P S U   I E   G R A D U A T E   C O U R S E S IE 576 Computer-Aided Tolerancing in Design and Manufacturing INSTRUCTOR :   Dr. E. Amine Lehtihet OFFICE :   361 Leonhard Building TELEPHONE :   863-2350 EMAIL :   lvo@psu.edu PREREQUISITE :   IE 450 COURSE OBJECTIVE :   The presentation and discussion of tolerance analysis techniques in design, manufacturing and inspection of discrete parts. TEXT :   O. Bjorke, Computer-Aided Tolerancing, Tapir Publishers, Trondheim, Norway (1978) GRADING POLICY :   Homework   10% Project   30% Midterm   30% Final   30% COURSE OUTLINE :   1.    Introduction to tolerancing problems in design and manufacturing   [Class notes, Ch. 1] 2.    Tolerance analysis in design and manufacturing 2.1    Simple chain links   [Ch. 2] 2.2    Analysis of chain links   [Ch. 3] 2.3    Tolerance cost models   [Ch. 7] 2.4    Tolerance control methods   [Ch. 8, Class notes] 2.5    Tolerance distribution methods   [Ch. 9, Class notes] 3.    Tolerance analysis in machining 3.1    Analysis of machined dimensions   [Ch. 5, Class notes] 3.2    Tolerance chart analysis   [Ch. 10, Class notes] 4.    Elements of metrology 4.1    Introduction to ANSI Y14.5M   [Class notes] 4.2    The small displacement method   [Class notes] 4.3    Application to tolerance verification   [Class notes] 4.5    Functional gages   [Class notes] This page was last modified: Monday, 29-Nov-1999 15:38:22 EST. site design by oxygenesis design / ian cavalier.