Unit MECHANICS OF MACHINES

Course
Mechanical engineering
Study-unit Code
A005618
Curriculum
Progettazione meccanica
Teacher
Maria Cristina Valigi
Teachers
  • Maria Cristina Valigi
Hours
  • 108 ore - Maria Cristina Valigi
CFU
12
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2026/27
Learning activities
Caratterizzante
Area
Ingegneria meccanica
Sector
ING-IND/13
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa monodisciplinare
Language of instruction
Italian
Contents
• Kinematic pairs and mechanisms: graphical and analytical tools for kinematic and kinetostatic analysis. • Friction, wear. • Mechanical efficiency of machines and mechanisms. • Gears and transmission systems. • Vibrations with 1 dof • Free vibrations • Forced vibrations • Transmissibility • Suspension optimization • Reduction of vibrations generated by a vibrating ground • Vibration with 2dofs • Vibration with n dofs • Modal Analysis Classroom projects on open-chain and closed-chain mechanisms, gear reducers, suspensions, and lumped-parameter dynamic modeling of a mechanical/mechatronic system.
Reference texts
Callegari M., Fanghella P., Pellicano F., Meccanica applicata alle macchine, Ed. CittàStudi • Appunti delle lezioni • Funaioli E., Maggiore A., Meneghetti U., Lezioni di Meccanica applicata alle macchine. Prima parte: Fondamenti di Meccanica delle Macchine, ed. Patron, Bologna. • Papini S., Malvezzi M., Falomi S, Esercitazioni di meccanica applicata alle macchine: 1, Ed. Esculapio • Papini S., Malvezzi M., Valigi M.C., Esercitazioni di meccanica applicata alle macchine: 2, Ed. Esculapio
Educational objectives
Competences in the main methods for the functional analysis of machines and mechanisms, with particular regard to kinetostatic problems. Knowledge of the main motion transmission with particular reference to machines for the production of energy, mechanisms and systems, of friction and wear phenomena. Basic knowledge of dynamics and vibrations needed to describe the dynamic behavior of a mechanical system. Ability to study mechanical vibrations, the causes that determine vibrations and the effects caused by them. Modeling of machines for the production of energy. Definition of a machine and classification between operating and generating machines. Examples of machines for energy production
Prerequisites
Phisics- Theoretical Mechanics
Teaching methods
The course is organized in frontal theoretical lessons and exercises. + Classroom projects. (specific for mechanical design curriculum)
Other information
Attending students have the possibility of examination in itinere.
Learning verification modality
Written and oral test. Discussion of a report on the dynamic modeling and transmission design of a machine for energy production.
Extended program
Definition of a machine and classification between operating and generating machines. Examples of machines for energy production• Kinematic and kinetostatic analysis of mechanisms, kinetostatics of vehicles. • Mechanical efficiency of different machine configurations • Conjugate profiles and tracking methods. • Friction wheels • Spur gears with involute teeth: geometrical characteristics and dimensioning. Motion continuity and interference. Helical gears, bevel gears. • Ordinary and Epicyclic gearings. • Belt transmissions. • Oscillators • Single Degree of Freedom Systems • Free vibrations: 1 DoF • Motion of the mass: Anharmonic, damped harmonic, harmonic motion. Initial conditions • Forced vibrations: Force model. Transient and steady-state solution. Analytical solution. • Amplitude and phase with and without damping. Resonances. • Ground isolation:.Analytical solution Suspension optimization • Mass isolation:. Analytical solution Suspension optimization • Two Degrees of Freedom Systems. • . N Degrees of Freedom Systems.Definition of a machine and classification between operating and generating machines. Examples of machines for energy production
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