The technical goal of engineering education is to prepare students for taking up jobs mainly falling under two categories (i) On site work and (ii) Off site work.
On Site job: Those who will go for on site work will be engaged in activities such as supervision of a construction site, supervision at a production line, supervision of operations as desired by the employer and so on. Some engineers are engaged by companies to undertake functions such as sales and materials management.
Off Site Jobs: Those who will go for off site jobs will be engaged in doing analysis of system or cost, designing of new products or structure, modification of existing product or structure or process etc. Now a days plenty of jobs are available for mechanical engineers in software industry also where they are engaged in designing software such as Cad/Cam
In order to achieve the stated goal, the educational institutes design their curriculum or syllabus in such a manner that the students are able to acquire knowledge of design and analysis of structure, machinery and the process.
Mechanical design covers a vast range of topics such as Applied Mechanics, Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Material Science, Engineering Drawing, Prototyping and Testing, Manufacturing Process, Product reliability, Safety aspects of the product, Marketability of the product and so on.
On Site job: Those who will go for on site work will be engaged in activities such as supervision of a construction site, supervision at a production line, supervision of operations as desired by the employer and so on. Some engineers are engaged by companies to undertake functions such as sales and materials management.
Off Site Jobs: Those who will go for off site jobs will be engaged in doing analysis of system or cost, designing of new products or structure, modification of existing product or structure or process etc. Now a days plenty of jobs are available for mechanical engineers in software industry also where they are engaged in designing software such as Cad/Cam
In order to achieve the stated goal, the educational institutes design their curriculum or syllabus in such a manner that the students are able to acquire knowledge of design and analysis of structure, machinery and the process.
Mechanical design covers a vast range of topics such as Applied Mechanics, Mechanics, Strength of Materials, Material Science, Engineering Drawing, Prototyping and Testing, Manufacturing Process, Product reliability, Safety aspects of the product, Marketability of the product and so on.
Since it is not possible to cover all the aspects of Mechanical design in one blog I will confine the content to some of the topics which are primary to machine design such as Mechanisms, Study of Kinematics and Kinetics, Analysis and Synthesis of Linkages, Dynamics of Machinery among others.
This blog is an attempt to providing knowledge, in easy to understand language, to Mechanical Engineering students, either pursuing a Degree course or a Diploma course. This blog will act as a supplement to the prescribed syllabus followed in various colleges across India and aboard. My attempt will be to provide in depth understanding of some of the most important topics with the help of properly labelled diagrams and drawings which will assist the reader in assimilating the topic at hand.
In writing this blog I will primarily rely on my own experience as a practicing Mechanical Engineer since the year 1978. In addition I will also rely upon the works of some of the world famous authors of mechanical engineering books.
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