INME 331 – Engineering Design

Curricular Area Industrial and Engineering Management

Type of Course Mandatory – Major
General Principle of Machine Design, Engineering materials & their mechanical
properties, factor of safety, Fits & tolerances. Basic design principle of machine
Catalogue elements and their selection: Fasteners, fittings, Shaft, Couplings, Clutches,
Description Brakes, Bearing Selection, Fly Wheel, Belt drive, Chain Drive, Gears, Gear Train
and Gear units, Non-metallic machine elements, Fluid Power systems &
components. Design and drawing of a few machine systems: Fasteners, Power
Screw, Gear Units, Clutch/Brake.
Prerequisites by INME 214 – Manufacturing Processes
Courses INME 212 – Metal Shaping
Prerequisites by
Topics Manufacturing and Metal Shaping

Ramzi FAYAD – Assistant Professor

r.fayad@bau.edu.lb
Instructors Engineering Building – Department of Industrial and Engineering
Management
Office: F130 (Phone Ext 3454)
Office Hours 4 hours per week, Check my Schedule
Load 3 credits; 3 Lecture - sessions/week – 50 min per session

Textbook  Lecture Notes

 Mechanical Engineering Design
Reference Books
Subjects covered
Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials (3week)
Influence of Fabrication Processes on the Strength of
Materials (3 week)
Theories of component failures. (2 week)
Topics The Need for design and Innovations. (2 week)
Stress at a Point, Stress Concentration Factors and Notch
Sensitivity. (1 week)
Shaft Loading, Shaft Analysis (2 week)
Mechanical Fasteners - Tensile and Shear Stress Areas. (1
week)
Rolling Element Bearing Analysis. (1 week)
Mechanical Properties of Metallic Materials (3week)
Influence of Fabrication Processes on the Strength of
Materials (3 week)
Theories of component failures. (2 week)
The Need for design and Innovations. (2 week)
Stress at a Point, Stress Concentration Factors and Notch
Sensitivity. (1 week)
Shaft Loading, Shaft Analysis (2 week)
Mechanical Fasteners - Tensile and Shear Stress Areas. (1
week)
 Learning Outcomes Correlation with Program Program
Outcomes Objectives
1. Understanding of principles and procedures for planning Facility location with d,f,h 1,4
its three criteria, Transportation Cost, Break Even Analysis and abiding by list
of factors.
2. Understanding of the principles of Time Study, how to calculate the time f,h 1,4
standard and how to quantify the efficiency, utilization and availability of the
system.
3. Understanding of the principles of system balancing among different tasks of f,h 1,4
the production line.
4. Understanding of the principles of different layouts, covering product, a,f,h 1
process, cell layouts.
5. Understanding of the principles of locating within a facility based on distances a,h 1
travelled algorithms.
a,h 1

Learning Outcomes Assessment Tools Quizes End of

term exam

1. Objectives 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 from the list above will be tested by the team  
project as follows: Students are introduced and taught how to apply the
gained knowledge of mathematics, science and engineering in facility
planning in establish various algorithm to find the optimal location,
calculating the time study of the study and balancing the different parts of
the production flow line.
2. This would reflect as well as the professionalism and ethical responsibilities.  

3. Objective 7 reflects the collaborative teamwork in designing and conduct  

experiment and study to study the facility planning of any factory chosen by
students. Their job is to design a system that would meet desired needs
where all the learned skills could be applied.
Assessment:

Assessment: Dates Weighing

th
Test1 5 Week 25%
Test 2 10th Week 25%
Project + Assignments 15th Week 10%
End of term Exam Exam period 40%

Attendance:
As set by BAU regulations, and specified in Student Manual, students who miss more than one-fifth of the
sessions of any course in the first ten weeks of the semester will be required to withdraw from the course
with a grade of “WF”.
Course Coordinator Dr. Ramzi Fayad
Date August 2013