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Shigley, Joseph, Charles Mischke, and Richard Budynas. Mechanical Engineering Design. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill, 2003. ISBN: 9780072921939.
| SES # | TOPICS | READINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Principles: overview, assessment, group formation |
[S&M] 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.7, 3.8, 3.10, 3.11 Refresh your knowledge of beam bending, 1st and 2nd order system vibrations |
| 2 | Fundamentals: mechanics, dynamics, heat transfer, matrices, and errors |
[S&M] 4.1-4.5, 5.1-5.5 Pay special attention to examples 4.1, 4.4, 5.3, 5.4 |
| 3 | Shafts & ways: deformation, stresses, and integration |
[S&M] 6.1-6.4, 6.7-6.12 Pay special attention to example 6.12 |
| 4 | Fatigue: fundamentals and modeling methods | None |
| 5 | Structures: architectures, homogenous transfer matrices, and system models | None |
| 6 | Constraints I: constraint-based design, alignment, preloading, and stability |
[S&M], chapter 11 Read 11.1-11.6, 11.9 Skim 11.7-11.8, 11.10-11.12 |
| 7 | Constraints II: rolling and sliding element bearings | Bearing basics |
| 8 | Constraints III: flexure bearing elastomechanics & dynamics |
Hale, Layton C. "Principles and Techniques for Designing Precision Machines." Ph.D. Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999. Read 2.6, 2.7, 6.1 Skim the rest of chapter 6 |
| 9 | Connections I: alignment interfaces |
[S&M], chapter 8 Read 8.1, 8.3-8.5, 8.7, 8.9-8.11 Skim 8.6, 8.8, 8.12 |
| 10 | Connections II: bolted joints | [S&M] 8.2 |
| 11 | Drives I: screw drives |
[S&M], chapters 13 and 17 Read 13.1-13.7, 17.1, 17.3 Skim the rest of chapter 17 |
| 12 |
Drives II: belt and friction drives Gears I: kinematics |
[S&M], chapter 14 Read 14.1-14.7 Skim the rest of chapter 14 |
| 13 | Gears II: mechanics and selection | None |
| 14 | Actuators: DC motors, piezos, magnet-coil, and hydraulics | Chen, Skim, Shih-Chi, and Martin L. Culpepper. "Design of a six-axis micro-scale nanopositioner - µHexFlex." Precision Engineering 30 (2006): 314-324. |
| 15 | Actuators: thermal and electrostatic microactuators | None |
| 16 | Vibrations: machine dynamics and damping | Skim gear selection reading |
| 17 | Linkages: degrees of freedom and kinematics | None |
| 18 | Friction elements: clutches and brakes | [S&M] 14.1-14.7, 16.2, 16.6, 16.9 |
| 19-25 | Project work | None |
| 26 | Last day of class overview, demonstrations and assessment | None |