MECH 4003

Mechanical Systems Design

- Week 1 -

Chris Bassindale
Jayson Bursill
Ammar Shuker

Date : 10st September, 2017

 TA Information

Chris Bassindale
 Office: MC3041
 Office hours: by appointment
Jayson Bursill
 Office: CB7206
 Office hours: by appointment
Ammar Shuker
 Office: to be determined
 Office hours: by appointment
 The Important Stuff

 Assignments (20%)
 4 assignments (1 for each major topic)
 Groups of 2 people
 Design Project (25%)
 Teams of 5
 4 major deliverables
 Final Exam (55%)
 How Can I Fail this Course before I
Fail the Exam?

 Failure to submit an assignment

 Even if the assignment is late, all assignments
must be submitted to pass the course
 Failure to submit a component of the course
project
 Failure of the course project
 < 50% on the project component
 Refer to course outline for more info
 The Course Project

 Design of power transmission system

 Project Deliverables

 Research/Presentation (1%)
 Due in two week (Sept 24th/25th)
 Perform research on similar transmission systems and
related systems
 Presentations are to be no longer then 5 min.

 Specifications (2%)
 Due Oct 8th /9th
 Develop design requirements/constraints
 Develop timeline/workload distribution
 Project Deliverables - Continued

 Preliminary Design (2%)

 Due Nov 5th and 6th
 CAD drawings of selected design

 Final Design Report (20%)

 Due Dec 4th in PA session
 Journal style report
 Must include design calculations, CAD, FEA, etc.
 All previous deliverables must be included
 More details will be given as the deadline
approaches
 Deliverable 1 – Research Presentation

 Examine literature related to the design

problem
 What system are you using?
 What systems exist that are similar?
 What other systems could be used?
 Presentation
 Present to class during the PA
 Use PowerPoint
 Max time limit of 5 minutes
 All or one person can present
 Marked during PA
 Bring a copy on a USB
 You should include:

 Group number and member’s names

 See signup sheet for group number
 Problem statement
 Pertinent information
 Past/Current products (research)
 Similar systems available
 References (IEEE)
 (If you want you can also include
concept sketches)
 Research Resources

• Resources
• Library
• Journal publications (science direct)
• Patent office
• Online (Not Wikipedia)
 Before You Leave Today

 Form groups of 5 people max

 Sign up for project group