ENME401-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014

Mechanical Systems Design

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 24 February 2014
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2014
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2014
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2014

Description

This course involves a series of lectures on applying the process of engineering design. Students will learn to develop their ability in design while completing two design assignments. The first assignment involves a conceptual design task. This task description will be vague and incompletely specified. Students will gather and critically assess information required to clarify the task. During the process of conceptual design students will create alternative design solutions. These solutions will be evaluated and the most suitable design concept selected and developed. The second assignment involves an embodiment and detail design task. Students will start with an engineering concept and will evolve this concept towards a detailed technical system in which performance, reliability and economy are maximised. These objectives are achieved under the umbrella of two overriding objectives, namely, safety and sustainability.

The course builds on three years of previous design experience. Students learn to design more complex engineering systems and apply technical subjects in more depth.  

Proposed teaching/delivery methods:
Lecture topics are Design Process; Context of Design; Clarification of the Task; Conceptual Design; Safety; Materials Selection in Mechanical Design; Embodiment Design; Structural Design of Machine Elements; Gearbox Design; Hydraulic System Design; Detail Design; Design analysis methods.

Students will learn to develop their ability in design while completing two design assignments. The first assignment involves a conceptual design task. This task description will be vague and incompletely specified. Students will gather and critically assess information required to clarify the task. During the process of conceptual design students will create alternative design solutions. These solutions will be evaluated and the most suitable design concept selected and developed.

The second assignment involves an embodiment and detail design task. Students will start with an engineering concept and will evolve this concept towards a detailed technical system in which performance, reliability and economy are maximised.  These objectives are achieved under the umbrella of two overriding objectives, namely, safety and sustainability.

Learning Outcomes

  • Learning Outcomes and National Qualifications Framework (NQF)

    Knowledge outcomes:
  • To understand the principles and practice of engineering design
  • To understand design in the context of the wider organisation

    Skills outcomes:
  • To define the engineering task, given a generally and incompletely specified need;
  • To gather and critically assess information required to clarify the task and support conceptual design;
  • To create alternative conceptual design solutions;
  • To evaluate concept choices and decide on the most suitable design concept; to carry out embodiment and detail design of mechanical systems;
  • To communicate the design in drawing and written report form.
  • To be able to synthesise an engineering system design, drawing on acquired knowledge in engineering sciences, technology and engineering economics.
  • To be able to carry out design in a context of social responsibility, and with due awareness of safety, legal and commercial requirements.
  • To be proficient in the use of CAD and mathematical tools for engineering analysis.
  • To integrate design with the manufacturing processes.
  • To be able to design effectively in a new and unfamiliar area.
  • To become competent in applying the process of engineering design.

    Personal attributes developed:
  • To be able to present a clear and competent description (written or oral) of a component or system design to either a technical or non-technical audience.
  • To be able to recognise one’s personal limits of design competence and when to seek more expert advice.

Prerequisites

Restrictions

ENME440

Lecturers

Keith Alexander and Don Clucas

Contact Person

Keith Alexander

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Final Exam 34%
Assignment 1 11 Apr 2013 33%
Assignment 2 04 Jun 2014 33%

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Hales, Crispin , Gooch, Shayne; Managing engineering design ; 2nd ed; Springer, 2004.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $841.00

International fee $4,638.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Mechanical Engineering .

All ENME401 Occurrences

  • ENME401-14S1 (C) Semester One 2014