Mechanical Design

Catalog description

Specification of components such as shafts, bearings, and power transformers; optimal designs for operational, environmental, and manufacturing requirements. ME 360 Mechanical Design (3) This course is required for all mechanical engineering students. It is an introduction to analysis and design of mechanical components. It helps provide practical insight into theory provided by prerequisites in engineering mechanics and materials science. Students initially perform yielding and fatigue failure predictions for general structural elements and then focus on specific mechanical components such as gears, fluid film bearing, rolling element bearings, screws, shafts, and springs. Use and interpretation of finite element analyses (FEA) are also introduced. The overall goals are for students to learn to make basic design decisions regarding the suitability of different materials in mechanical components (e.g. steel versus aluminum), and to make basic design decisions regarding the suitability of different components in a mechanical system (e.g. ball bearings versus fluid film bearings).