Courses

Machine Elements II

General

Course Contents

1. Introduction
2. Typical sizes of gear wheels
3. Types of gear wheels
4. Involute gear tooth geometry
5. Tooth undercuts
6. Marginal number of teeth
7. Tooth damage – lubrication
8. Spur and helical gears
9. Conical and worm – wheel gear drives
10. Forces acting on gear wheels
11. Fracture toughness and tooth wear analysis and calculation
12. Belt drives
13. Chain drives

Educational Goals

Upon successful completion of the course the student should
• be able to identify and describe the various drive systems and their uses
• be able to select and calculate the necessary technical quantities of the drive systems, in order to analyze and synthesize mechanical structures.

General Skills

• Search, analysis and synthesis of data and information, using the necessary technologies
• Decision making
• Autonomous work
• Exercise criticism and self-criticism
• Promoting free, creative and inductive thinking

Teaching Methods

Face to face and/or distance lectures
Learning process support through the online learning platform of the course, which includes:
a) slides of the lectures,
b) recitations and detailed solutions of the main exercises for each sub-unit,
c) teaching notes adapted to the physiognomy of the offered study program,
d) communication with students via e-mail.

Students Evaluation

Students will be assessed with a written final exam that will include problem solving with a combination of knowledge of theory, calculations and critical evaluation (100%).

Recommended Bibliography

1. Machine Elements II, I. Stergiou and K Stergiou, 2002, in Greek
2. Machine Elements, Ch. A. Papadopoulos, 2nd Ed. Tziolas, 2015, in Greek