Preliminaries
Preliminaries
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
City of San Fernando, La Union Philippines
MACHINE ELEMENTS
(MEFC 111)
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MACHINE ELEMENTS
(MEFC 111)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
The course consists of four (4) modules. Machine Elements deals with the study
of mechanisms disregarding the forces and energies that causes the motion. It
provides emphasis on the analytical and graphical study of displacement, velocity and
acceleration. This also includes the study of the elements of mechanisms such as
gears, train, rolling bodies, belt and pulleys, cams and followers.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, the students should have been able to:
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Total 100%
COURSE CONTENT
Cook, Tony. The ABC of Mechanical Drafting, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, N.J.:
2004.
Erdman Arthur G. and Sandor George N. Volume I, Mechanism Design (Analysis and
Synthesis), second edition, Prentice-Hall International, Inc.
Mabie, H. and Reinholdz, C., Mechanisms and Dynamics of Machines, 4th edition, John
Wiley & sons, 1987.
Shigley, Joseph E., and Mitchell, Larry D. Mechanical Eng’g, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill
Book Company, 1985.
Waldron, KJ and Kinzel, GL, Kinematics, Dynamics and Design of Machines, 2nd
edition, John Wiley & sons, 2003.
Wilson, Charles E. and Snaler, J. Peter. Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery, 3rd.
ed. 1997.