MATS1600 Mechanical Design and Manufacturing Course description

Mechanical design and manufacturing form the basis of all the mechanical components being utilized by humans. In this course, you will be gaining an understanding of different engineering design philosophies and manufacturing methods. You will use knowledge and skills from traditional mechanical subjects together with digital engineering tools to design mechanical parts and manufacture them using suitable methods (additive manufacturing and subtractive manufacturing). This course offers the right balance of theoretical concepts coupled with practical application and hands-on 3D modeling training.

The course builds on MAPE1300 Statics and Introduction to Solid 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 stages of engineering design.

• 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 rules for machine drawing.

• is familiar with using industrial standards and codes for designing mechanical parts.

• is able to perform simple stress analysis using FEA tools.

• is aware of the workflow of digital manufacturing.

Skills

The student is capable of:

• digitally modeling 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 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.

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

3 of 5 compulsory assignments must be approved.

1 mandatory labs must be approved.

The tasks are delivered in Canvas.

The assessment will be based on two part-exams:

1)     Group (4 to 5 students) project report (2000-3000 words excluding formulations, equations and calculations not included). The project report counts 80% of the final grade.

2)     Group project presentation (10 -15 minutes). The oral examination counts 20% of the final grade

Both exams must be passed in order to pass the course.

The oral examination cannot be appealed

All aids are permitted for part 1 and 2 of the exam.

No aids permitted for part 3. 

Grade scale A-F. 

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

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