This course was previously coded as ME303 Introduction to Mechanical Design and is now updated with a new Course Code.

For International Students to take this course, you are encouraged to choose the Spring semester where a Bilingual approach is adopted. Due to the student demands over the years, many of our local students expressed the need for taking the Graduate Entrance Exam which is conducted in Chinese and the Autumn semester course will be delivered in Chinese mainly. You are welcome to take the course in Autumn semester if your Chinese proficiency is fluent to go through the course content in Chinese. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. And if you need full English content of this course, please refer to the course webpage in the Autumn of 2018 and 2019, where all course materials were delivered in English.

Course Description

机械设计是一门培养学生具有机械设计能力的专业技术基础课，是机械类各专业培养方案中的主干课程。本课程在教学内容方面应着重传授基本知识、基本理论和基本方法，在培养实践能力方面应着重创新设计构思和综合设计技能的基本训练。

Mechanical design, a professional technical foundation course to cultivate students with mechanical design ability, is the main course in the training program of mechanical majors. This course should focus on teaching basic knowledge, basic theory, and basic methods. It should focus on basic training in innovative design ideas and comprehensive design skills in cultivating practical ability.

机械设计是一门培养学生具有机械设计能力的专业技术基础课，是机械类各专业培养方案中的主干课程。本课程在教学内容方面应着重传授基本知识、基本理论和基本方法，在培养实践能力方面应着重创新设计构思和综合设计技能的基本训练。本课程的主要任务是通过课程教学培养学生：机械工程科学知识的应用能力；设计机械系统、部件和零件的能力；对于机械工程问题进行系统表达、建立模型、分析求解和论证的能力；在机械工程实践中初步掌握并使用各种技术、技能和现代化设计工具的能力。

The main task of this course is to cultivate students through the course teaching: the application of mechanical engineering scientific knowledge; the ability to design mechanical systems, components, and parts; for mechanical engineering problems for the systematic expression, modeling, analysis, and demonstration of the ability to solve; in the mechanical engineering practice and the initial mastery of various technologies, skills and modern design tools.

Learning Outcome

本课程主要面向机械工程、机器人工程及力学与航空航天专业本科生开设，预达学习成果如下：

This course is intended for undergraduate mechanical engineering, robotics engineering, and mechanics and aerospace students, with the following learning outcomes.

1. 能够通过应用工程、科学和数学原理识别、制定和解决复杂的工程问题；
   An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics;
2. 能够应用工程设计来产生满足特定需求的解决方案，并考虑到公共健康、安全和福利，以及全球、文化、社会、环境和经济因素；
   An ability to use engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors;
3. 具有与各种受众有效沟通的能力；
   An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
4. 能够认识到工程情况下的道德和专业责任，并作出明智的判断，必须考虑工程解决方案在全球、经济、环境和社会背景下的影响；
   An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts;
5. 有能力在一个团队中有效运作，其成员共同提供领导，创造一个合作和包容的环境，建立目标，计划任务，并达到目标；
   An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives;
6. 有能力开发和进行适当的实验，分析和解释数据，并使用工程判断来得出结论；
   An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions;
7. 有能力使用适当的学习策略，根据需要获取和应用新知识；
   An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies;
8. 有能力将现代计算机工程工具的使用融入工程实践中。
   An ability to integrate modern computer-based engineering tools into engineering practice.

Course Instructors & Teaching Support

Academic Integrity

• This course follows the SUSTech Code of Academic Integrity. This course’s students must abide by the SUSTech Code of Academic Integrity. Any work submitted by a student in this course for academic credit will be the student’s work. Violations of the rules (e.g., cheating, copying, non-approved collaborations) will not be tolerated.

Course Materials

• Required:
  • Textbook by HUST on Mechanical Design 
    • Limited copies can be borrowed from the TAs; contact any of them to collect and return them before the semester ends.
    • Lecture Notes on Mechanical Design by HUST
  • Textbook by HUST on Mechanism Design
    • Limited copies can be borrowed from the TAs; contact any of them to collect and return them before the semester ends.
    • Lecture Notes on Mechanism Design by HUST
  • Textbook by Zhu Kezhen on Mechanical Design
• Optional:
  • Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design (McGraw-Hill Series in Mechanical Engineering) 10th Edition by Richard G Budynas (Author), Keith J Nisbett (Author)
  • Machine Design (5th Edition) by Robert L. Norton (Author)
  • Textbook for Master Entrance Exam by HUST: Volume 1 and Volume 2
  • Textbook on Lab Projects for Mechanism and Mechanical Design
  • Sample Homework by Previous Students: Sample 1 and Sample 2
• Other references that could be useful
  • 常用机械计算与非标选型（Excel）
  • 机构设计实用构思图册
  • 机构运动设计平台说明书参考文件
  • 极限与配合
  • 机械制图-零件图
  • 机械制图-装配图

Lecture Notes

• All submission deadlines are at 23:30 (No late submission is allowed)
• Link to Homework Submission. MUST be handwritten by yourself on A4 paper clearly, logically, and correctly. The final exam will be handwritten, so doing homework and quiz by hand is excellent practice for you to become familiar with how to solve mechanical design problems. You won’t have access to a computer during the exam. 🙁
• All students must be in class in person to take the quiz, or we will postpone the quiz until the next time all students are in the classroom together.

Week	Wednesday (Room 107, 1st Teaching Building)	Friday (Room 107, 1st Teaching Building)	Assignment / Quiz / Others
01	理论课：第01章 – 机械设计总论（上） Wed Sep 13: 1020～1210	理论课：第01章 – 机械设计总论（下） Fri Sep 15: 1020～1210	Homework 01 Release Homework 01 Deadline: Sep 19 @ 23:30 Homework 01 Answer
02	习题课：第01章 – 机械设计总论 Wed Sep 20: 1020～1210
03	理论课：第02章 – 平面连杆机构（上） Wed Sep 27: 1020～1210	理论课：第02章 – 平面连杆机构（下） Fri Sep 29: 1020～1210 Fri Oct 08: 1020～1210	Homework 02 Release Homework 02 Deadline: Oct 10 @ 23:30 Homework 02 Answer
04	习题课：第02章 – 平面连杆机构 Wed Oct 11: 1020～1210		Quiz 1 In-class (~40 mins) Quiz 1 Answer
05	理论课：第03章 – 齿轮传动设计（上1） Wed Oct 18: 1020～1210	理论课：第03章 – 齿轮传动设计（上2） Fri Oct 20: 1020～1210	Homework 03 Release Homework 03 Deadline: Oct 24 @ 23:30 Homework 03 Answer
06	理论课：第03章 – 齿轮传动设计（下1） Wed Oct 25: 1020～1210
07	理论课：第03章 – 齿轮传动设计（下2） Wed Nov 01: 1020～1210	习题课：第03章 – 齿轮传动设计 Fri Nov 03: 1020～1210	Homework 04 Release Homework 04 Deadline: Nov 07 @ 23:30 Homework 04 Answer
08	理论课：第04章 – 轴承及轴设计（上） Wed Nov 08: 1020～1210
09	理论课：第04章 – 轴承及轴设计（中） Wed Nov 15: 1020～1210	理论课：第04章 – 轴承及轴设计（下） Fri Nov 17: 1020～1210	Homework 05 Release Homework 05 Deadline: Nov 21 @ 23:30 Homework 05 Answer
10	习题课：第04章 – 轴承及轴设计 Wed Nov 22: 1020～1210		Quiz 2 In-class (~40 mins) Quiz 2 Answer
11	理论课：第05章 – 连接及连接件（上） Wed Nov 29: 1020～1210	理论课：第05章 – 连接及连接件（下） Fri Dec 01: 1020～1210	Homework 06 Release Homework 06 Deadline: Dec 05 @ 23:30 Homework 06 Answer
12	习题课：第05章 – 连接及连接件 Wed Dec 06: 1020～1210
13	理论课：第06章 – 挠性传动设计（上） Wed Dec 13: 1020～1210	理论课：第06章 – 挠性传动设计（下） Fri Dec 15: 1020～1210
14	理论课：第07章 – 支承零件设计 Wed Dec 20: 1020～1210
15	理论课：第08章 – 智能生成设计 Wed Dec 27: 1020～1210	习题课：第09章 – 课程综合回顾 Fri Dec 29: 1020～1210	Quiz 3 In-class (~40 mins) Quiz 3 Answer
16	理论课：第09章 – 课程综合回顾 Wed Jan 03: 1020～1210

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