ENME406-24S2 (C) Semester Two 2024

Engineering Product Design and Analysis

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 15 July 2024
End Date: Sunday, 10 November 2024
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 28 July 2024
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 29 September 2024

Description

This course develops engineering design skills with a particular focus on the proficient use of modern CAD-integrated finite element analysis (FEA) tools for optimising product attributes. Modern CAD software is used to produce detailed part and assembly models, which students then analyse. Major topics include: fundamental principles of FEA, design of organic shapes by free-style CAD, CAD-integrated analysis (e.g. stress/strain, thermal loading, dynamics), non-linear analysis (with experimental validation), optimisation, user needs, and the recursive nature of the product design process.

Learning Outcomes

  • Washington Accord (V4) Summary of Graduate Attributes attained in this course:
     WA1 – Engineering Knowledge
     WA2 – Problem Analysis
     WA4 – Investigation
     WA5 – Tool Usage
     WA6 – The Engineer and the World
     WA9 – Communication
     WA10 – Project Management and Finance

  • Course topics with Learning Outcomes (and Washington Accord (WA) and UC Graduate Attributes) identified.

    1. Introduction; analysis in the design process
            1.1. Understand the role of analysis, within a design process (WA1)
            1.2. Understand the process of analysis (WA1)
    2. CAD-integrated Finite Element Analysis (FEA); fundamental principles
            2.1. Apply and critically evaluate the success of pre-processing and model building: be able to define the domain of interest, select appropriate finite elements, define the material properties, apply appropriate boundary and initial conditions (WA1, WA2)
            2.2. Evaluate real-life engineering product/components and convert them into FEA models that sufficiently and accurately represent the boundary conditions and load regimes (WA4, WA5, WA6) (EIE3)
    3. Design process/methods; optimisation, free-form CAD, user needs, failure modes and effects analysis, design documentation.
            3.1. Convert user needs into product features, including documentation (WA6, WA10) (EIE2)
            3.2. Competently use commercial FEA software to analyse linear stress/strain in engineering products with complex and free-form geometry (WA4, WA5) (EIE4)
    4. Fundamental principles; 1D FEA (MATLAB implementation), 2D stress analysis, dynamic analysis, large deflections, non-linear materials, composites
            4.1. Understand the fundamental concepts used in FEA, specifically the mathematical principles underpinning 2-dimensional stress analysis, and apply these to simple representative problems (WA2, WA4, WA5)
            4.2. Obtain solutions for linear elastic problems. Understand sources of non-linearity (e.g. geometry, materials, and contacts) and the challenges of non-linear analysis, for example, convergence (WA4, WA5)
    5. Practical application of a commercial FEA package; Dassault Systèmes Simulia: ABAQUS, PTC Creo / Dassault Systèmes Solidworks
            5.1. Post-processing: interpret the results of FEA solutions in order to answer the questions that led to the FEA analysis (WA4, WA5) (EIE4)
            5.2. Understand the organisational work streams whereby FEA processes are integrated into the product development process, and how FEA adds value to product innovation (WA7, WA11)
    • University Graduate Attributes

      This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:

      Employable, innovative and enterprising

      Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.

Timetable 2024

Students must attend one activity from each section.

Lecture A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Monday 09:00 - 10:00 E6 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Tuesday 12:00 - 13:00 E6 Lecture Theatre (16/7, 30/7, 13/8, 10/9-15/10)
Civil - Mech E201 Mech Computer Lab (23/7, 6/8, 20/8)
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Lecture C
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 15:00 - 16:00 E6 Lecture Theatre
15 Jul - 25 Aug
9 Sep - 20 Oct
Tutorial A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 140
15 Jul - 18 Aug
9 Sep - 13 Oct

Examinations, Quizzes and Formal Tests

Test A
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 140
19 Aug - 25 Aug
Test B
Activity Day Time Location Weeks
01 Thursday 12:00 - 13:00 Ernest Rutherford 140
14 Oct - 20 Oct

Course Coordinator

Digby Symons

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Assignment 1 22 Jul 2024 10% MATLAB, 1D FEA of a tapered rod
Tutorials 5% 3 x ABAQUS computer lab exercises (23rd July, 6th Aug & 20st Aug)
Test 1 22 Aug 2024 20% Fundamentals of FEA
Assignment 2 19 Sep 2024 15% FEA report U-bend beam
Test 2 17 Oct 2024 20% Advanced FEA concepts
Main Project Report 25 Oct 2024 30% Application of FEA to design problem

Notes

For detailed course, policy, regulatory and integrity information, please refer to the UC web site, or see relevant Course or Department LEARN pages, (which are available to enrolled students).

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,197.00

International fee $6,000.00

* 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 .

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