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Static Analysis of a Bike Frame – SolidWorks is Engineering, SolidWorks is Statics
I know some readers have problems playing the videos. I republished this post again by uploading the videos to YouTube. I will continue to post videos on my teacher blog because some schools do not have access to YouTube. Last
... ContinuedModeling a Butterfly
My colleague Come sent a report to me this week on the extensive use of SolidWorks in design schools. As a mechanical engineer, I spent a great deal of time in the machine shop with machined and sheet metal parts.
... ContinuedSolidWorks Tutorial: So you want to design a robot
The SolidWorks EDU team put together a series of video tutorials to help students learn to design and assembly a robot. In nine units with multiple lessons, you will work through your first part, to a simple assembly, compression spring, mechanisms,
... ContinuedSolidWorks for the Senior Capstone Design Project – Heat Transfer Made Easy
As a senior mechanical engineering student, understanding 4 years of theory to solve a complex problem is a challange. This Fall, SolidWorks puts together a series of Simulation videos to explain complex problems with SolidWorks Simulation tools that simplify the
... ContinuedSolidWorks SAE Design Project
The SolidWorks SAE Design Project curriculum teaches students how to use SolidWorks software to help design a vehicle for the Formula SAE competition. Skills and lessons use provided example parts, but the techniques can also be applied to other SAE
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Kimberly Wenger of the Virginia Tech Blind Driver Challenge
Note: This is being reposted from The SolidWorks Blog Name: Kimberly Wenger Title: Virginia Tech senior and student leader of the Virginia Tech Blind Driver Challenge project, an initiative to create a vehicle that is capable of being operated by
... ContinuedIntroducing The STEM Academy
I was fortuante to meet with educators this week at the ACTE conference in Nashville. What a great time to be in technology and engineering education with the importance of making math and science relevant for all students. That is why
... ContinuedA Science Project for Today’s Classroom
Many times things can be made in the classroom that can be used to demonstrate principals of Physics or Mechanics. Here is a project I just finished that might be of some use to teachers in their classes. It was
... ContinuedA Fantasy Look into the “Future Cities” Competition
How proud I was today to be a judge in the Future Cities Competitions held here in Las Vegas. Our middle school kids did research, mechanical designs, essays with abstracts and model building of what our cities of the future would look like
... ContinuedWhat Can SolidWorks do for Creativity?
What Can SolidWorks Do for Artists and Visionaries in Schools and Elsewhere? By Richard Williams, 9/15/08 The world we live in is getting more dependent upon mechanical aided computer design people and all the related
... ContinuedNASA Robotics Alliance Project Web Course
In August and September of 2006, the NASA Robotics Alliance sponsored a beginning robotics course called Robotics with the XBC Controller. This course has now ended, but all of the material from this course is available online at the NASA
... ContinuedModeling a Centrifugal Compressor Wheel
This lesson is to be used as an in class exercise for students whom are taking a beginning SolidWorks course. Students will be exposed to curved surface modeling techniques along with elements of mechanical design. Furthermore, the product from this
... ContinuedCantilever Beam Design
Design a cantilevered I-beam to carry a distributed load of 30 kN. Conduct a stress analysis of the original beam. The original cross section is shown to the right. Optimize the beam by determining the lowest cross sectional area subject
... ContinuedIncline Plane
Students explore the advantage of an incline plane in this lesson. The objectives are to identify the six simple machines, calculate the ideal mechanical advantage of an inclined plane and explain how changing the length and height of
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