Course: Designing and evaluating a technical product from viewpoints of properties

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Course title Designing and evaluating a technical product from viewpoints of properties
Course code KKS/DFXA
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Dvořák Josef, Mgr. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Němec Ladislav, doc. Ing. CSc.
  • Hosnedl Stanislav, prof. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Tangible technical products as technical systems (TS). TS lifecycle, TS properties, behaviors and meta-properties, their taxonomy and relationships. Principle of knowledge and methods of Problem Solving (PSo), Solution Procedure (SoP), Design for X (DfX) and Prediction of X (PoX). Basic knowledge and methods of PSo, SoP for the engineering designing of TS and DfX&PoX to achieve the specified reflected and embedded properties and timely prediction and evaluation of the suitability of the achieved key interdisciplinary properties and behaviors of technical products incl. competitiveness potential for specified requirements for functions, reliability, repairability, safety, ergonomics, appearance, manufacturability, transportability, liquidation, environmental friendliness, production, operating and other costs expended, reactive and architectural engineering design properties, etc. throughout the TS life cycle Lectures: 1. Introduction 2. PProblem Solving and Solution Procedure - engineering designing as a solution to a problem and its synergistic application in TS design 3.Problem Solving and Solution Procedure - specification of TS and project, search for solutions in alternatives 4. Problem Solving and Solution Procedure - evaluation and decision-making, communication and solution completion, ongoing parallel activities 5.Technical system (TS) - its structures, life cycle, properties and behaviors 6. Engineering designing and prediction of product properties X (DfX&PoX) - basics of theory and methodology 7. DfX&PoX to the operational effects and operability of the TS, to know-how and management information in the life cycle of the TS 8. DfX&PoX to human and other living objects in TS life cycle 9. DfX&PoX to other technical systems and technologies in the TS life cycle 10. DfX&PoX to active and reactive work, natural and space environments in the TS life cycle

Learning activities and teaching methods
Project-based instruction
  • Team project (50/number of students) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 20 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 4 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 40 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to orientate himself in the knowledge of basic preparatory subjects of ghe general engineering education
to design technical products at the level of knowledge of machine desigh in bachelor's study
to understand the relationship between the construction structure of the product and its properties
to orientate himself in basic knowledge from theory (technical) systems
Skills
to present the designing ideas in the form of sketches
to perform technical calculations in connection with the design of technical products
to work with the software MS Office
Competences
Sense of systematic creative work documentation of results
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learning outcomes
Knowledge
to identify a wider range of essential interdisciplinary properties of designed technical product, which are fundamental for its product-design competitiveness and are necessary for its product-buseness compotitiveness on the market
to specify the requirements for the proposed technical product in terms of its entire lifecycle
to evaluate the expected properties of the proposed technical product
Skills
to perform the engineering design process with respect to the sub-optimal fullfilment of requirements on the mentioned properties of designed technical product and early evaluation of their predicted achievement
to perform the engineering design task in terms of the essential interdisciplinary properties of technical product as a comprehensive task
to apply software means to efficiently setting of requirements for a future technical product with respect of its lifecycle and to predict the future features of the proposed product
Competences
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Critically evaluate and implement other knowledge into the subject matter
teaching methods
Knowledge
Project-based instruction
Examples and applications from the environment and student experiences
Skills
Use online forms of learning
Students' portfolio
Project-based instruction
Competences
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Consult, present and defend the partial and final results of own creative work.
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Mutual evaluation
Skills
Continuous evaluation of partial results
Seminar work
Oral exam
Competences
Seminar work
Assessment according to the consulted problems and defense of the results
Continuous assessment
Recommended literature
  • Eder, W. E.; Hosnedl, S. Introduction to Design Engineering: Systematic Creativity and Management. USA: CRC Press. Taylor & Francis Group, London, New York., 2010, ISBN 978-0-415-55557-9. New-York. 2010.
  • Hosnedl, S. Engineering designing and evaluating technical products. Case Examples. Plzeň, ZČU, FST. 2022. Plzeň. 2022.
  • Hosnedl, S. Engineering designing and evaluating technical products. Materials for lectures. Plzeň, ZČU, FST. 2022. Plzeň. 2022.
  • Hubka, V.; Eder. Engineering design: General procedural model of engineering design. Zürich: Heurista. 1992., ISBN 3-85693-026-4. Zürich: Heurista. 1992.


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