This course contains a series of lectures and a series of exercises, all revolving around the topic of 'lightweight design'. Materials have been created as part of the collaborative teaching project EdUp, between Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Kröger (TUBAF, Institute of Machine Elements, Design and Manufacturing), and Assoc.Prof. PhD Serhii Onyshchenko (Dnipro University of Technology, Ukraine - Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering).
Table of Content:
- Motivation
- Performance Parameters
- Lightweight Principles
- Nonferrous Lightweight Materials
- Fiber Reinforced Plastics
- Crash Structures
- Trend of Development
Exercises:
- Problem 1: Lightweight Design of Rods under Tensile and Compressive Loads
- Problem 2: Lightweight Design of Rods under Shear Load
- Problem 3: Lightweight Design of Planar Trusses
- Problem 4: Lightweight Design of Shafts under Tension
- Problem 5: Lightweight Design of Simply Supported and Cantilever Beams
- Problem 6: Lightweight Design of Shafts under Combined Torsional and Bending Loads