Module 3 - Sample Answers
Module 3 - Sample Answers
Engineering sketches
• Drawing is very important in design because a lot of information is created and transmitted in
the drawing process.
• computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) models that extend from simple wire-frame
drawings through elaborate solid models
• In brief, graphic images are used to communicate with other designers, the client, and the
manufacturing organization. Sketches and drawings:
• ensure that a design is complete (as a drawing and its associated marginalia may
remind us of still-undone parts of that design);
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MATHEMATICAL MODELING IN DESIGN
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS are central to design because we have to be able to predict the
behavior of the devices or systems that we are designing.
• It is important for us to ask: How do we create mathematical models? How do we validate
such models? How do we use them? And, are there any limits on their use?
• We will focus on representing the behaviour and function of real devices in mathematical
terms.
• Basic Principles of Mathematical Modeling
o Why do we need a model?
o For what will we use the model?
o What do we want to find with this model?
o What data are we given?
o What can we assume?
o How should we develop this model, that is, what are the appropriate physical
principles we need to apply?
o What will our model predict?
o Can we verify the model’s predictions (i.e., are our calculations correct?)
o Are the predictions valid (i.e., do our predictions conform to what we observe?)
o Can we improve the model?
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Q1) Graphically communicate the design of a thermo flask used to keep hot coffee. Draw the
detailed 2D drawings of the same with design detailing, material selection, scale drawings,
dimensions, tolerances, etc. Use only hand sketches.
Solution:
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Material selection
Top cap:
Body:
Bottom cap
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Q2) Describe the role of mathematical modelling in design engineering. Show how
mathematics and physics play a role in designing a lifting mechanism to raise 100 kg of
weight to a floor at a height of 10 meters in a construction site.
• In the question the task is to move the 100kg of weight to 10-meter height
• We can pull the wight using pullies to the requires height
• The given data
o Weight of the item – 100kg
o Height/displacement to be move – 10 meters
Let us discuss some basic physics principle for the particular job. To lift the weight we need to know
how much power used for this job
To calculate the power let us use the basic equation of power expression
𝑊
𝑃=
𝑇
Where
W = work done
T = Time
𝑊 =𝐹∗𝑆
Where
F = Force
S = displacement
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To find the force we need the force expression
𝐹 =𝑚∗𝑎
Where m is the mass and a is the acceleration
Let us assume a = 9.8 m/s and the value of m is given which is 100 kg
So
𝑊 = 980 ∗ 10 = 9800𝐽
Now power
From the given diagram we can see that using physics principle the and technique can reduce the
power to pull the weight. So we can conclude that the physics and mathematical principle can aid the
engineering design.
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