eller etter at man har veiledet den andre studenten.

Arbeidsmåter som benyttes er: forelesninger, gruppearbeid, trening i veiledningsferdigheter med og uten bruk av film, digitale undervisningsverktøy og arbeidskrav mellom studiesamlingene (II og III).

Det legges vekt på at kandidatene skal bruke egne erfaringer fra veiledning av studenter.

Arvind Keprate