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CODE 56643
ACADEMIC YEAR 2020/2021
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR ING-IND/14
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • GENOVA
SEMESTER 1° Semester
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

OVERVIEW

The objective of this course is to provide the concepts, procedures, decision analysis techniques necessary to design machine elemnts commonly found in mechanical and naval devices.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The aim of this course is to supply  overall methods for machine design in reference to static, fatigue strength, and brittle failure

TEACHING METHODS

classroom lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

What’s Machine design

Materials

Static strenth, Plastic deformation, Strength and hardness, Viscoelasticity, Creep and temperature properties

Design for static strength

Failure of ductile and brittle materials, Stress concentration, Determination of stress concentration factors, Stress concentration charts, Design for static strength with notched elements

Design for fatigue strength

S-N diagram, High-cycle fatigue, Endurance –limit modifying factors, Stress-concentration effects, Torsion, stress due to combined loading, Cumulative fatigue damage

Fracture mechanics

Stress state in a crack, SIF, Critical stress-intensity factor, Fracture toughness factors, Fatigue cracks propagation

Pressure vessel design

Cylindrical and spherical pressure vessels: thick and thin-walled vessel, shrink fits

Shafts

Flexural vibration, Torsional vibration

Weldings design for static and fatigue loads

Flexible mechanical elements

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

J.E. Shigley, “Mechanical Engineering Design”, MCGraw-Hill

R.E. Peterson, “Stress Concentration factors”, Wiley-Interscience Publication

R.W. Hertzberg, “Deformation and fracture mechanics of engineering materials”, John Wiley & Sons

R.C. Juvinall, “ Fundamentals of machine component design”, John Wiley & Sons

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARGHERITA MONTI (President)

GIOVANNI BERSELLI

PAOLO SILVESTRI

ROBERTO RAZZOLI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

Class schedule

The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

oral examination

Exam schedule

Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note
13/01/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale
28/01/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale
15/02/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale
14/06/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale
12/07/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale
13/09/2021 09:00 GENOVA Orale

FURTHER INFORMATION

prerequisites: continuum mechanics