Mechanical Engineering
Thanksgiving Dinner
This is part two of Dave and my joint project. We finally put dinner on the table for Thanksgiving. We had a few challenges to overcome when designing the food. This was due to the difficulty of designing natural shapes.
... ContinuedDining Room in SolidWorks
For this post, Dave and I decided to do a joint project. With the American holiday of Thanksgiving fast approaching, we thought it might be fun to create a Thanksgiving dinner in SolidWorks. This is the first of two
... ContinuedMotor W16: Blocul Motor si Chiulasele
The English version of this post can be found here.
In acest post despre motorul W16 voi arata cum am calculate unghiurile de faza ale axelor cu came si apoi voi detalia cuplarea componentelor din chiulase cu restul motorului.
O alta animatie care permite vizualizarea componentelor in miscare dintr-un cadru fix poate fi gasita aici.
Vezi explicatii detaliate in extended entry la sfarsitul postarii.
La rugamintea unui cititor voi atasa un fisier zip cu intregul motor si dar voi ascunde (hide) piesele care nu au fost prezentate inca. Descarca aici.
Va multumesc pentru ca ati citit despre aceasta constructie. Continuati sa cititi urmatoarele postari in care voi detalia crearea galeriei de admisie prin design top-down.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedHand Drill in SolidWorks
I found an antique hand drill lying around my house and I thought this would be a fun project. I used revolve features extensively, as well as the obvious gear mates, to create an accurate representation of this mechanism. I
... ContinuedCarved Pumpkins
For this post I carved a number of different pumpkins that I based off the model that I made for my last post. To create the pumpkin eating the other pumpkin I used the scale feature to reduce the size
... ContinuedW16 Engine: Block and Cylinder Heads
In this post about the W16 engine I will show the calculation of the camshaft phase angles and then detail the mating of the components in the cylinder heads with the rest of the engine.
Another animation that better allows to see the full movement of the engine can be found here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci7m0j5iCAQ).
See detailed explanations in the extended entry at the end of the post.
At the request of a reader I will upload the complete assembly but hide the parts that I have not presented yet. Download Engine.
Thank you for reading about this build and stay tuned for the next post which will detail the build of the intake manifold through top-down design strategy.
George Bucsan
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Aerospace Engineering, 2014
... ContinuedMechanical Rocking Chair in SolidWorks
Form takes a bit of a backseat to function today as we explore a practical application of linkage design. This linkage-operated (and motor-driven) rocking chair allows people with physical disabilities to experience the healing and comforting motion of a traditional
... ContinuedPumpkin 3D CAD Model in SolidWorks
For this post I decided in the spirit of Halloween to make a pumpkin. My thought is that you can download this model and carve your own virtual Jack-O-Lantern for Halloween. For my next post I will show what I
... ContinuedIndia Engineering Students Win Big at BWIR Design Ace Competition
Engineering students from southern India were challanged with BWIR(Barry Weymiller International Resources) Design Ace Competition. The exciting finals took place last week in Chennai, India and I was fortunate to be a judge. Why? because I got to see first
... ContinuedGreen Initiatives in Engineering featured in Good Magazine
How green are the products we teach young engineers to design? Paper or plastic or your own bag? A question you get in the grocery store. I am fortunate that my colleague Asheen is not only the sustainability product
... ContinuedGolf Equipment in SolidWorks
For this post I made some golf equipment. It started when I wanted to make a golf ball. It seemed like a simple task to put some dimples in a sphere but once I started on it, I
... ContinuedCAD/CAM to New Heights with EdgeFactor’s Gnarly Metal
CAD/CAM – two acronyms that define Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing. Sometimes they live in separate worlds. When you want to teach students the same excitement I feel every time I walk into a machine shop, then the new
... ContinuedKinematics Tutorial: Finding Linkage Cognates with SolidWorks
Lately, I have been thoroughly enjoying learning about linkages, their motion, and their synthesis. Anyone who has tried to find the cognates of a four-bar linkage may have noticed that the process is time-consuming and a bit tedious. SolidWorks to
... ContinuedSolidWorks Turtle with Flow Simulation
For this post I decided to model a turtle. I sort of modeled it after a sea turtle. I used the boundary feature to create the shell, and then used a series of chamfers and fillets to smooth
... ContinuedTips for the Engineering Student – and SolidWorks too
I decided to put some tips together to help engineering students this week – not just with SolidWorks but also with engineering subjects. Choosing the engineering fields can be challenging as an engineering student. My intern Greg created his own web
... Continued