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MF2004 Advanced Machine Design 18.0 credits

Maskinkonstruktion, högre kurs

Machine design involves design of a vide range of products, from complex machines, e.g. cars,  to more simple products such as bicycle transmissions which we all meet in our daily life. To design, means to create new solutions to the problem we are facing in an engineering correct manner, This means that we should address the real problem and make a solution as simple as possible which also is possible to realize in an industrial environment considering e.g. aspects of economy, energy and environment.

For solving the design tasks we use modern CAE programs for creating geometry and for analysis, but an important part is also to generalize and make rough estimations based on these generalizations.

This course is preparing you for your upcoming work as an engineer or product developer. It also gives you knowledge and skills in planning, participating and leading product development work of integrated and modularized products. In addition you will be trained to use CAE tools for design, simulation and analysis and to communicate technical results orally and in writing.

  • Educational level

    Second cycle

  • Academic level (A-D)

    D

  • Subject area

  • Grade scale

    A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Course offerings

Spring 12 for programme students

Spring 13 for programme students

Learning outcomes

After completing this course you will be able to:

  • Plan an lead product development work of modern integrated and modularized products.
  • Design and detail both simple products as well as subsystems of more complicated mechanical products from idea to manufacturing drawings and prototype.
  • Apply earlier acquired knowledge within e.g. mechanics, solid mechanics, electrical engineering and product development.
  • Select material and manufacturing method in an engineering manner.
  • Analyze and dimension both simple products as well as subsystems of more complicated mechanical products in an engineering manner.
  • Develop and estimate loads for both simple products as well as subsystems of more complicated mechanical products, as a basis for dimensioning of structure elements as well as selection of machine elements and materials.
  • Apply basic criteria for designing products considering e.g. load lines, load distribution, adaptation for manufacturing.
  • Produce detail drawings including manufacturing tolerances for subsystems in complicated  system products.

Design products in a way such that the environmental effect of the product is minimized.

Course main content

  • Project work (mainly an industrial problem with focus on detail design in a system context)
  • Innovation, creativity and patent
  • Information sources and search, benchmarking
  • The product development process, project planning
  • Requirement specification, QFD
  • Concept development, functions-means tree, concept selection
  • Detail design, considering environmental effects, material selection, ergonomics.
  • Solid mechanics for modeling and dimensioning (both using FEM and analytical)
  • Manufacturing documents (detail drawings including manufacturing tolerances).
  • Assembling, testing, evaluation, redesign
  • Presentation and communication, both orally and in different form of written documentation.

Disposition

Start in P4 ends in P2 next semster

Eligibility

Compulsory for
MKN(M4, P4, T4)
Eligible are those who have finished these courses:

M-students MG1004, ME1001
P-students: MF1014, MH1005, SD1115, ME1001
T-students: EL1000, MF1017, SD2125, SE1025, SF1861, SF1907

TIPUM track IPUB

Prerequisites

You must be qualified for studies in grades 4 to attend the course.
The course includes projects  which requires that the curriculum compulsory modules are sought and approved.

Literature

Course literature in english wil be presnted later.

In Swedish:

1 - Johannesson, Persson, Pettersson, “Produktutveckling – effektiva metoder för konstruktion och design”, Liber Förlag, 2004.

2 – Olsson, Karl-Olof. “Maskinelement”, Liber Förlag 2006.

Examination

  • PRO1 - Project, 6.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • PRO2 - Project, 6.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • PRO3 - Project, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
  • TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Offered by

ITM/Machine Design

Contact

Kjell Andersson, 08-790 6374, kan@md.kth.se

Examiner

Kjell Andersson <kan@kth.se>

Version

Course plan valid from: Spring 11.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 07.