• Level of education

    Bachelor's degree

  • ECTS

    5 credits

  • Training structure

    Faculty of Science

Description

  • read a technical plan of medium difficulty
  • recognize standard mechanical components on a drawing
  • identify how a moderately difficult mechanical system works based on an overall plan
  • draw a part in multiple views following the rules of projection
  • Identify and draw the intersections of cylinder-plane, cylinder-cylinder, plane-cone, and cylinder-cone.
  • draw cross-sectional views and sections
  • extract a part from a medium-difficulty assembly drawing
  • use of the basic functions of Solidworks software (parts mode, assembly, and drafting)
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Objectives

  • Solve a static friction problem (writing Coulomb's laws)
  • determine a buttress condition
  • Write a strength criterion for a beam structure under combined loading with stress concentration (Von Mises and Tresca).
  • know how to determine the service life of a structure subjected to fatigue over a large number of cycles
  • know how to determine the critical load of Euler for a beam structure
  • know how to design and size a shrink-fit shaft-hub assembly
  • know how to dimension a thin structure with a non-circular cross-section
  • use of advanced Solidworks software functions for structural dimensioning
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Teaching hours

  • Structure and Dimensioning (POLYTECH) - CMLecture6 p.m.
  • Structure and Dimensioning (POLYTECH) - Practical WorkPractical Work9 a.m.
  • Structure and Dimensioning (POLYTECH) - TutorialTutorials6 p.m.

Mandatory prerequisites

  • Strength of materials
  • Mechanics of continuous media

 

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