DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: (M E 306 or E M A 303 ) and ( M E 331 , B M E 201 , or concurrent enrollment or declared in Biological Systems Engineering), or member of Engineering Guest Students Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Sketch failure envelopes for both brittle and ductile static failure theories and use these to estimate safety factor against potential static stress failure Audience: Undergraduate 2. Calculate safety factor for high cycle fatigue of steel components Audience: Undergraduate 3. Assess safety factor for straight cut spur gears against bending and surface fatigue failure Audience: Undergraduate 4. Predict the failure rate of components based on property and load distributions and estimate the cost of these failures in terms of human life and limb Audience: Undergraduate 5. Quantify specifications of belt and pulley systems for successful transmission of power between parallel shafts Audience: Undergraduate 6. Quantify specifications of rolling element bearings for successful shaft support Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Sketch failure envelopes for both brittle and ductile static failure theories and use these to estimate safety factor against potential static stress failure Audience: Undergraduate 2. Calculate safety factor for high cycle fatigue of steel components Audience: Undergraduate 3. Assess safety factor for straight cut spur gears against bending and surface fatigue failure Audience: Undergraduate 4. Predict the failure rate of components based on property and load distributions and estimate the cost of these failures in terms of human life and limb Audience: Undergraduate 5. Quantify specifications of belt and pulley systems for successful transmission of power between parallel shafts Audience: Undergraduate 6. Quantify specifications of rolling element bearings for successful shaft support Audience: Undergraduate