DESIGN OF MACHINE ELEMENTS-I

Unit I: Introduction: Design Considerations, Design Methods, Engineering Materials and

their Mechanical properties, types of codes & standards in Design. Design considerations in
castings, Forgings & welded assemblies. Behavior of ductile & brittle material, Stress-Strain
diagram for various materials. Factor of safety.
Design for Static Loading: Introduction: Stresses in members subjected to axial, shear,
Bending, Torsion & Eccentric loading. Stress tensor, Uni-axial, Biaxial & Tri-axial stress
state, Principal Stresses in members subjected to combination of static loads.
Theories of Failure: Failure Criterion & problems - Maximum Normal Stress theory,
Maximum Shear stress theory, Distortion energy theory
Cotter & Knuckle Joints: Design procedure
Unit: II Stress Concentration: Definition, Reason for occurrence, Methods to reduce, Stress
concentration factor. Design of stress concentrated members subjected to various loads.
Design for Variable Loading: Types of variable/Cyclic loads, Mean & amplitude Stresses,
Fatigue Failure, Endurance Limit & Strength, S-N Diagram. Goodman and Soderberg
criterion, Modifying factors: Size effect, surface effect, Reliability, stress concentration
effects etc. Problems on design of members for finite & infinite life in members subjected to
individual & combined loading. Cumulative damage in fatigue.
Unit III: Riveted Joints: Introduction, method of riveting, material and qualities of rivets,
types of rivet head and riveted joint, design of lap and butt joint and important term used in
riveted joint, caulking and fullering, failure, strength and efficiency of riveted joint, Design
of longitudinal & circumferential joint for various types, eccentric loaded riveted joint.
Welded joints: Introduction, advantages and disadvantages of welded joint over riveted joint,
basic and supplementary elements of weld simple, types of welded joint, polar moment of
inertia and section modulus. Strength of Butt, parallel, transverse welds, eccentrically loaded
welded joint subjected to torsion & Bending moment.
Unit IV:
Threaded joint: Introduction, important terms used in screw threads, forms of screw thread,
location of screw joint, common types of screw fastening, designation of screw thread, and
slandered dimensions of screw thread, stresses due to static loading, external forces and
combined forces. Bolt of uniform strength, design of nut, bolted joint under eccentric loading
(Load acting parallel and perpendicular to the axis of the bolt), eccentric load on a bracket
with circular base and eccentric load acting in the plane contain the bolts.
Power screws: Forms of threads, terminology, Torque in lifting & lowering the load, self
locking screw, efficiency of screw (Square, ACME, self-locking), Design of screw & Nut for
power screw
Unit V: Shafts keys and coupling: Design of shaft under combined bending, twisting and
axial loading; shock and fatigue factors, design for rigidity, Design of shaft subjected to
dynamic load, Design of keys and coupling.

Text Book:
1. V.B. Bhandari- Design of Machine Elements - TMH Publications
References Books:
1. Shingley J.E; Machine Design; TMH
2. Sharma and Purohit; Design of Machine elements; PHI