IRM23923 Product development (Autumn 2024)

The course is connected to the following study programs

Mandatory subject in the Bachelor's degree program in engineering - mechanical: Industrial Product Development, as well as for TRESS and the Y-path associated with this study program. Available for exchange students. 

Recommended requirements

IRM14021 Mechanical CAD modelling

IRF14211 Fundamental Mechanics 

Lecture Semester

3rd semester (autumn) 

The student's learning outcomes after completing the course

Knowledge:

The student:

• Can describe how the product development process can be conducted using methods and tools.
• Has knowledge of means for sustainable choices in the product development process.
• Possesses knowledge of digital tools for performing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analyses.
• Can describe how to plan and manage a project.
• Has knowledge of various tools for conveying ideas as a basis for targeted creative work.
• Can describe different ways to organize production with respect to material flow.
• Understands how to calculate moments, shear forces, axial forces, and displacements in statically determined and undetermined structures.
• Knows key dimensioning methods to calculate loads on critical points in the structure.
• Understands various types of stress and stress components, and how these are combined using different yield hypotheses.
• Knows how to use digital tools to optimize components in terms of material usage and design.

Skills:

The student:

• Can carry out a product development process using the knowledge and understanding acquired through the course.
• Applies digital tools to choose the most environmentally efficient concepts and extended use of the product.
• Demonstrates the ability to independently and critically apply knowledge in the subject and rely on their own judgments.
• Makes informed decisions in the process of physical and digital modeling.
• Can plan production using relevant methods and digital tools to determine whether a construction is statically determined or statically indeterminate and perform relevant calculations.
• Systematically solves dimensioning tasks for known structural elements using theories and digital tools.
• Sizes structures to achieve sufficient strength.
• Uses yield hypotheses to calculate equivalent stresses and ensures that they are within an acceptable range.
• Uses digital tools within the finite element method for the analysis of statically loaded structures.

General Competence:

The student:

• Has the ability to carry out a product development process using the knowledge and skills acquired through the course and solve challenges in product development.
• Can handle the interpersonal and technological challenges that teamwork requires.
• Has an understanding of beam mechanics and knowledge of calculation methods that form the basis for dimensioning programs.
• Analyzes structures using theories and digital tools and finds optimal solutions based on specific criteria.
• Has construction experience and knowledge as a basis for further studies and specialization in the field.

Content

The course aims to provide students with knowledge and skills to carry out a product development process, facilitated by the practical implementation of a design project from problem formulation to a finished prototype. With a focus on form development, material usage, constructional aspects, and manufacturing, students should be able to develop sustainable concepts. Students will practice the skill of conveying ideas and presenting results both in writing and orally. The project is designed to  students in mastering effective collaboration among participants, technology, and knowledge.The course contain both practical assignment in workshops, and teoretical classes. 

Forms of teaching and learning

Product Development:

Lectures are combined with guidance and practical project work in groups.

Construction:

Lectures are combined with guidance and work on exercises and cases.

Workload

250-300 hours

Coursework requirements - conditions for taking the exam

Product Development:

Submitted project documentation at the project's (3) milestones.

Construction:

4 exercises, of which 3 must be approved.

The work requirements are only valid in the semester they are completed.

Examination

The course has two partial exams, each weighted 50%

Part exam 1:

Written exam, individual. Duration: 3 hours

Part exam 2:

Oral exam, group and final report. The group gets up to 20 minutes to present the project, and up to 10 minutes with questions from the examiner.

The oral exam is assessed as Pass/Fail. The oral component must be passed before the final report can be delivered.

The grade is set on the basis of the final report. Individual marks can be given.

 

Both partial exams must be passed in order to be graded in the course.
One overall grade is given in the subject according to grading rules A to F, where A is the best grade and F is not passed.

Examiners

External and internal examiner or two internal examiners.

Conditions for resit/rescheduled exams

"In case of illness/valid absence during the exam:

Sub-exam 1:

A new sub-exam 1 will be conducted at the next scheduled re-examination. The re-examination takes place early in the following semester.

Sub-exam 2:

The oral component must be passed before the final report can be submitted. The final report can be revised once.

If there is a desire to improve the grade, all requirements and components must be retaken at the next regular examination."