Undergraduate Course: Mechanical Engineering Design 3 (MECE09035)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 9 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | Design is often regarded as the central creative activity of engineering, this course aims to enhancethe skills of analysis and synthesis required to develop solutions to open-ended problems. MED3 aims to teach techniquesfor the effective evaluationand communicationof design ideas. To support thisthe students will also acquire a knowledge of materials and manufacturing processesselection along with the most common
component/ system failure modes.The course is formed of two parts: the first highlighting conceptual design and the second a single detailed design project. This detailed design project aims to give students experience of tackling an engineering design problem in the area of renewable / sustainable energy, with all the uncertainties of the real world, personal interactions and time management. |
| Course description |
Course Syllabus:
Conceptual design
Unit 1-Course Overview
Introduction; The Design Process; Creative style; Brainstorming.
Unit 2-Concept communication
Effective graphic and verbal communication of design ideas to groups and individuals.
Unit 3-Design Requirements and Design Definition
Exploring the design requirement through the use of tools like the requirement Trees and producing Product Design Specifications.Identification of Design need; Product Life Cycle; Legislative constraints.
Unit 4-Material and process selection
To build the general understanding of the uses and limitations of common engineering materials and which processes can be used to shape them.
Unit 5-Concept calculation, approximations and assumptions
To gain an understanding of the types of calculations and estimations that can be used to select and evaluate design concepts.
Unit 6-Material Properties and Failure
Static Strength; Stiffness; Brittleness; Resilience; Toughness; Creep.
Unit 7-Stress Concentration
Design for Static Strength.
Unit 8-Fatigue Failure
Terminology; Measurement; Characteristic Curves; Miner's Rule; S-N Curves.
Unit 9-Component and system
Failure Reliability of an assembly and the cost of reliability.
Unit 10-Tools for exploring the failure of a Design Fault trees; Failure Modes and Effects Analysis
Detailed design project
1. Introduction to team working roles and group selection
2-3. Introduction to project and specialist lecture material, brainstorming
4-9. Group working and project supervision sessions
10. Report submission
11. Oral Exam
Accreditation of Higher Education Programmes Learning Outcomes:
EA2m, D1, D2, D4, D5, EL2, EL4, P1, P3, P6, G1, G2, G4. SM3b, EA1b, EA2b, EA3b, EA4b, D3b, P2, P4, P8, P11, G3, EL5.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Mechanical Engineering Design 2nd year
Mechanical Engineering 1st year |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Propose engineering designs to open ended problems that are feasible, in terms engineering mechanics, economics, and other competing requirements of the design.Then Communicate design solutionsand the rationale behind themwith sketches, detailed drawings, technical reports and presentations;
- Put forward reasoned arguments for how these designs address the product design specification,whilst appreciatingthe uncertainties and gaps in design data;
- Select appropriate design equations,materials and manufacturing processesfor a given engineering problem;
- Select appropriate design equations,materials and manufacturing processesfor a given engineering problem;
- Understand how groups of engineers can work together to solve complex problems.
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Reading List
Shigley, "Mechanical Engineering Design", McGraw Hill (2015)
Pugh, "Total Design", Addison-Wesley (1991)
O¿connor, "Practical Reliability Engineering", Wiley (2012)
Kalpaljian, ¿ManufacturingEngineering and Technology", Pearson (2014)
Ashby, "Materials: Engineering, Science, Processing and Design"Butterworth-Heinemann(2014)
These, and other texts, are available in the University Library |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Open-ended design,Iteration,Component/System Failure,Conceptual Engineering Design |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Adam Robinson
Tel: (0131 6)50 8689
Email: Adam.Robinson@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Michelle Burgos Almada
Tel:
Email: mburgos@ed.ac.uk |
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