ME 423: Machine Design

Course Instructor : Prof. Ramesh Singh

Office : Machine Tools Lab
Phone : 7507 (O) / 8507 (R)
Office Hours : Fridays 4:00 pm -5:00 pm
Website : http://www.me.iitb.ac.in/~ramesh/ME423/

Teaching Assistant : Mr. Sachin Alya/ Mr. Sandesh Birla/ Mr. Kevin Prajapati
Office : Machine Tools Lab
: 4518
: Thursdays 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

Class Timing : Slot 4

Monday: 11:35AM-12:30PM
Tuesday: 8:30AM-9:25AM
Thursday: 9:30AM-10:25AM

Course Objectives:
l Basics of Engineering Design
l Selection of Engineering Materials for Mechanical Design
l Analysis of Machine Elements
l Synthesis, Design, Modeling, Fabrication and Characterization of a complete system or a
product (proposed and executed by each group of 10 students)

Scheme of assessment
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Assignments + Quizzes 15%
Midterm 25%
Project 35% (15% In-sem in form of reports,
presentations, stage-wise prototype) + 20% Evaluation at
the semester end of the final product)
End semester exam 25%
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Total 100 %

Please note:
1. Lecture notes and home works will be posted on the course website
2. Homeworks will be individual and will be due in class on the day of submission. No
late homeworks accepted.
3. Any form of uncanny similarity or copying on the homework will be severely penalized.
4. Group project is an important part (35%) and it will be self-selected group of 10.
5. Surprise quizzes will be an in-class test for 15-20 minutes.
6. No cellphones on the desk. Cell phones should be either in your bag or pocket.

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Text Book:
• Machine Design: An integrated approach, R.L. Norton; Pearson Education Inc. (India), 2nd
edition, 2000
• Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design, R.G. Budynas,, J.K. Nisbett; Tata Mcgraw-Hill
Publishing Co. Ltd., 2012
References:
• Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, M.F. Ashby; Elsevier, 2010
• Engineering Design: A project based approach
• Fundamentals of Machine Component Design, R.C. Juvinall, K.M. Marshek, John Wiley & Sons,
3rd edition, 2000

Schedule of Lectures, Assignments and quizzes

Lecture Date Schedule of Lect Date Schedule of

No. Assignments & quizzes ure Assignments & quizzes
No.
1. 29.07.19 Mon Design Intro I 21. 30.09.19 Mon Lubrication and
Bearings IV
2. 30.07.19 Tue Design Intro II 22. 01.10.19 Tue Flexible Mechanical
Elements
3. 01.08.19 Thu Mechanics Review I 23. 03.10.19 Thu Flexible Mechanical
Elements
4. 05.08.19 Mon Mechanics Review II 24. 07.10.19 Mon Actuators I
5. 06.08.19 Tue Mechanics Review III 25. 10.10.19 Thu Actuators II
6. 08.08.19 Thu Materials Selection I 26. 14.10.19 Mon Actuators II
7. 13.08.19 Tue Materials Selection II 27. 15.10.19 Tue Actuators IV
8. 19.08.19 Mon Materials Selection III 28. 17.10.19 Thu Gears I
9. 20.08.19 Tue Materials Selection IV 29. 21.10.19 Mon Gears II
10. 22.08.19 Thu Steady and Variable 30. 22.10.19 Tue Springs I
Loading
11. 26.08.19 Mon Simple Machine Parts I 31. 24.10.19 Thu Flywheels
12. 27.08.19 Tue Simple Machine Parts II 32. 28.10.19 Mon Clutches
13. 29.08.19 Thu Simple Machine Parts 33. 31.10.19 Thu Brakes
III
14. 03.09.19 Tue Simple Machine Parts 34. 04.11.19 Mon Couplings
IV
15. 05.09.19 Thu Welding and Fastening I 35. 05.11.19 Tue Miscellaneous
16. 09.09.19 Mon Welding and Fastening 36. 07.11.19 Thu Miscellaneous
II
17. 12.09.19 Tue Welding and Fastening (11-22).11.19 End-Sem Exam
III
(16-20).09.19 Mid-Sem Exam
18. 23.09.19 Mon Lubrication and
Bearings I
19. 24.09.19 Tue Lubrication and
Bearings II
20. 26.09.19 Thu Lubrication and
Bearings III