Course Details

1. Design and calculate gears. Calculate forces on gears.
2. Design and calculate spur and helical gears.
3. Design and calculate bevel and worm gears.
4. Design and calculate mechanical springs (load, stresses, selection of material).
5. Apply mechanical springs on machines and engineering mechanisms.
6. Calculate clutches and brakes.
7. Calculate and design power transition systems using belts.
8. Calculate roller chains, wire ropes, flexible shafts.

�         Manual and automatic gearboxes: synchronisers, continuously variable transmissions, traction control, Types of gears, Tooth system, Contact ratio, Force analysis, Applications of gear design and power transmission in Automotive Industry.

�         Various types of gears: Design and calculation of Spur and Helical Gear systems. Design and calculation of Bevel and Worm Gear systems, Stresses and Strength.

�         Mechanical Springs: Design and selection of vehicle springs, Suspension springs and shock absorbers, Stresses in helical springs, Deflection of helical springs, Extension and Compression springs, Springs material, Fatigue loading, Design of springs, Miscellaneous springs.

�         Vehicle Clutches and Breaks: Brake system components and their characteristics, Brake analysis, anti-lock braking systems, Energy consideration, Temperature rise, Friction materials, Other brake technologies.

�         Vehicle belts and chains: Power transmission, efficiency, Flat belts, Belt drive, synchronous belts, Roller chain, Flexible shaft.

�         Laboratory work: Use of special software for calculating and drawing of various machine element (Autocad, 3D Drawings, Advanced assembly, SolidWorks, Simple Drawings and FEM Simulations, Software for machine elements calculations)

• Fundamentals of Machine Elements, B. J. Hamrock, B. Jacobson, S. R. Scmid, Mcgraw-Hill
• Mechanical Engineering Design, Ch. R. Mischke, J. Edward Shigley, McGraw-Hill

• Mechanical Design, An Integrated Approach, Ansel C. Ugural, Mcgraw Hill, 2004.
• Design of Machine Elements and Machines, Jack A. Collins, George H. Staab, Henry R. Busby, John Wiley & Sons, 2002
• Mechanisms and mechanical devices by Neil Clater, Nichocals P. Chironis, Third Edition 2001
• Fundamental of Machines Components Design, Robert C. Juvinall, Kurt M. Marshek, Third Edition, 2000
• Machine Design: An Integrated Approach by Robert L. Norton, Robert L Norton, Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 2000
• Machine Elements in Mechanical Design by Robert L. Mott, Prentice Hall, 3rd edition, 1998