Course: Theory and Meth. of Machine Design Eng.

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Course title Theory and Meth. of Machine Design Eng.
Course code KKS/ZKM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Master
Year of study 1
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Galeta Ivo, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Ventruba Zdeněk, prof. Ing. CSc.
  • Erben Jan, Mgr. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Transformation and technical systems and processes; technical products as technical systems enabling transformation processes; properties and quality of technical systems; structures of technical systems; main principles of achieving the required properties of technical systems: "Design for X "; engineering design activities and their rationalization; engineering design of machines as a transformation process the aim of which is a technical system with the required properties. The acquired theoretical knowledge is creatively applied to examples taken Topics of lectures and seminars according to weeks see Courseware. Lectures: 1. Basic information about the subject. Transformation system (TrfS) and transformation process (TrfP). General model of TrfS with TrfP. Techniccal products/systems (TS) in TrfS. TS life stages as TrfS. 2. TS properties. Relationships among TS properties. TS quality and its evaluation. Assessment of compliance with TS requirements and evaluation of constructional (engineering design & industrial design) competitiveness of TS. TS structures. 3. Engineering design system (DesS) as TrfS and Engineering design process (DesP) as TrfP. Engineering design. Influence of DesS factors on DesP. Risk sources. 4.General basic operations (A-G), methodical stages (I-IV) engineering design phases (1-6) DesP - overview. Clarification of requirements and their elaboration according to TS life stages (1). Case Study. 5. Engineering designing of TS functional structure from TrfP. Case Study. 6. Engineering design of TS organ structure using morphological matrices (3a). Case Study. 7. Evaluation of engineering design task and decision making - application on evaluation and selection of optimal variant of TS organ structure (3b). Case Study. 8. Engineering designing of the rough TS constructional structure (4) and definitive TS constructional structure (5).Case Study. 9. Detailing, description and transmission of information about designed TS. (6). Case Study. Working with information, reprezentation and checking when solving an engineering design task. 10. Technical processes as technical transformation processes TTrfP. "Internal" technical transformation processes in TS (ITP). TS taxonomy. Methodical knowledge to TP, ITP and TS. Basic DfX knowledge to TS properties. TS development in time. Development of TS properties in time. 11. Structure of DesP activities / operations. Computer in DesS and its influence on DesP. 12. Strategies and tactics in DesP. Metodical knowledge on DesP. General procedural model of engineering designing of TS - recapitulation. 13. Purpose, aim and importance of systemic approaches. Systematic structure of knowledge about and for design. Developmental changes and tendencies in TS engineering design processes.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, E-learning, Collaborative instruction, Project-based instruction, Students' portfolio, Individual study, Students' self-study
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Team project (50/number of students) - 12 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 6 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
sketch, describe and explain the basic properties of general machine parts, and of the basic functional groups of machines and equipment
describe and explain basic engineering calculations for predicting the properties of general machine parts and basic functional groups of machines and equipment
describe and explain basic engineering knowledge about standard SW for computer aided design work
Skills
recognize and apply engineering design of general machine parts and basic functional groups of machines and equipment, analyze them using calculations and design their alternatives
apply basic engineering knowledge of material science, manufacturing technology, mechanics, elasticity and strength, and other supporting engineering disciplines
perform basic engineering calculations for prediction of properties of general machine parts and basic functional groups of machines and equipment
use basic engineering knowledge of standard SW for computer aided design work
Competences
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N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
describe and explain the technical product as a heterogeneous technical system for the realization of required transformations, its life cycle, engineering design structures and system of their properties, incl. their mutual relationships
describe and explain the systematic process of creative engineering designing of a technical product understood as a heterogeneous technical system with flexible integrated use of all standard engineering design strategies
describe and explain systematic creative engineering designing of alternatives of conceptual and constructional structures of technical product
describe and explain systematic evaluation of suitability of technical products incl. analyses and decision making about their quality and competitiveness
Skills
design technical product by decomposing it into the general basic phases of the solution
elaborate creatively a systematic comprehensive requirements specification on the designed technical product throughout its life cycle, incl. use of provided SW support
design systematically and creatively alternatives of conceptual and constructional structures of a technical product
evaluate systematically weak and strong properties and the resulting quality and competitiveness of alternatives of designed technical product using the available SW support
manage systematically the engineering design project of a technical product and combine theoretically based, instructive, intuitive and experimental engineering design methods suboptimally
document, present and justify systematically and comprehensibly the engineering design process and resulting designed technical product
Competences
N/A
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N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
E-learning
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Skills
Project-based instruction
Students' portfolio
Competences
Practicum
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Task-based study method
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Group presentation at a seminar
Skills
Project
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Project
Combined exam
Group presentation at a seminar
Recommended literature
  • Eder, Wolfgang Ernst; Hosnedl, Stanislav. Design engineering : a manual for enhanced creativity. Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-4200-4765-3.
  • Eder, Wolfgang Ernst; Hosnedl, Stanislav. Introduction to Design Engineering: Systematic Creativity and Management. CRC Press / Balkema, Taylor & Francis Group, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2010.
  • Eder*, Wolfgang Ernst; Hosnedl, Stanislav. Introduction to Design Engineering: Systematic Creativity and Management.. USA: CRC Press. Taylor & Francis Group, London, New York., 2024.
  • Hosnedl, S. Systémové navrhování technických produktů. Case Examples ke cvičením. Plzeň, ZČU, FST. 2022.
  • Hosnedl, S. Systémové navrhování technických produktů. Plzeň, ZČU, FST, 2009.
  • Hubka, V. Engineering design: General procedural model of engineering design. Zürich: Heurista. 1992.
  • Hubka, V. Konstrukční nauka : Obecný model postupu při konstruování. Praha : Konservis, 1995. ISBN 80-90 1135-0-8.


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