Machine Design Part I

Machine Design Part I, which is the first of a three-course series on Machine Design, covers the fundamentals of mechanical design. It also includes the analysis and design of gearboxes and shafts. This series of courses will cover a variety of design cases, such as the selection of material for a hip implant and the testing and design of the wings on the 777. We also discuss the effects of dynamic loads on bolted pressure vessels. This course will teach you how to use robust analytical techniques to validate and predict design life and performance. The first step will be to review critical materials properties such as strength and stress. Then we will move on to static failure theories like von Mises theory. These can be used to avoid failures under static loads such as bridge beams. We will also learn about fatigue failure criteria in designs that have dynamic loads like the shaft inside a car's transmission.