Course Details

Course Information Package

Course Unit TitleMECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN AND OPTIMISATION
Course Unit CodeAMEM414
Course Unit Details
Number of ECTS credits allocated5
Learning Outcomes of the course unitBy the end of the course, the students should be able to:
  1. Analyze the position of the design process within the company.
  2. Describe new ways for planning and designing within a company.
  3. Describe product planning. Make product definition and define product specifications.
  4. Describe embodiment design. Work with simulations, modelling. Select the proper material and make detail drawings.
  5. Describe cost analysis for manufactured products.
  6. Use numerical optimization methods for solving efficiently design problems.
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
PrerequisitesAMEM317Co-requisitesNONE
Recommended optional program componentsNONE
Course Contents

         The position of the design process within the company

The necessity for systematic design, Design methods, Systems theory.

         Product planning and clarifying the task

General approach. Product definition, Design specification, House of quality, Task clarification

         Conceptual design

Abstracting to identify the essential problems. Establishing function structures, Developing working structures, Examples of conceptual design, Evaluating designs, Decision making techniques

         Embodiment design

Basic rules and principles, Guidelines for embodiment design, Materials selection and design, Materials processing and design, Detail design

         Parametric design

Modeling and Simulation, Cause and effect analysis

         Design for Minimum Cost

Cost Factors, Fundamentals of cost calculations, Methods for estimating costs

         Optimization

Unconstrained & constrained optimization, Global and local optima, Steepest descent method, Transformation methods, Strategies for solving optimization problems

         Laboratory Work:

Individual or small group modeling and problem solving, from selected areas such as structural, heat transfer, fluid mechanics with the use of common industrial packages such as ANSYS Workbench and Matlab.

Recommended and/or required reading:
Textbooks
  • Engineering Design, Rudolph J. Eggert, Prentice Hall
  • Saeed Moaveni, Finite Element Analysis Theory and Application with ANSYS, Pearson Education, 2008
  • Jasbir Arora, Optimization of Structural and Mechanical Systems, World Scientific Publishing, 2007
References
  • Engineering Design: A systematic approach, Pahl, Beitz, 2nd Edition, 1999
  • Engineering Design, A Materials and Processing Approach, G. E. Dieter, McGraw–Hill International Editions, 3rd Edition, 2000
  • Product Design and Development, Karl Ulrich Steven Eppinger, McGraw-Hill, 2004
  • Mechanical Design, An Integrated Approach, Ansel C. Ugural, Mcgraw Hill, 2004.
  • Product Design, Techniques in Reverse Engineering and New Product Development, Kevin Otto, Kristin Wood, 2001
  • Fundamental of Machines Components Design, Robert C. Juvinall, Kurt M. Marshek, 2000
  • Mechanical Engineering Design, Ch. R. Mischke, J. Edward, McGraw-Hill, 7th Edition, 2004
  • Engineering Design and Problem Solving, 2nd Edition, Steve K. Howell, Prentice Hall, 2002
Planned learning activities and teaching methodsLectures and lecture-based problem classes for exam preparations. Assignments for learning how to obtain and present relevant information. Laboratory sessions with aim to get acquainted with lab equipment and instruments for measuring noise and pollution. Knowledge checking: One midterm examination, assignments, laboratory reports and final examination.
Assessment methods and criteria
Tests40%
Final Exam60%
Language of instructionEnglish
Work placement(s)NO

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