Computer Aided Mechanical Design

– Class#1
Liwei Lin

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering

Co-Director, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center
The University of California, Berkeley, CA94720
e-mail: lwlin@me.berkeley.edu
http://www.me.berkeley.edu/~lwlin

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Outline

 Course Administrative Issues

 CAD
 Examples

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 UCB CAD Courses
30% Theories & Principles
20% Graphics (model …)
50% Project (analysis …)

ME128

CS184 E128
Computer Graphics Graphical Communications

ME280
CS284 Finite Element Method

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Course Homepage - 1
http://www.me.berkeley.edu/~lwlin/me128/2010.html

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Course Homepage - 2

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Course Schedule

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 Projects
 Project #1 - Interactive Computation and
Graphics (Matlab or other languages + graphics)
 Project #2 – CAD & Manufacturing – cork screw
 Project #3 - Parametric Design
 Project #4 – Final Project
Hopeful outcome – you should be able to present
your final project for job interviews

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Project #1
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 Beam theories
 Analytical solutions
 Graphic
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 Finite Element Analysis tools

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 Project #2

A Cork Screw manufacturing

 Engineering drawings (dimension details)
 Communications
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 Manufacturing details
 Statistical analysis on the finished products

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Project #3

 Optimal design of an accelerometer

 Design constraints
 FEA and graphic presentations

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 Project #4
A practical project that you are interested in
working on
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provide a few projects for you to choose
 Optimal design of dimensions
 Design constraints
 FEA and graphic presentations

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CAD Tools

 Graphics: Autodesk (AutoCAD), Parametric

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Technology, M
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Datavision,
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Solutions, SDRC, Dassault Systemes,
Hewlett-Packard, IBM, MSC Software
 Symbolic equation solver: Matlab,
Mathematica, …
 Programming language: C, FORTRAN …

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 Theories & Principles

 Finite Element Analysis

• Tools: COMSOL, ANSYS, …
 ParametricDesign Principles
 Optimal Design Principles

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Example #1: Analytical Solutions

MEMS Pressure Sensor
 Motorola-MPXT50006D --- for HVAC, medical, washing
machines … 0 - 0.87 Psi, with 3% FSS (full scale span)

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 Structural Analysis

• Analytical solution
• Finite element analysis

Pressure

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Summary
•Class Organization
•HWs, Quiz?, 4 Projects

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