MIE313: Pro E and Pro Mechanica Deepak Nikam, Graduate Teaching Assistant Sundar Krishnamurty, Instructor February 11, 2002

50% credit to students project work Introduce FEA and ProMechanica Semester-long Design Project Mechanical Component Modeling ~ ProE Analysis ~ ProMechanic Structure of Course

Tutorial Simple methods – Overview of ProE Step by step instructions – regarding analysis procedures Material selection, Load distribution, Constraints, etc. Solving an FEA problem

Tutorial – Excerpts Home Work Assignment Turned in for grading purposes. Problem from Tutorial Solved in class with help from TA

Student Project using ProMechanica– Bicycle Frame

L-brace of a wheel chair Model of L-Brace with dimensions and other data Analysis results of L - Brace

Wheel Chair model

1988 Honda Accord Rotor

Rotor Sample – 1988 Honda Accord FEA Solid Model FEA Results

Experience Students consider ProMechanica experience a highlight of the course Students are also most frustrated with their experience More & better resources to avoid bottlenecks Need higher end computers & more of them Increase in enrollment Students interest in wanting to do more projects Better on line help Need for more interactive tools Facility to prototype redesigned parts