Elements of Mechanical Design

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS
1	Principles: overview, assessment, group formation (PDF)
2	Fundamentals: mechanics, dynamics, heat transfer, matrices, and errors (PDF - 1.3MB) Shaft blank exercise (PDF)
3	Shafts & ways: deformation, stresses, and integration (PDF)
4	Fatigue: fundamentals and modeling methods (PDF)
5	Structures: architectures, homogeneous transfer matrices, and system models (PDF)
6	Constraints I: constraint-based design, alignment, preloading, and stability (PDF)
7	Constraints II: rolling and sliding element bearings (PDF)
8	Constraints III: flexure bearing elastomechanics & dynamics (PDF - 4.7MB)
9	Connections I: alignment interfaces (PDF)
10	Connections II: bolted joints (PDF)
11	Drives I: screw drives (PDF)
12	Drives II: belt and friction drives (PDF) Gears I: kinematics
13	Gears II: mechanics and selection (PDF)
14	Actuators: DC motors, piezos, magnet-coil, and hydraulics (PDF)
15	Actuators: thermal and electrostatic microactuators
16	Vibrations: machine dynamics and damping (PDF) Vibration exercise: part for analysis, vibration.sldprt (SLDPRT)
17	Linkages: degrees of freedom and kinematics
18	Friction elements: clutches and brakes (PDF)
19-25	Project work
26	Last day of class overview, demonstrations, and assessment