Unit Code: DAU606

Unit Name: Vehicle Component Design

Description: Design is a function through which new products and processes are born and that old ones are improved. The unit deals with automotive components and subsystems. It focusses on the design criteria and standards required to produce reliable vehicle components.

Learning Target Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the learner can: 1. Evaluate appropriate analytical models to describe and predict the behaviour of standard machine components. 2. Reduce the behaviour of a complex machine into appropriate sub-systems/elements and then analyse the behaviour of their elements. 3. Apply stress analysis theory, fatigue theory and appropriate criteria of failure to the design of simple machine elements. 4. Analyse and evaluate forces and stresses within a gear system, bearing, shafts and engine components. 5. Apply codes and standards to vehicle component design. 6. Communicate the results of a design assignment using drawings and a design report.

Prerequisite: DAU602

Prerequisite Sentence: N/A

Credit Point: 12

Offered In: Semester 1