University of Waterloo

Department of Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering

1151 MTE322 Electromechanical Machine Design

Winter 2015

Instructor
Soo Jeon (soojeon@uwaterloo.ca)
Office: E3-3153, Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext 38898
- Office hour: M 4:30 ~ 5:30 pm , Tu 9:00 ~ 10:00 am

Teaching Assistants
- Tutorials:
Chris Hyunki Bae (hyunki.bae@uwaterloo.ca)
Office hours: TBA
- Labs:
Grant Cechmanek (Grant.JHC@gmail.com)
Jaspreet Singh Nagra (jaspreet.nagra@uwaterloo.ca)
Office hours: TBA

Office: E3-3178, Phone: ext 37577

Office: E3-3178, Phone: ext 37577

Office: E3-3134, Phone: ext 37089

Lectures

M (2:30 ~ 4:20 pm) / Tu (4:30 ~ 5:20 pm)

Make-Up Lectures

Jan. 21 st , Feb. 4th , Mar. 4th

Midterm

Feb. 13th F

Final

TBD

Homework
Tutorials (starts on week 2)

@ DWE 2402

4:30 ~ 5:20 pm @ DWE 2402

3:30 ~ 5:30 pm @ DC 1351

Posted every Friday with solutions to the previous one

T01: Mondays

12:30 ~ 1:20 pm @ DWE 2402

T02: Wednesdays

12:30 ~ 1:20 pm @ DWE 2402

Labs
- There will be 6 lab sessions for Solidworks, FEA and other design tools.
- The first lab session will start in the week 3.
- Will be held at WEEF Lab (E2-1310) and Multimedia Lab (CPH 1346) in groups of ~ 40 students.
- Schedules and group assignments will be announced later this week.
- Credit/no credit basis (the attendance and the completion of each task).
Desired Learning Outcomes
1. Understanding the basic principles of electromechanical machine design.
2. To be able to use analytical methods in designing components of machines.
3. Understanding different types of electric drives and their usages in operating machines.
4. To become familiar with specifications of different machine elements and their usages.

Course Website

http:\\learn.uwaterloo.ca

Textbook

R. L. Norton, Machine Design, 5th (or 4th ) Ed., Prentice Hall

Grading

Final (50%) + Midterm (30%) + Lab attendance (credit/no credit) (20%)

Exam Policy: Closed book and closed notes. No telecommunication devices are allowed to use during
the exams. One calculator and one letter sized summary sheet (double-sided) are allowed.
Cheating: Students found cheating will be required to meet the Associate Dean of Undergraduate
Studies for Academic Discipline and will be subject to UW Policy #71: Student Academic Discipline.
Tentative Schedule
Week

Dates

Topics

Text

1/5, 6

Introduction, Materials and Processes

Ch. 2

1/12, 13

Static Loading and Impulse Loading, Stress, Strain

Ch. 3

1/19, 20,21

Mohrs circle, Critical Loads

Ch. 4

1/26,27

Beams and Bending, Static Failure Theories

Ch. 5

2/2, 3, 4

Electric Machines and Drives: Basic Principles

2/13

2/16~20

2/23, 24

Electric Machines and Drives: Motor Types

Course Notes

3/2, 3, 4

Motor Continued, Intro to FEA

Course Notes

10

3/9, 10

Fatigue Failure

Ch. 6

11

3/16, 17

Design of Shafts, Keys and Couplings

Ch. 10

12

3/23, 24

Selection of Bearings

Ch. 11

13

3/30, 31

Power Screws and Fasteners

Ch. 15

Course Notes

Midterm
Reading week