METE 401 MATERIALS ENGINEERING DESIGN I

TEXTBOOKS :

1. Ashby , Materials Selection in Mechanical Design , Elsevier , all editions

2. Fleddermann , Engineering Ethics, Prentice Hall, all editions

REFERENCE BOOKS :

1. Dieter , Engineering Design: A Materials and Processing Approach, McGraw Hill, all editions

2. Farag , Materials Selection for Engineering Design , Prentice Hall, all editions

3. Crane and Charles , Selection and Use of Engineering Materials , Butterworth , all editions

COURSE CONTENT :

1. INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING DESIGN (Ashby – Ch.1, 2 ) (1 week)

· Types of Engineering Design and the Role of Materials

· Steps of Product Design: Conceptual Design, Embodiment Design, Detailed Design

· Introduction to Design Tools: Modeling, Simulation, Optimization, CAD-CAM

2. DESIGNING AGAINST FAILURE (Dieter – Ch.8) (Farag – Ch.4, 6) (3 weeks)

· Factor of Safety in Design

· Designing for Tensile, Compressive, Bending and Buckling Loads

· Designing for Brittle Fracture and Low Temperature Resistance

· Designing against Fatigue Failure

· Designing for Creep and High Temperature Resistance

· Designing for Oxidation, Corrosion and Wear Resistance

3. MATERIALS SELECTION IN DESIGN (Ashby – Ch.3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10) (3 weeks)

· The Classes and Properties of Engineering Materials

· Methods of Materials Selection

· Ashby Charts and the Method of Weight-Factors

· Derivation of Material Indices

· Use of Materials Selection Charts

· Use of Computerized Materials Databases

· Differences in Designing with Polymers, Composites and Ceramics

4. PROCESS SELECTION IN DESIGN (Ashby – Ch.7, 8) (Dieter – Ch.9) (Farag – Ch.7) (3 weeks)

· Classification of Manufacturing Processes and their Role in Design

· Use of Process Selection Charts and Computerized Databases

· Designing for Castings, Forging, Deformation Processes, Powder Methods

· Designing for Machining, Welding, Joining and Finishing Processes, Assembly

· Designing for Residual Stresses and Heat Treatment

· Designing for Polymer, Composite and Ceramic Processing Methods

5. ECONOMIC, INDUSTRIAL, AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES IN DESIGN (Ashby – Ch. 15, 16, 17, 18) (Dieter – Ch.13) (1 week)

· Cost Analysis, Cost Estimates, Manufacturing Costs

· Materials and Industrial Design, Materials and the Environment, Eco-design

6. ENGINEERING ETHICS (Fleddermann –Ch.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) (3 weeks)

· Professionalism, Laws, Contracts, Copyrights, Liability

· Codes of Ethics, Ethical Theories, Solving Ethical Conflicts

· Cases, Discussions

ENGINEERING ETHICS DISCUSSIONS:

Each team will present an engineering ethics topic with case studies followed by team discussions

DESIGN PROJECT:

Teams will submit 2 reports on a “Materials and Process Selection” project for a given design topic