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Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms (ME 312)

Last Offered: 2025 Fall

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences

Subject: Mechatronics(ME)

SU Credit: 3

ECTS Credit: 6

Instructor(s): Volkan Patoğlu vpatoglu@sabanciuniv.edu,

Detailed Syllabus: Click here to view.

Language of Instruction: English

Level of Course: Undergraduate

Prerequisites (only for SU students) : ENS204

Mode of Delivery: Formal lecture,Recitation

Planned Learning Activities: Interactive,Project based learning,Guided discovery

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Programs\Type	Required	Core Elective	Area Elective
Industrial Engineering			*
Industrial Engineering (Previous Name: Manufacturing Systems Engineering)			*
Materials Science and Nano Engineering			*
Materials Science and Nano Engineering (Previous Name: Materials Science and Engineering)			*
Mechatronics Engineering		*
Mechatronics Engineering		*
Microelectronics			*
Telecommunications			*

CONTENT

This course is designed to equip students with fundamental theories and methodologies that are used in kinematic and dynamic analysis, and synthesis of mechanisms commonly encountered in machine design. Covered topics include: Analytical, graphical and computational techniques for displacement, velocity, and acceleration analyses; static and dynamic approaches for force analysis; kinematics and dynamics of cam-follower, screw, belt/chain drive mechanisms and gear trains; mechanism design process; graphical, analytical, and computational methods for mechanism synthesis.

OBJECTIVE

The goal of this course is to introduce juniors and seniors to basic methods in the synthesis, kinematic, and dynamic analysis of mechanisms commonly encountered in machine design.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

Describe fundamental concepts in mechanisms (linkages, cams, gears, etc.) and describe the mechanism design process and identify basic types of mechanisms, joints and motion; determine degree of freedom (mobility) of mechanisms and equivalent linkages.
Perform position, velocity and acceleration analyses using graphical, analytical, and computer methods.
Analyze linkages, gear trains, belt and chain drive, cam-follower, and screw mechanisms. Perform force analysis in linkages using static and dynamic methods.
Synthesize mechanisms for prescribed path and motion generation using graphical, analytical, and computational methods.

PROGRAMME OUTCOMES

1. Understand the world, their country, their society, as well as themselves and have awareness of ethical problems, social rights, values and responsibility to the self and to others. 2

2. Understand different disciplines from natural and social sciences to mathematics and art, and develop interdisciplinary approaches in thinking and practice. 3

3. Think critically, follow innovations and developments in science and technology, demonstrate personal and organizational entrepreneurship and engage in life-long learning in various subjects; have the ability to continue to educate him/herself. 4

4. Communicate effectively in Turkish and English by oral, written, graphical and technological means. 3

5. Take individual and team responsibility, function effectively and respectively as an individual and a member or a leader of a team; and have the skills to work effectively in multi-disciplinary teams. 4

1. Possess sufficient knowledge of mathematics, science, fundamental engineering, computational methods and program-specific engineering topics; use theoretical and applied knowledge of these areas in complex engineering problems. 5

2. Identify, define, formulate and solve complex engineering problems while considering the UN Sustainable Development Goals; choose and apply suitable analysis, design, estimation/prediction and modeling methods for this purpose. 5

3. Develop, choose and use modern techniques and tools that are needed for analysis and solution of complex problems faced in engineering applications; use information technologies effectively. 5

4. Have the ability to design a complex system, process, instrument or a product under realistic constraints and conditions, with the goal of fulfilling creative current and future requirements. 5

5. Use research methods, including conducting literature reviews, designing experiments, performing experiments, collecting data, analyzing results, and interpreting results, to investigate complex engineering problems or discipline-specific research topics. 3

6. Possess knowledge of business practices such as project management, risk management, change management, and economic feasibility analysis; awareness on entrepreneurship and innovation. 3

7. Possess knowledge of impact of engineering solutions on society, health and safety, the economy, sustainability, and the environment within the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals; awareness on legal outcomes of engineering solutions; awareness of acting impartially and inclusively without any form of discrimination; act in accordance with ethical principles, possessing knowledge of professional and ethical responsibilities. 2

8. Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, on technical subjects, considering the diverse characteristics of the target audience (such as education, language, and profession). 3

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ASSESSMENT METHODS and CRITERIA

	Percentage (%)
Final	25
Midterm	25
Participation	3
Group Project	22
Homework	25

RECOMENDED or REQUIRED READINGS

Textbook	- Norton, Design of Machinery: An Introduction to the Synthesis and Analysis of Mech- anisms and Machines, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2003.
Readings	Lecture notes available through SUCourse.
Optional Readings	- Erdman, Sandor, and Kota, Mechanism Design: Analysis and Synthesis, Volume I, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, 2001. - Wilson and Sadler, Kinematics and Dynamics of Machinery, Third Edition in SI Units, Prentice Hall, 2003.