Course: Fundamentals of Engineering Design

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Course title Fundamentals of Engineering Design
Course code KKS/ZK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Vaněk Václav, Doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Slámová Ivana, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Raab Zdeněk, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Bečvář Adam, Ing.
Course content
The course focuses on the following areas: classification of basic machine parts according to their properties and the complexity of technical systems; connecting and transmission parts, parts of seating, springs, transmission mechanisms, etc; design of small machine part groups both with the help of CAD and without CAD. Weekly lecture contents: 1. Introduction, aim of the course, conditions for admission to the examination, conditions for granting credit. Knowledge integrated design in the context of Design Science - the procedure of analysis and synthesis of the technical system. 2. Functional diagram, functional conditions, functional dimensions and functional surfaces. Dimensioning in terms of function - production - measurement - assembly and optimization of functional conditions. 3. Analysis of drawing documentation in response to changing conditions and infrastructure of current engineering companies. 4. Joints with simple load transfer elements - joints for creating articulated connection, influence of clearance in the pin connection to the magnitude of the induced impact force, increasing service life (function, use, structure, load, stress). 5. Joints with simple load transfer and alignment elements mutual positions - without clearance (function, use, building structure, loading, and stress). 6. Torque Connections - form-fitting connections, centering accuracy of the hub (function, use, structure, load, and stress). Rotational transmission parts - shafts, axes (function, use, building structure, load, and stress). 7. Rolling gears (helical, bevel) and worm gears. Defects of rolling gears (origin, causes, and remedial measures), (function, use, building structure, basic dimensions, load, and stress). 8. Screw connections. Pre-stressing by screw connection, pre-stressed connection diagram, eduction prestressing (function, use, building structure, load, and stress). 9. Shaft bearing support using rolling type supports (bearing arrangements, thermal expansion, radial and axial clearance definition, structural structure, bearing lubrication, bearing space seals, loading, stress). 10. Accumulators of mechanical energy (types, functions, use, diagrams, increasing reliability, building structure, loading, stress). 11. Shaft couplings. Possibilities of static and dynamic load transfer using a fixed disc clutch. Methods of centering of clutch and inputs and outputs of adjacent systems (function, use, building structure, loading, stress). 12. Geometric specification of products. The basic rule of tolerancing geometric properties of products, the condition of the envelope, maximum and minimum material and reciprocity. Geometric specification of complicated shape and flexible machine parts. 13. Engineering design reference - Reference Point System (RPS) - RPS for the needs of designers, for measuring on measuring machines, for the designing of cubing and for clamping in measuring jigs. Problems of determination of coordinate systems in global, local and particular coordinate system.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Collaborative instruction
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Individual project (40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
use and apply theoretical knowledge from the field of technical drawings
to know the basics of reading simple engineering drawings
use and apply basic knowledge of secondary school mathematics, physics and geometry
Skills
to be able to use basic office software resources and to use their potential for technical calculations
to create engineering documentation of simple machine parts
design and prescribe the appropriate fitting and precision of features of machine parts
learning outcomes
Knowledge
of machine parts and their groups with respect to the parameters describing their properties and design documentation
use and apply knowledge integrated design to solve problems during engineering design
to know the basics of product geometry specification
Skills
analyze simple mechanical construction group generalize findings and the results applied in the designing of complex technical products
ability to apply basic methods for designing - to set the required product features and create functional structures
use geometric tolerances when designing machine groups and machine parts
be able to design functional groups of hydraulic seals
be able to design a rolling bearing of the rotary type
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Collaborative instruction
Practicum
Multimedia supported teaching
E-learning
Skills
Project-based instruction
Multimedia supported teaching
E-learning
Competences
Multimedia supported teaching
E-learning
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Project
Skills
Written exam
Project
Recommended literature
  • Strojnické tabulky. Sv. 3., Základní strojní součásti a montážní jednotky. 1. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1989. ISBN 80-03-00151-X.
  • Boháček, František. Základy strojnictví : vysokošk. učebnice pro skupinu stud. oborů strojírenství a ostatní kovodělná výroba. 1. vyd. Praha : SNTL, 1989. ISBN 80-03-00083-1.
  • Budynas, Richard G.; Nisbet, J. Keith. Shigley's mechanical engineering design. 8th ed. Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN 978-0-07-312193-2.
  • Crolla, David A.,; Foster, David E.; Kobayashi, Toshio; Vaughan, Nicholas. Encyclopedia of automotive engineering. 2015. ISBN 978-0-470-97402-5.
  • Drastík, František. Strojnické tabulky pro konstrukci i dílnu. [1. vyd.]. Praha : Montanex, 1995. ISBN 80-85780-22-4.
  • Drastík, František. Technické kreslení podle mezinárodních norem I. Ostrava : Montanex, 2005. ISBN 87-7225-195-3.
  • Fiala, Jaromír; Svoboda, Pavel; Šimonovský, Miroslav. Strojnické tabulky 2 : základní strojní prvky a součásti. Praha : SNTL, 1988.
  • Hubka, Vladimír. Konstrukční nauka : obecný model postupu při konstruování. Zürich : Heurista, 1995. ISBN 80-901135-0-8.
  • Nohovec, Vladimír. Úvod do strojního inženýrství II. : obrazová část. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 1992. ISBN 80-7082-073-X.
  • Pahl, Gerhard, Wallace, Ken, Blessing, Luciënne. Engineering design : a systematic approach. London, 2007. ISBN 9781846283185.
  • Parker,M. Engineering Drawing and Design. Ellenborough House: Stanley Thornes, UK, 1991.
  • Šťastný, Jiří. Manuál technické dokumentace. 1. vyd. České Budějovice : Kopp, 1996. ISBN 80-85828-63-4.
  • Vaněk, Václav. Základy konstruování : učební podklady pro cvičení. 1. vyd. Plzeň : Západočeská univerzita, 2010. ISBN 978-80-7043-964-7.


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