LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY

Mechanical Engineering Program
ME 462
Machine Design I
Course Outline, Winter 1999

Last Updated: 02/08/1999
Section 01: 8:00-9:15 MW (BH 325) 2-5 M (BH 326)

Instructor: Dr. M. R. Corley

BH 249 (257-2859)

Text: Fundamentals of Machine Component Design, 2nd ed., Juvinall & Marshek, Wiley, 1991.
 

DATE TOPIC READING
12/02 Introduction & Review Chapt. 1-7
HW: Work problems 4.7, 4.32, 5.21, and 6.13. Due Date: 12/07
LAB Introduction to ALGOR. Two dimensional geometric stress concentration.  
12/07 Fatigue Under Simple Loads 8.1--8.6
12/09 Fatigue Under Combined Loads 8.7--8.12
HW: Work problems 8.14, 8.24, 8.32, and 8.40. Due Date: 12/16
12/14 Surface Treatments 8.13--8.15
LAB Fatigue Testing (Fatigue Testing machine Operating Instructions)
Fatigue Test Results
Sample # Total Applied Load (lbs) Life (cycles)
1 52.2
80
90
755,000
25,000
27,000
 
12/16 Power Screw Design 10.1--10.3
01/04 Threaded Fasteners 10.4--10.13
LAB Using Cadkey to prepare three-dimensional models. Use Cadkey to prepare a solid model of a reducer case. Turn in a disk containing the Cadkey model files and a printout of the fully rendered model. (REVISED 01/10/99: If the reducer case link doesn't work, then go through this tutorial and generate a solid model and printout of the object in Figure 16.)  
HW: Work problems 10.6, 10.28, 10.30, and 10.37. Due Date: 01/11
01/06 Rivets & Welded Joints 11.1--11.4
01/11 Design of Joints for Fatigue Loads 11.5--11.8
LAB On the west-facing side of the eastern-most brick column in BH 118 you will find a fabricated steel support bracket bolted to the column. Determine the maximum static load the bracket can support concentrated 2 inches from the end of the bracket. Analyze the loading on each structural member, weld and bolt in order to choose the most critical component. Work in 2 person groups. DUE: 01/25  
01/13 Torsion and Bending in Welded Joints; Torsion Bar & Helical Compression Spring Design  
01/18 HOLIDAY  
HW: Work problems 11.5, 11.7, and 11.9. Due Date: 01/27
01/20 EXAM #1  
01/25 Helical Compression Spring Design 12.1--12.7
LAB 3D Finite element modeling of a stress concentration factor. Perform a three-dimensional analysis of the same geometry you chose for LAB 1. Investigate three different part thicknesses. DUE: 02/01  
HW: Work problems 12.2, 12.7, 12.27, 12.31. Due Date: 02/08
01/27 Torsional Spring Design 12.8--12.12
02/01 Hydrodynamic Bearing Design 13.12--13.16
HW: Work problems 13.22 and 13.25. Due Date: 02/08
LAB Spring Analysis: You will be given a helical compression spring at the start of the period. Perform any necessary measurements and/or non-destructive experiments to determine its mass, spring constant, spring index, etc. Use the equations given in your textbook and the TK Solver Spring Design model to calculate such values as maximum stress at compressed height, spring constant, etc. Compare calculated values to experimental results. Results are due at the end of the lab period. Work in three-person groups.  
02/03 Rolling-Element Bearings 14.1--14.5
02/08 Bearing Selection & Mounting 14.6--14.8
HW: Work problems 14.4 and 14.11. Due Date: 02/22  
LAB Electronic vendor information for rolling element bearing selection: www.skf.com and www.timken.com  
02/10 Spur Gear Nomenclature and Operation 15.1--15.13
02/22 Gear Tooth Design for Bending Loads  
HW:  
LAB Electronic Manufacturers' Catalogs  
02/24 Gear Tooth Design for Surface Failure  
03/01 FINAL EXAM  
Grading
EXAM #1 25%
FINAL EXAM 32%
Homework 20%
Design Laboratory 23%
TOTAL 100%