Design of Constructive Solutions

Code:

DIPCSC

Acronym:

CSC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Engineering

Instance: 2021/2022 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Design
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Product and Industrial Design

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MDIP	10	Official Plan 2013	1	-	3	21	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The mechanical integration of product parts is a fundamental feature to be considered on its design. It conditioned parts shape and materials and so, their production processes. Assembly easiness and its possible automation, reliability, reparability and recyclability are all factors strongly influenced by the mechanical integration methods used.

From the designer intention to include some feature in a system (rotation axis, gliding system, cover, lock, etc.) to its capacity of implementing it in an economic, reliable and long-lasting way goes a distance that can only be shortened using past experiences – many times through users evaluation and malfunctioning analysis.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should acquire the competence of, under a design framework, choose and propose detail solutions suited to usual product development conditions.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Description and analysis of design solutions based on joining and motion transmission components.

Description and analysis of the characteristics of each solution taking into account materials specification, production processes, assembly and disassembly operations, application area, etc.

Main subjects:
1. Elements of mechanical efforts, presenting simple examples / 1.1. Traction / 1.2. Compression / 1.3. Bending / 1.4. Torsion / 1.5. Shear /
2. Joining Methods / 2.1. Fixed Joints / 2.1.1. Disassemblable / 2.1.2. Non-disassemblable /2.2. Mobile Joints / 2.2.1. Translating / 2.2.2. Rotary /
3. Elementary mechanisms / 3.1. The renaissance simple machines / 3.2. Gears / 3.3 Hydrostatic transmissions /
4. Motion type transformation / 4.1. From rotation to translation / 4.2. From translation to rotation /
5. Connctions / 5.1 Between polymeric parts / 5.2 Between composite parts / 5.3 Using adhesives /
6. Analysis of some case studies.

Mandatory literature

Joseph Edward Shigley; Mechanical engineering design. ISBN: 0-07-056881-2
James G. Skakoon; Detailed mechanical design. ISBN: 0-7918-0087-3

Complementary Bibliography

Neil Sclater, Nicholas P. Chironis; ;Mechanisms & mechanical devices sourcebook. ISBN: 0-07-136169-3

Teaching methods and learning activities

The fundamentals of several parts connecting methods, providing static or mobile joints, disassemblable or not, as well as some basic mechanisms enabling the manual or power-driven indirect actuation of a part will the presented in recitation classes. These presentations will be complemented by the analysis of a number of actual cases.

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Mechanical engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Exame	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	30,00
Estudo autónomo	30,00
Frequência das aulas	21,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

In accordance to UP rules

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation will be of the distributed type with final exam, and the students will be evaluated through 2 components:

i. A Report, written by a group of 2 students, on the search and evaluation of solutions for a case study (REP).
ii. An individual final exam (IFE).

The Final Grade (FG) will be given by: FG=0,5*REP+0,5*IFE

If the student fails the CU, he or she may do an extra exam for the IFE component only.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The same as for the other regular students

Classification improvement

The student may only improve the IFE component of the final grade.