MECH 390 – Mechanical Engineering Design Project

Instructor

Coordinates

Place & Time

Office Hours

Dr. Sivakumar

Narayanswamy

EV Building, 004-89

Tel: 848 2424 (7923)

MB-2.210

- T - - -, 8:45 – 11:30

M - - - - , 10:00 – 12:00 or     

By appointment

Tutors

TA, Th 5:45PM - 7:35PM

Ezhil Murugesan

ezhilshaktimuru@gmail.com

H-835

 

H-1065

TB, Th 8:45AM - 10:35AM

Abhishek Gupta

abbygupta906@gmail.com

TC, Tu 3:15PM - 5:05PM

Paul Earnest

payeea@gmail.com

TD, Mo 3:15PM - 5:05PM

Andrew Jeyaraj

andrewjeyaraj@gmail.com

TE, Fr 5:45PM - 7:35PM

Akash Sharma

akash.sharma_94@yahoo.co.in

You can download course outline here

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Details of the faculty approved calculators for the Final Exams and their sticker details for the same can be downloaded here

Notice Board

Final Project Presentation will be held on April 16th and 17th 2018. I will update the presentation schedule nearer to that time. You can submit the Final Project, during the presentation.

MECH 390 Presentation Schedule

The presentations will be held in Room EV 3-309. Please be present in the room at least 30 minutes before your team is due to present. As a team, you need to bring the final report and tutorial works neatly bound and hand it over to me before you start presenting.

Course Text Book

1.       “Fundamentals of Engineering Design (2nd Edition)” by Barry Hyman, Pearson, 2002

LECTURES

Lec 1

Lec 2

Lec 3

Lec 4

Lec 5

Lec 6

Lec 7

Lec 8

Lec 9

Lec 10

Lec 11

Assessment and Grading

The main objective of the evaluation is to reflect in the right way the effort and the comprehension of the subject of each individual student that must be correctly reflected in the final letter grade.  The final grade is made by the addition of the various components of the evaluation process. The following components will be used for calculation of the final grade:

 

Class Term Test:

One Midterm test will be held during lecture hours on the week of March 5th. This will be based on the textbook and materials discussed in the class.

Total weightage for the midterm test is 20%

 

Tutorials:

10 tutorial assignment reports must be submitted.

Note: Tutorials are related to the design of machine elements in terms of CAD design, size and analysis.

Each tutorial 2% - Total for 10 tutorials, 20%

Important: Student missing a tutorial will lose 2% for that week.

 

Quizzes:

There will be 5 or more surprise quizzes randomly distributed over the course of 13 weeks. No prior information regarding the date or the material for quizzes shall be given.

Note: Tutorials are related to the design of machine elements in terms of CAD design, size and analysis.

Total for Quizzes is 20%

Important: Student not attending lectures will miss the points for that specific quiz.

 

Design Project:

Design Project is a team based project (Team consisting of 4 or maximum 5 members):

“Design an Amphibian System for HONDA CRV” (details given as Appendix in the course outline)

The written documentation, 30% (due on last day of class)

 

Team presentation and practical demonstration of the team work during the term-Last day of class, 10%

The dates for the presentation (combined for sections J and T) will be during the last week of the term

 

Confidential peer evaluation by team members will be sought to divide the grades among team members based on the participation

 

NOTE:  There will be no make-up for the midterm term tests and Tutorials.

Main Design Project

Objective: The design of Honda 4x4 CRV (2014 model) vehicle will be retrofitted to be fully amphibious and propelled in the water at maximum speed of 10 km/h (5.4 knots) by propeller(s) mounted one either side and/or the rear of the vehicle:

 

The swimming unit may include any power transmission systems such as a gear box, propeller(s) and any other support components/systems required to meet the specified vehicle speed performance in water. The cost of a designed swimming unit will be less than 10,000 CAD in including any modification to the original vehicle design such as interface components/joints transmitting power from wheel ends or differentials.

 

It is assumed that the original vehicle design is water tight and buoyancy waterline is shown in Figure below. Teams need to take into account for performance, fuel economy, cost, durability, feasibility and assembly/disassembly elements in their design process. Teams do not need to consider modifying the design of powertrain, cooling and exhaust systems of the vehicle.  Peak engine power/torque information is shown below. All other drivetrain information can be found in the vehicle spec. Dimensions are in mm. Teams will need to search any missing information required for the project, if needed reasonable assumptions and solid engineering judgments should be made to determine missing information for the project.

 

Note: Further details, regarding the project task is available in the course outline

 

Tutorial

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