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User-oriented Design (Fall 2011)

Course code : ME-PRJ1-U1
ECTS Credits : 10 Status : Compulsory
Placement : 1. semester Hours per week : 10
Length : 1 semester Teaching Language : English

Principal Content : The project includes concept development, problem solving, function description, materials selection, brainstorming, and technical drawings, together with design and safety calculations. Elements of engineering statics, including friction. Centroids and moments of inertia. Vector and matrix algebra. Application of differentiation and integration to engineering problems. Lengths, areas and volumes of geometrical entities, including solids of revolution.
Teaching method : Introductory lectures in mathematics and engineering statics. Project work in small groups, including computer simulations, laboratory exercises, use of internet search engines and case studies.
Required prequisites : None
Responsible teacher : Per Valentin Bigum , pevbi@dtu.dk