Open AccessMACHINE ELEMENTS - REVISION AND OUTLOOK FOR DESIGN EDUCATION
Author(s) -
W. Ernst Eder
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.v0i0.3978
Subject(s) - computer science , process (computing) , task (project management) , property (philosophy) , selection (genetic algorithm) , industrial engineering , creativity , engineering design process , systems engineering , artificial intelligence , engineering , mechanical engineering , programming language , philosophy , epistemology , law , political science
Technical Systems (TS) are products intended to perform a task. Machine elements (ME) are technical systems of the two (of four) lower complexity levels, mostly mechanical engineering items. The literature presents loosely classified listings, but hydraulic, thermal or control elements usually do not appear. The dominating TS-internal process concerns energy, characterized by a static and a dynamic property. ME carry functions, and have active connections to other constructional parts. A systematic classification of ME according to functions is presented. Systematic classification and variation assists creativity, and can produce many hundreds of alternatives, but increases demands for suitable selection and evaluation.