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IME 4480 - Advanced Computer-Aided Design
Catalog Description:
Understanding and application of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) principles for design analysis of conceptual designs. Exposure to and utilization of commercial software packages for computer-based design analysis techniques (e.g., Finite Element Analysis - FEA) and customized design evaluation (e.g., symbolic evaluation). Interaction with, and among, selected drafting/modeling and design/analysis packages.
Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: IME 3440 and IME 3480. Corequisite: IME 4490.
Credits: 3 hours
Lecture Hours - Laboratory Hours: (2 - 3)
Prerequisites by Topic:
- Understanding Equilibrium Principle for 2-D and 3-D situations (IME 3480)
- Ability to apply Equilibrium Conditions to 2-D and 3-D situations (IME 3480)
- Comprehension of the different types of body stresses in a mechanical and/or structural component (IME 3480)
- Capability to determine the magnitudes of the existing body stresses in 2-D
and
3-D situations (IME 3480) - Fundamental understanding of thermodynamics laws and the related parameters (IME 2830)
- Fundamental understanding of conservation of energy and mass principles applied to fluid mechanics problems (IME 2840)
- Capability to define and follow algorithmic approaches to problem solving
(CS 1110)
Course Objectives, Performance Criteria, and Outcomes:
Course Objectives |
ABET-TAC Outcomes2 |
Performance Criteria Measured1 |
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|---|---|---|---|
Identify and model the analysis conditions of 2-D and 3-D mechanical and structural components |
a* | A2: Understand and apply modeling issues for computer-aided analysis of components |
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Numerically analyze and solve solid mechanics problems using computer-aided engineering tools |
Properly specify constraints that reflect functionality of modeled components/systems in CAD |
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Perform critical and creative analysis for redesign of existing mechanical and structural components |
f* | F2: Perform design changes to fulfill specified requirements for components |
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Report and present individual and group engineering analysis results |
g* | G2: Identify and obtain analysis results that properly illustrate the design process applied |
Performance Criteria1: IME performance criteria may be found at http://www.wmich.edu/ime/performance-criteria.html
ABET-TAC Outcomes2: Outcomes may be found at http://www.abet.org/
*results tracked in ABET course notebooks
Textbooks:
Pro/MECHANICA Tutorial – Structure – Integrated Mode (Wildfire 4.0), by R. Toogood, Schroff Development Corporation, Mission, KS, 2008.
Catia V5 FEA Tutorials – Release 19, Nader G. Zamani, Schroff Development Corporation, Mission, KS, 2009.
References
User's Manuals. Various commercial software packages.
Introduction to Finite Element Analysis and Design, Nam-Ho Kim and B. V. Sankar, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, 2009.
Course Coordinator:
Jorge Rodriguez
Western Michigan University
E-224 Parkview Campus
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49008-5336
Phone: 276-3374
Email: jorge.rodriguez@wmich.edu
Revision Date: Summer 2011