| SES # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 | Principles: overview, assessment, group formation (PDF) |
| 2 |
Fundamentals: mechanics, dynamics, heat transfer, matrices, and errors (PDF - 1.3MB) Shaft blank exercise (PDF) |
| 3 | Shafts & ways: deformation, stresses, and integration (PDF) |
| 4 | Fatigue: fundamentals and modeling methods (PDF) |
| 5 | Structures: architectures, homogeneous transfer matrices, and system models (PDF) |
| 6 | Constraints I: constraint-based design, alignment, preloading, and stability (PDF) |
| 7 | Constraints II: rolling and sliding element bearings (PDF) |
| 8 | Constraints III: flexure bearing elastomechanics & dynamics (PDF - 4.7MB) |
| 9 | Connections I: alignment interfaces (PDF) |
| 10 | Connections II: bolted joints (PDF) |
| 11 | Drives I: screw drives (PDF) |
| 12 |
Drives II: belt and friction drives (PDF) Gears I: kinematics |
| 13 | Gears II: mechanics and selection (PDF) |
| 14 | Actuators: DC motors, piezos, magnet-coil, and hydraulics (PDF) |
| 15 | Actuators: thermal and electrostatic microactuators |
| 16 |
Vibrations: machine dynamics and damping (PDF) Vibration exercise: part for analysis, vibration.sldprt (SLDPRT) |
| 17 | Linkages: degrees of freedom and kinematics |
| 18 | Friction elements: clutches and brakes (PDF) |
| 19-25 | Project work |
| 26 | Last day of class overview, demonstrations, and assessment |