Title page for ETD etd-09012000-16240054

Type of Document

Master's Thesis

Author

Subramanian, Anuj

URN

etd-09012000-16240054

Title

Mechanical Design Desktop for Machine Elements

Degree

Master of Science

Department

Mechanical Engineering

Advisory Committee

Advisor Name	Title
Myklebust, Arvid	Committee Chair
Bohn, Jan Helge	Committee Member
Sturges, Robert H.	Committee Member

Keywords

Keywords: Machine Element
Machine Design

Date of Defense

2000-08-29

Availability

unrestricted

Abstract

The design of machine elements such as belts,
chain and sprocket, gears, cams, bearings, etc.,
is a complex procedure. The analytical procedure
to design such elements is non-linear, often based
upon statistical information and frequently
heuristic in nature. The procedure is iterative
and involves choosing various weighing factors
based upon the application and usage. The
procedure is greatly influenced by a designer's
intuitive skill and experience. Due to the
increased popularity of the Internet as a source
of information, a number of machine element
manufacturers have published design procedures
for the design of machine elements. Here, an
attempt has been made to arrange all the formulae,
tables, charts, standards, and web resources,
which are inherent to the design process,
to best aid the designer.

A number of computer applications for machine
design have been developed in the recent past
but are limited in scope and utility as they tend
to allow the designer to change only certain
parameters while assigning fixed values to most
parameters. This stifles the designer's creativity
and diverts focus on the computer program rather
than the physical problem. An attempt has been
made here to allow the designer flexibility in
design and increased productivity, by keeping a
record of the various steps undertaken by the
designer, in a particular design process.

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