1 Component Function and Operating Environment
1a Review the function (or role) of your chosen component including
the context of the larger assembly to which it belongs. 8%
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1b
Outline the service conditions that are caused by the component’s
function and the environment in which it functions which the
component will be designed to withstand (e.g., types of stresses,
temperatures, service atmospheres etc.).
8%
2 Material Properties and Selection
2a
Discuss and justify the material property requirements for the
component by relating the material property requirements to the
service conditions & requirements identified in your answer to
section 1b.
12%
2b
Identify the material or materials used to make the components
on the physical model (ignore any small brackets, bolts and other
small components attached to the component). Using the
identified material properties from question 2a, perform a
material selection analysis (using CES software) to justify the
material used on the physical model. Use relevant performance
indices to aid you CES selection. Hence justify the material used on
the model.
12%
3 Component Manufacturing Route
3a
Manufacturing route selection: Discuss several potential suitable
manufacturing routes for your component in the selected material.
Perform a CES process selection exercise relevant to your
component and your selected material and in order to downselect
and justify a final process route.
10%
3b Review & explain the selected manufacturing route in detail. 10%
4 Alternative Materials and Manufacturing Routes
4a
List alternative materials that are also used to make the
component you have selected. For each material make reference
to your CES analysis from Section 2b and compare properties (both
materials & physical). Select what you believe to be the “best”
alternative material and explain why it is the best alternative.
10%
4b
Describe the main differences between the component on the
physical model and the same component made from your best
alternative material in terms of: its structure, the means of joining
the component to the rest of the vehicle, the manufacturing
routes required to make it.
10%
Other Report structure presentation, referencing & technical writing
style, adherence to the requirements contained in this document. 20%
TOTAL 100%