Budynas – Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design

• Material used by the lecturers during the lectures, and distributed through the university portal.

Argomenti del programma: The aim of the subject is to provide the minimum skills and knowledge necessary for the design and verification of mechanical elements and it represents the straight development and insight of the contents of the subject Fundamental of Strenght of Materials towards applications of machine design.

• Lectures: the subject is fully treated in the slides provided by the teacher. Reference textbooks of international standing are suggested (some herein at the end).
• Tutorials: texts of problems, datasheets of materials, extracts or abstracts of standards and handbooks will be provided by the tutor. All lecture materials will be made available on the subject website before the lecture.

Argomenti del programma: 1 ? The design process: methods, goals, activities. Needs, requirements, constraints, innovation targets. Tools and examples of design of systems and machines. Outlines of related standards. Concept, synthesis, verification and validation. Safety and reliability. Functional, operational and architectural requirements. Role of standards, best practices and modelling activity in design.