ME3180
ME 3180A & RCC - Mechanical Engineering
Design Summer 2012
Professor: I. Charles Ume
Office: MaRC 453, Phone: 404-894-7411
E-mail: charles.ume@me.gatech.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 4:00-5:00 pm or by appointment
Course: ME 3180A & RCC
Class Time: TR 10:00 am–11:45 am
Class Location: MRDC 2404
Website: http://www.me.gatech.edu/me3180
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ME3180
Mechanical Engineering Design
Goal:
• To study the selection, analysis, and synthesis of machine
components by using the fundamental principles of engineering
mechanics and mechanics of materials.
Text:
Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design, 9th edition,
McGraw-Hill, 2008 by R.G Budynas and J.K Nisbett
References:
• Norton, R. L., Machine Design,: An Integrated Approach, 3rd
Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006.
• Hamrock, B. J., Jacobson, B., and Schmid, S. R., Fundamentals of
Machine Elements, McGraw-Hill, 1999.
• Thorpe, J. F., Mechanical System Components, Allyn and Bacon,
1989.
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Lecture Schedule and Tests
Topics
Allocated Weeks & Dates
Fatigue (review)
1 week
Bolts/Screws/Fasteners
2.5 weeks
Test #1
June 7
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Springs
Test #2
Bearings
2 weeks
June 26
1.5 weeks
Gears
Test #3
Design with Microcontroller
Final Exam
2 weeks
July 19
0.5 week
August 2 (2:50pm-5:40pm)
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ME3180
Mechanical Engineering Design
Homework:
• Since teamwork is an essential part of any design
environment, the class will be divided into groups of three
students. You will work on your homework in these
groups.
• Each member of the group must actively participate in
the group discussions and solving each problem set on
paper for his/her name to be included in the solution the
group turns in.
• Any violation of this constitutes cheating, therefore a
violation of GIT Honor Code.
• At the end of the semester, you will rate each other’s
participation level in homework through an anonymous
peer evaluation.
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Homework (Cont’d):
• Sets of homework will be assigned regularly, and they will
be collected a week later.
• Solutions will be provided at the time each graded
homework papers are returned.
• You are forbidden from coping from old homework
solutions, or coping from solution manuals. To do so will
be considered a violation of the Georgia Tech’s Honor
Code.
• The same applies to any takehome test or exam.
• You can use one page formula sheet during each test. You
will turn in your formula sheet with your test paper.
• Final exam will be open book.
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ME3180
Mechanical Engineering Design
Schedules:
• Homework: ------------------------------------------- 9%
• Test #1: June 7 -------------------------------------20%
• Test #2: June 26 -------------------------------------20%
• Test #3: July 19 --------------------------------------20%
• Three Impromptu Quizzes ----------------------------6%
• Final Exam: August 2 (2:50 pm – 5:40 pm) -----25%
Note:
• You are responsible for materials covered during your absence.
• Class handouts are only given out in class.
• No make-up lectures or quizzes/tests/extra credit/exam; you
will get a zero for each quiz/test/extra credit/exam you miss,
unless you made prior arrangements with the instructor to take
it earlier.
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ME3180
Mechanical Engineering Design
Note (Cont’d)
• Only in the case of extenuating circumstance would
permission be granted to take the test or exam early.
• Quizzes and extra credit problems are impromptu;
therefore, there will be no make-up for them.
• No extra work will given for grade improvement.
• There will be extra credit questions asked in the class to
encourage class participations and to encourage you to pay
attention in the class. There will also be extra credit
problems assigned.
• Late homework will be penalized 25% for every day that
it is late. No home work will be accepted once graded
homework is returned.
• Review of test/quiz/homework/extra credit grades must
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be done
within one week after the test is returned.