ME 41 Projects
Our first project for mechanical design class was to design an aluminum structure by using analytical and numerical methods and comparing them to come up with a solution. Myself and Allan Levitt worked on the first part of the project, which involved determining max deflection and yielding spots on the structure provided. Then we partnered with Kemp Bassett and Chris Breckenridge to redesign the part to remove the spot of significant yielding while achieving the same deflection. The redesign was then manufactured on the school’s waterjet in the Bray Lab PALLS machine shop and tested using the Instron Machine.
For this project, myself and three other members, Leslie Jaramillo Martinez, Madeline Fabela, and Dillan Tran were tasked with analyzing different components of a roll forging machine. My main contributions to this project were the analysis for the static and dynamica failure of the rollers and gear failure analysis.
