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Fundamentals of engineering and engineering technology

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 632-0001/02
Abbreviation ZSST
Course title Fundamentals of engineering and engineering technology
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Materials and Technologies for Vehicles
Course coordinator Ing. Michal Weisz, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Introduction to the subject, Standardization of technical documentation. Technical drawings (types, scales, formats, types of lines, composition of drawings). Fundamentals of technical imaging. Rectangular projection. Display and dimensioning of basic geometric shapes.

2. Display and dimensioning of standardized elements. Prescribing the texture (roughness) of the surface on the drawing. Marking of profiles and bars. Display and dimensioning of threads, screws, nuts.

3. Accuracy and tolerance of dimensions, nominal dimension, upper limit dimension, lower limit dimension, tolerance, interpretation of limit dimensions. Calculation of tolerances for individual degrees of accuracy.

4. Display and dimensioning of more complex components, groups and assemblies. Modern methoods of creating technical documentation, progressive tools for product design.

5. Chip machining, basic terms of the machining process. Technological conditions of the machining process, machining of rotary surfaces - turning, machining of flat surfaces - milling.

6. Machining holes - drilling and reaming, drawing, dividing material, surface finishing technology - grinding, honing, lapping and polishing.

7. Surface treatments - meaning and division of surface treatments, basic technology of surface treatments.

8. Welding - methods of welding, characteristics of individual methods of welding, pressure welding, fusion welding, welding in protective atmospheres, welding technology.

9. Procedure for designing a welded structure, advantages and area of application. Basic types of weld joints, inspection of welds, weld defectoscopy.

10. Introduction to technical mechanics, force analysis of the system, basic stress tips and their classification. Procedure for determining limit values when loading machine components.

11. Design and calculation of selected types of standardized machine components, strength control, determination of service life estimate.

12. General procedure for component design, selection of appropriate production technologies, compilation of a technological production process for different input conditions.

E-learning

E-výuka

Literature

WICKERT, Jonathan A. a Kemper E. LEWIS. An introduction to mechanical engineering. Enhanced fourth edition. Boston: Cengage, [2021]. ISBN 978-0-357-38230-1 .

UGURAL, A. C. Mechanical engineering design. Third edition. Boca Raton: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2021]. ISBN 978-0-367-51347-4.

BUDYNAS, Richard Gordon a J. Keith NISBETT. Shigley's mechanical engineering design. 8th ed. in SI Units. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2008. McGraw-Hill series in mechanical engineering. ISBN 978-007-125763-3.

Advised literature

ATKINS, Anthony G. a M. P. ESCUDIER. A dictionary of mechanical engineering. 1th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. Oxford paperback reference. ISBN 978-0-19-958743-8.