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New to SearchLT?  Sign Up here!  Members log in:  Username:    Password:      Forgot your password?            Search in this Subject        Home  > Directory > Engineering Design     1. Blueprint        Full Description/Review/Comments This resource gives the user the opportunity to become a designer for a racing car manufacturer. The student is guided through the design to manufacture process of a race car and is introduced to team working in design and the difficult decisions required for successful product design. After completing the design it is possible to race the car against other designs. The package is intended to complement and extend traditional approaches of teaching engineering design. Whilst it may be used during an organised design teaching session where staff may monitor and advise upon student progress, the system is intended for use by students as a self-learning package. Based upon a concurrent engineering approach, the system integrates a number of important subject areas that are taught on an engineering undergraduate programme of study. In addition to being an aid to teaching design, the system may be used in a number of ways to demonstrate the interdependent nature of engineering decision making and hence encourage an integrated approach to the academic content. ... http://www.ider.herts.ac.uk/ider/BLUEPRINT.html   2. CALGroup        Full Description/Review/Comments CALGroup was one of the first projects funded by the Teaching and Learning Technology. There are over 60 course modules covering a wide range of topics in Engineering, Technology and Science. Modules topics include: electricity, basic electronics, digital electronics, control, datacoms, fluid dynamics, manufacturing, particle dynamics, rigid body dynamics, statics. The modules are written in lecture note style, explaining the theory with self assessment questions throughout. There are also simulations and interactive problems for the student to solve. The student monitoring and assessment systems are optionally included as part of the full complete academic package.... http://www.lboro.ac.uk/calgroup/   3. CALGroup : Design        Full Description/Review/Comments This resource was developed at the University of Loughborough. It includes conceptual design and design for manufacture modules. The conceptual design module involves an exercise using the example of a motorway over-bridge for which an outline design must be generated. The student chooses solutions based on factors such as cost and aesthetic appeal. The design for manufacture module is mostly based around an exercise inolving an electronic timer unit. The user must select components and conside costs at each stage of the production process. The exercises covered in these modules are aimed at students from all engineering disciplines. The students are encouraged to make choices about an engineering process and are given feedback based on those choices. By using the simulation, the student is expected tho think analytically and learn about the concepts of design.... http://www.lboro.ac.uk/calgroup/   4. DANotes : design and analysis of machine elements        Full Description/Review/Comments An Australian introduction to the analysis of machine elements. Covers: design (what, why and how); stress, strength and safety; miscellaneous strength topics; springs; threaded fasteners; welded joints; cylinders; pressure vessels; squirrel cage motors; v-belt drives; brakes; and spur gears, buckling, fracture mechanics, and finite elements. Photographs and illustrations are plentiful, along with some animation. Some downloadable Macintosh applications have been prepared to assist in the design task. Very much of the nature of an online text book written to accompany a lecture course, with each section being a self contained introduction to an area of design. Bibliographies, problems and solutions are available for most sections, along with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).... http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/DANotes/   5. DANotes: Springs        Full Description/Review/Comments An Australian introduction to the analysis of springs. Starts with a description of different types of springs and their force-deflection characteristics. Covers: the mathematics of shear stress, stiffness and buckling of compression springs; fatigue loading; spring design and properties of ferrous materials used for springs. Photographs and illustrations are plentiful, along with some animation. Very much of the nature of an online text book written to accompany a lecture course, with each section being a self contained introduction to an area of design. Bibliographies, problems and solutions are available for most sections, along with Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).... http://www.mech.uwa.edu.au/DANotes/springs/home.html   6. Design builder        Full Description/Review/Comments This resource consists of a multimedia virtual environment that interactively simulates the mechanical engineering design process from the point at which a customer denotes a need, to the production of a fully detailed manufacturing specification. The design is undertaken using a concurrent engineering philosophy. The student takes the role of a designer heading a team working on a design problem. They are supported by the software which uses a.i. knowledge based systems to simulate subject experts. The experts advise and comment upon decisions taken by the student, and by each other, to assist the production of a unique design solution. This resource may be used in a formal teaching session with staff on hand to assist the students. However it is primarily designed as a self learning package, which aims to integrate a number of subject areas taught in an undergraduate degree programme and ecourage an integrated approach to the academic content of the degree.... http://www.ider.herts.ac.uk/ider/design.htm   7. Failure as a design criterion        Full Description/Review/Comments This resource gives information on types of design failure, details real life situations, and links to external resources. Unforeseen loads & consequences, flawed decision making, flawed safety culture, visionary management style, and inaccurate assessment of market needs are all discussed as reasons for failure. These topics are grouped under headings of: Structural failures, Human-System interaction failures and Failure of design management. Case study material includes: Tacoma Narrows Bridge; Comet Airliner; Challenger Space Shuttle; Challenger Space Shuttle; De Lorean Motor Company; Sinclair C5 Electric Vehicle; Hughes Aircraft Company Spruce Goose . This resource also contains a link to tutorial material on fracture mechanics. The use of real life situations to illustrate reasons for design failure, along with the use of slides and photographs, makes this an informative and accessible resource.... http://www.tech.plym.ac.uk/sme/FailureCases/FAILURE.htm   8. GeotechniCAL        Full Description/Review/Comments This web site provides information about a set of stand alone computer programs for ground engineering. The learning an teaching material covers general ground engineering concepts, finite elements, foundations, laboratory tests, site investigation, slopes, and water. There are also links to other ground engineering resources on the web, and information about educational technology issues from this site. These programmes are designed to be used within the framework of a university-taught course; to supplement rather than replace other teaching methods; to permit maximum flexibility in the way they are used; to encourage independent learning; to support different learning styles; and to ease the problems of large classes. A variety of approaches to educational technology are represented in this material. The level of interactivity, and the medium of material varies across the subjects that are covered. ... http://www.uwe.ac.uk/geocal/geocal.htm   9. GeotechniCAL on the web        Full Description/Review/Comments Ground engineering educational material is available for download from this web site. The material covers an array of ground engineering topics, including: soil mechanics and groundwater; foundation design; retaining walls; slope stability. This material includes simulations, case studies, self-assessment questions, a glossary and reference material, amongst other types of educational resources. There is also a facility for students and tutors to provide feedback to one another. ... http://fbe.uwe.ac.uk/public/geocal/geoweb.htm   10. Innovative design engineering research        Full Description/Review/Comments iDer is an engineering research group based at the Manufacturing Systems Centre of the University of Hertfordshire. This web site describes four educational software packages which are available from the iDer group. The software packages deal with product design, approaches to manufacturing high volume products, the mechanical engineering design process using concurrent engineering, and the appliaction of concurrent engineering in a modern manufacturing environment. The modules have been designed to work as complete units for the learner to progress through, with questions and assessments provided at intervals. However, individual subject indexes are also provided for the modules, and a global index of all the products is available. In this way, specific parts of the modules can be used separately, and tutors can provide links to the most relevant parts of the modules from their own Web pages.... http://www.ider.herts.ac.uk/ider/   11. Interactive concurrent engineering        Full Description/Review/Comments This resource introduces the subject of concurrent engineering and its application in a modern manufacturing environment. ICE is intended to demonstrate the importance of company wide communications and how they may help or hinder the sequence of design to manufacture and the subsequent success or failure of that company. This resource is particularly suitable as an introduction to subject areas undertaken by engineering, business studies and management students, or as an introduction to Design Builder resource. ... http://www.ider.herts.ac.uk/ider/ice.htm   12. Intermediate and advanced engineering training        Full Description/Review/Comments This resource is part of the Integrated Publishing website and is under the free, publicly available information section. The material is split into the following chapters: Construction methods and materials: heavy construction; Construction methods and materials: electrical and mechanical systems; Horizontal construction; Project drawings; Specifications/material estimating/ advanced base planning; Care and adjustment of surveying equipment; Indirect Levelling/level and traverse computations; Topographic surveying and mapping; Plane-table topography and map projection; Engineering and link surveys; Horizontal and vertical curves; Electronic surveying equipment; materials testing; technical administration and supervision; Field astronomy and triangulation; Soils: surveying and exploration/classification/field identifiaction; Mix design: concrete and asphalt stabilizaton. This resource contains information about various aspects of engineering. It is written in the style of an online text book, and includes some review questions and answers. It is subdivided into sections in such a way that the different parts could be used independently.... http://www.tpub.com/inteng/   13. Introduction to mechanisms        Full Description/Review/Comments This tutorial has been produced as part of a course on rapid design through virtual and physical prototyping. It is the result of collaboration between Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon, and Stanford Universities. Its 8 main sections include: physical principles, mechanisms and simple machines, basic kinematics of constrained rigid bodies, planar linkages, cams, gears, and other mechanisms. Online textbook with illustrations and diagrams. An index and a list of references are included, together with a list of figures.... http://www.cs.cmu.edu/People/rapidproto/mechanisms/tablecontents.html   14. MECH152 - design and manufacturing I        Full Description/Review/Comments These lecture notes, which take the form of some 20 powerpoint presentations, support the Design and Manufacturing I course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. They include metal casting, glassworking, polymer processing, metal cutting, and extrusion. Some lab notes and lab exercises/works are also provided. The lecture presentations contain many images which are accompanied by brief notes. Since they were intended to accompany a lecture some may be difficult for students to follow.... http://www-mech.ust.hk/~mech152/   15. Mechanical Dissection        Full Description/Review/Comments This web site contains mechanical engineering course material developed at Stanford University. It consists of PDF instructions which explain how to take electrical appliances appart and then reassemble them. Appliances include: Bicycle, Disk Drive, Drill and Bathroom Scales. This resource is designed to promote new teaching techniques, with the specific objectives of giving students an understanding of mechanical artefacts, allowing them to develop an awareness of the design process, increasing their awareness of the importance of communication skills and developing their problem solving skills. The PDF files contain cook book style instructions about disassembling and reassembling several different devices. Explanations and tutorial questions are also given.... http://www-adl.stanford.edu/labs.html   16. Mechanical engineering design        Full Description/Review/Comments This text book published by McGraw-Hill, covers areas of mechanical engineering design such as materials, failure prevention and the design of mechanical elements. The text presents short design problems with worked solutions or illustrative examples for each topic area. This text book has been written for engineering students who are beginning a course of study in mechanical engineering design.... http://www.mcgraw-hill.co.uk/html/0070083037.html   17. Modelling and simulation of multidisciplinary systems        Full Description/Review/Comments These course modules are provided by RichODL, an EU Socrates funded programme which produced open and distance learning material. The home page provides information about a number of course modules. The courses include: Multipole modelling and simulation; Distributed-parameter multipoles; Modelling of electromechanical systems; Modelling of robotic systems; Sources of computational errors; Numerical differential-equation solvers; Simulation and control, a first course; and DYNAST-driven animation. This material has been prepared for open and distance learning. Most of the modules are aimed at an advanced theoretical level, and some use the DYNAST software to demonstrate examples and principles.... http://virtual.cvut.cz/odl/   18. Probability, reliability and statistical methods in engi...        Full Description/Review/Comments This book presents the fundamentals of reliability and statistics for risk-based engineering analysis and design. The general theme of the book is assessing risk and reliability of engineering structures. This book is primarily aimed at undergraduate Civil Engineering Students but includes high level theoretical mathematics and would therefore also suit masters students. The book includes practical examples for the materials presented.... http://www.wileyeurope.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0471331198.html   19. Rotor dynamics        Full Description/Review/Comments Rotor dynamics is the study of rotating machines. The Rotor Dynamics tutorial divides the topic into its constituent parts: rotating shafts, bearings, seals, out-of-balance systems, instability and condition monitoring. Each section contains explanations and links to commercial and non-commercial sites of relevance to that section. A brief page addressing the practical applications of rotor dynamics is also included. The site is very much like a text book, with separate sections to explain the subject, which resemble chapters.... http://www.brad.ac.uk/research/mbdmst/rotordynamic/   20. SHOTLIST : design methodology in engineering - three cas...        Full Description/Review/Comments SHOTLIST produce videos for higher education under the guidence of a consortium of UK universities and colleges. This video explores the interactions of marketing, designing, manufacturing and selling in three work places: a major company, a small company and an example from the public sector. The video is designed to augment lectures or distance learning and can be used during a lecture or as self study material. The video may be editted or reformatted to suit the use for which it is required.... http://www.shotlist.co.uk/engineering/vid11.html   21. TechOnLine        Full Description/Review/Comments This site contains several lecture courses on products and technologies for design engineers. Lengths and styles of lectures vary but all include text along with speech. Topics include: Digital Signal Processing (DSP), embedded systems, fuzzy logic, microprocessors and power electronics Each lecture has an introduction which helps to give an idea of the target audience and subjects covered. Lecture style notes are provided (text and speech) and some courses have short self assessment exercises.... http://www.techonline.com/community/ed_resource/course   22. Virtual car 4.0        Full Description/Review/Comments Virtual car is a package developed at the University of Washington. It is available as a downloadable file from the website. The purpose is to allow students to quickly design toy cars and then to build and race them. Computer aided drawing is used to design the toy cars, and choice of different materials is allowed. Analysis can be done on the cars before the actual models are made. Virtual Car is designed to be a fun exercise which will allow the student to learn many modern engineering techniques such as engineering design, virtual prototyping, vehicle design and rapid prototyping. The learning goals are: for students to form a clearer picture of what engineers do, what problems they are concerned with and how they approach them; and for students to begin to develop the mental discipline of an engineering designer. The strategy taken is to highlight the application of maths and science to design without introducing burdonsome calculations and to bridge the gap between designing and building. Support for lectures is provided including instructions, guidance and questions to ask students.... http://www.virtual-car.org/   23. West Point Bridge Designer 2002        Full Description/Review/Comments This software from the United States Military Academy provides the user with a computer aided design environment for bridge design. The user can model, test, and optimize a steel highway bridge, based on realistic specifications, constraints, and performance criteria. During testing feedback is given where the bridge is inherently unstable, stresses and deflections are shown graphically, and after testing the members which failed are highlighted. The software is designed to allow the user to gain hands on experience in civil engineering design. The user interface is easy to use so it should be possible to use this package in a short time and try out different bridge designs in a few lessons. The website shows where this software has been used as a basis for a competition based on a project to build the best bridge.... http://bridgecontest.usma.edu/download.htm   24. Working model        Full Description/Review/Comments Working Model is designed to simulate 2 dimensional multi-body dynamical sytems relevant to the study of statics, dynamics, biomechanics, design, vibration, and control. The user can design the system and can run a simulation, looking at various dynamical variables. The package interfaces with Excel, Matlab and CAD packages. The resource can be used for demonstrating principles of multibody dynamic systems without having to use hardware. Many pre-written simulations can be downloaded from the Working model website which facilitate this. It is also possible to allows students to design complex systems themselves and vary parameters, obtaining understanding through viewing the simulation. In this case Working model is acting as microworld which students can use to model and explore their understanding of dynamics. Several textbooks have been written which include exercises using Working model: see the website for further details.... http://www.workingmodel.com/
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