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Content:

This module provides an overview of the consideration required to connect a prime mover to loads which, for example, might be generators, compressors or hydraulic pumps. Additionally, the module provides an introduction to the application of Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM) to an engineering system.

The main aims of the module are:

• To provide students with the skills necessary in the design and selection of components in a power train.
• To provide students with knowledge and skills to design and size a shaft to transfer power and carry the required components. Students will also be able to analyse shaft deflections and its critical speeds.
• To provide students with mathematical tools needed in the design and critically assess some of the major factors affecting the performance of a power train system and the coupling between a prime mover and its load.
• To provide an introduction to the use of RAM analysis, applied to an engineering system by way of a project.

Teaching Delivery:Ìý

Usually a 2-hour lecture per week.

Indicative Topics:

Topics covered in this module include:

• Shaft, couplings and clutches
• Reliability, Availability and Maintainability (RAM)

Module Objectives:

Upon completion of this module students will be able to:

• Design and select components in a power train.
• Design shafts for static and fatigue loading and select an appropriate type of coupling.
• Design friction clutches and distinguish friction materials and mating surfaces.
• Optimise system performance through Reliability, Availability and Maintenance analysis.