Mechanical Engineering

ME 316: Mechanical Component Analysis and

Design
Lecture 01
Course Overview
Review of Chapters 1-3
By: Amir Ameli
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Prerequisite Courses
1- CE215 (Mechanics of Materials)
2- ME220 (Materials Laboratory)
3- Certified major in ME, MSE, CE, or EE

Prerequisite Topics
1- Concepts of stress, strain and their relationships
2- Axial, bending, torsion, shear loads and their combinations

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Reference Book
Budynas, R.G. and Nisbett, J.K.
Shigleys Mechanical
Engineering Design,
10th Edition,
McGraw-Hill

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Course Objectives
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Review concepts of statics and strength of materials

Learn fundamental approaches to failure prevention for static and

repeated loading

Consider the design of common machine elements such as

fasteners, springs, bearings and gears

Solve an open-ended design problem involving cost, drawings,

and structural analysis
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Topics covered to achieve the

objectives

2-D stress
1-D deflection and stiffness
Shafts and shaft components
Failure criteria
Fatigue
Fasteners
Springs
Bearings
Gears
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Course Assignment
& Schedule

Course
Assignment
Exam 1
Exam 2
Homework
Project
Final Exam

Percentage Contribution to Final Grade

15%
15%
25%
25%
20%

ME 316 Weekly Schedule: Subject to change as the course progresses

Week
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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Date
Aug 23,25
Aug 30,Sep 1
Sep 6,8
Sep 13,15
Sep 20,22
Sep 27,29
Oct 4,6
Oct 11,13
Oct18,20
Oct 25,27
Nov 1,3
Nov 8,10
Nov 15,17
Nov 22,24
Nov 29,Dec 1
Dec 6,8
Dec 13,15

Chapter
1-5 Overview
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6
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8,9
9
10
11
12
13
14
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16,17
Review
Final Exam

Problem Set
Distributed

set 1: Sep 8
set 2: Sep 15
set 3: Sep 22
set 4: Oct 6
set 5: Oct 13
set 6: Oct 20
set 7: Oct 27

set 8: Nov 10
set 9: Nov 17
set 10: Dec 1

Problem Set
Collected

Exam

Project Due

set 1: Sep 15
set 2: Sep 22
set 3: Sep 29
Exam 1: Oct. 6
set 4: Oct 13
set 5: Oct 20
set 6: Oct 27
set 7: Nov 3

Exam 2: Nov. 10
set 8: Nov 17
Thanksgiving
set 9: Dec 1
set 10: Dec 8

Nov. 17

TBD

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Review of Basics
Chapters 1-4
Chapter 1: Introduction to ME Design

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Introduction to ME Design
Engineering Design:
Satisfying a need
Solving a problem

ME Design by Nature is:

Complex
Innovative
Iterative

Some ME design considerations:

Strength/Stress
Functionality
Safety and Reliability
Competitiveness
Cost
Manufacturability
Marketability

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Design Phases

Highly iterative process

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Designer Professional Responsibility

Engineers Creed from the National Society of
Professional Engineers (NSPE): (Page 12 of the text)

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Chapter 2:
Materials

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Strength and Stiffness

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Standard tensile test

Load and deflection are directly measured.

Stress

Strain

Hookes law

E is Youngs modulus or modulus of elasticity.

E is a measure of stiffness.
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Engineering Stress-Strain Diagrams

Ductile (steel)

Brittle (cast iron)

0.2%

Sy is yield strength.
Su is ultimate (tensile) strength.
Sf is fracture strength.
Note: Strength is a material property, but not stress.
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Cold Work: Strain Hardening

Plastic straining below
recrystallization temperature.
As a result of strain hardening:
Strength increases.
Ductility decreases.

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Impact

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Definition: Load application time is less than 1/3 of the lowest

natural period of the parts vibration.
- ASTM Charpy (Common) and Izod (rare) notched-bar tests
- A measure of the energy absorbed by the specimen.
- Impact properties are temperature
sensitive.
- A brittle-ductile transition occurs
at a critical temperature.

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Definition: Deformation under constant load.

Both elastic & plastic

deformation with a
decreasing creep rate due to
strain hardening

A constant
minimum creep
rate caused by
annealing

Considerable reduction in
actual cross-section area,
and increased true stress
leading to fracture
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Heat Treatment of Steel

Annealing
To soften a material and increase its ductility
Heated above critical temperature (Tc), cooled in furnace (low
cooling rate)

Normalizing
To obtain slightly harder material with good machinability
Heated above Tc and cooled in air (med. cooling rate)

Quenching

To obtain hard and strong steel (martensite and bainite structures)

Heated above Tc and cooled in water/oil (high cooling rate)

Tempering

To release the residual stresses of hard/brittle quenched materials

Heated below Tc and cooled in air
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Materials
Metals
Steel, alloy steel, cast iron
Nonferrous metals: aluminum, magnesium, titanium, copper alloys

Ceramics
Plastics
Thermoplastics: re-moldable
Thermosets: not re-moldable

Composites
Continuous fiber composites
Short fiber composites
Provide high strength-weight and stiffness-weight ratios

Note: Unlike others, composites are not isotropic materials, which

makes their mechanical analysis and design complicated.

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Modulus-Density Graphs

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Stiffness-weight ratio

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Summary

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Course syllabus
Chapter 1: ME Design
Chapter 2: Materials

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