| HANDOUTS | DESCRIPTIONS |
|---|---|
| Basic Physics Handouts | |
| Tips for Doing Engineering Calculations (PDF) Another 2.007 PS4/PS5-style Sample Calculation (PDF) | General hints on engineering calculations and methods to verify the results. |
| Tips for Using Software Packages for Engineering Calculations (PDF) heatxfer.mcd (MCD) heatxfer.m (M) heatxfer.xls (XLS) | The pro's, con's, and pit falls of using MathCAD®, Excel, and MATLAB® for your engineering calculations. Also an example calculation done in each to show how to clearly present the calculation. |
| Balancing a Machine (PDF) | Gives equations for calculating when a machine with an arm will tip over. |
| Designing Four Bar Linkages (PDF) | Explains the steps required to design a four bar linkage. |
| Motor Power, Wheel, and Winch Calculations (PDF) mtrpwr.m (M) winch_boom.xls (XLS) winch_cable.xls (XLS) | Describes the calculations needed to choose the optimum motor, wheel and winch sizes. Includes sample MATLAB® scripts and spreadsheets to help with the calculations. |
| Piston Actuated Linkages Calculations (PDF) SMC Double-Acting Air Cylinder (PDF) piston.xls (XLS) | Describes considerations and calculation when working with piston actuated linkages. |
| Stiffness and Bending (PDF) (Courtesy of Roger Cortesi. Used with permission.) recinert.m (M) cirinert.m (M) cantbeam.m (M) simpbeam.m (M) | Gives information on calculating the stiffness and deflection of arms and beams. |
| Vehicles Climbing an Incline Plane (PDF) | Describes and explains the calculations needed for designing a vehicle to climb an incline plane. |
| Handouts Describing Kit Parts and How to Use Them | |
| Batteries Info Handout (PDF) (Courtesy of Mitchell Weiss. Used with permission.) | More details on the Black and Decker batteries. |
| Bearing Material Properties Handout (PDF) Kit Part: 1" and 2" dia. Delrin (PDF) Kit Part: Buna-N Sheet (PDF) Kit Part: Nyliner and Nylon Bushings (PDF) Nyliner Bearing Designer's Guide (PDF - 1.2 MB) | Maximum Loading, Velocity, and PV Values for select kit materials. |
| Cookbook of Miscellaneous Mechanisms Index: Hubs and Connecting Rods (PDF) Wheels (PDF) Free Wheel Brackets (PDF) Triggers (PDF) Sliding Bearings and Surfaces (PDF) Motor Mounts (PDF) Pulley Drives (PDF) Column Base (PDF) | The 2.007 Cookbook is a collection of notes on how to make miscellaneous components of your machine. These notes have been written by various professors and TAs over the years. |
| Mechanism Gallery (PDF - 1.6 MB) | Gallery of a variety of previous 2.007 mechanisms to demonstrate good and bad design techniques. |
| Manufacturing Handouts | |
| Introduction to Engineering Drawings (PDF) | |
| Process Plans (PDF) | A guide to the format required for the process plans in 2.007. |
| Tap and Drill Size (PDF) | Lists the clearance and tap hole sizes for all the fasteners used in 2.007. |
| Department's Milling Machine Handout (PDF) | Mechanical Engineering Department's lecture notes for the milling machine. |
| Information about using the Lathe. | |
| Good Shop Practices for 2.007 (PDF - 2.3 MB) | General information on proper use of some tools in 2.007. |
| Blank Isometric Paper (PDF) | Print this out from either the html or the postscript and use it for your isometric drawings. |
| Machinery's Handbook (PDF) | Some useful page numbers from the Machinery's Handbook. |
| Other Handouts | |
| Control System Handout (PDF) Kit Part: Circular 14 Pin Connector (PDF) Control Box.zip (ZIP - 2.0 MB) (The ZIP file contains: 25 .SLDPRT files, 3 .SLDASM file and 1 .SWJ file.) Mini SSC II Serial Servo Controller, User's Manual (PDF) | Everything (hopefully) you'll ever want to know about the 2.007 control system. |
| Gear Theory (Boston Gear) (PDF) | A package on how to do gear calculations. |
| Right Angle Gearbox Excercise Design/Analysis: An explanation of bevel gear geometry and methods for determining stresses (PDF) Spreadsheet to determine bevel gear strength bevel_gears.xls (XLS) Solidworks assembly of gearbox design bevelgearbox.zip (ZIP) (The ZIP file contains: 9 .SLDPRT files, 1 .SLDASM file, 1 .DXF file and 1 .ORD file.) Milestone-like questions about bevel gears (PDF) Production: Omax file for cutting the aluminum gearbox housing.ord (ORD) Process Plans for building the right-angle gearbox (PDF) Process Plans for building a shaft coupling (PDF) | Handout describing a lab experiment analyzing, designing, and building a right angle gear box. |
| General Actuator Information (PDF) (Courtesy of Keith Breinlinger and Roger Cortesi. Used with permission.) Advanced Actuator Information (PDF) | General information on the actuators used in 2.007. |
| Baby Got the Bends (PDF) | Describes the process of making folded metal parts. Takes you from the solid model, through the manufacturing, to final assembly. |