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Department of Engineering Technology MASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Department of Engineering Technology MASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. PROGRAM: MASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Competence Profile: Research & Development February 6, 2008 prof.dr.ir. H.W.M. Hoeijmakers. Department of Engineering Technology MASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. COMPETENCE PROFILES:

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Department of Engineering Technology MASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

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  1. Department of Engineering TechnologyMASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM: MASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Competence Profile: Research & Development February 6, 2008 prof.dr.ir. H.W.M. Hoeijmakers

  2. Department of Engineering TechnologyMASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COMPETENCE PROFILES: • Research & Development: advance technology • Design & Construction: machinery, installations, products, vehicles, materials, processes • Organisation & Management: production, installation plants, processes ii

  3. Department of Engineering TechnologyMASTER MECHANICAL ENGINEERINGCompetence profile: Research & Development You like to: • solve problems • explore new paths, possibilities, etc. • find out, and understand, how everything works and why • improve state of the art in technology • communicate your findings to the outside world • be an expert in a multi-disciplinary team CURIOSITY-DRIVEN

  4. You are going to (1): • observe and analyse in order to understand • identify parameters and determine their relative importance • model, i.e. simplify, recognize, generalize • implement in (scale) experiment, computational tool for numerical simulation, or field test • acquire knowledge and convert it into innovation and technology

  5. You are going to (2): • combine your own knowledge & expertise with that from other disciplines, such as: • mechanics (solid, liquid, gas, mixtures) • thermodynamics, energy • control • tribology, material science • bio-medical science, environmental science • Physics, chemistry • electronics & informatics, computers, etc. TRAINING IN SOLVING PROBLEMS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING CONTEXT

  6. Upon graduation you will work at: • R&D Department of (large) company as Shell, Stork, Philips, ASML, DSM, Océ, Siemens, Wärtsilä, … • R&D Institute (GTI) as TNO, MARIN, Delft-Hydraulics, ECN, NLR, GasUnie, … • Engineering Consultancy firm, in field of e.g. structures, acoustics, processes, mechatronics, … • Innovation company • University as PhD candidate • Etc.

  7. You can specialize in: Thermal Engineering Prof. Th. van der Meer (ThW) Engineering Fluid Dynamics Prof. H. Hoeijmakers (TS) Surface Technology & Tribology Prof. D. Schipper (OPM/OTR) Design Technology & Virtual Reality Prof. F. van Houten (OPM/OT) Production Technology Prof. R. Akkerman (OPM/PT) Mechanics of Forming Technology Prof. J. Huetink (TM) Structural Dynamics & Acoustics Prof. A. de Boer (TM) Biomechanical Engineering Prof. B. Koopman (BW) Mechanical Automation Prof. B. Jonker (WA) Elastomers Technology & Engineering Prof. J. Noordermeer (ETE) Multi-Scale Mechanics Prof. S. Luding (MSM)

  8. Curriculum: Year 1: Courses (60 EC in total) • Competence-specific (20 EC) • Course from other competence (5 EC) • Group/Chair-specific courses (35 EC) Year 2: (60 EC in total) - Traineeship (15 or 20 EC) - Extra Course ( 5 or 0 EC) - MSc thesis research assignment (40 EC)

  9. 1) Competence-Specific Courses: (Choose 4 from 6 = 20 EC)

  10. 2) One Course from other Competence 5 EC 3) Group-Specific Courses: 35 EC • Discipline-oriented advanced courses • Interdisciplinary courses, e.g. Acoustics • Other competence-specific courses • PDE Mathematical Physics, Numerical Analysis, Numerical Simulation • Measurement techniques • Advanced control courses, etc. TOTAL: 60 EC

  11. Example: Supersonic Gas Dryer Prepare High-pressure Natural Gas (NG) for use in domestic appliances Principle: - Expand NG to get high DT/Dt - Condensation of H2O, CnHm - Centrifuge droplets to 2nd flow • Fluid Dynamics, Thermodynamics • Physics, Chemistry • Process Technology • Structural Design, Materials • Logistics, Financing, Marketing

  12. Example: Windturbine Generate Electric Power from the Wind, e.g. Offshore • Aerodynamics, Active Flow Control • Aero-Acoustics (Anti-Noise??) • Structures • Fluid-Structure Interaction, Aero-elasticity • Vibration Control, Tribology • Materials, Production(RTM??), Corrosion • Generator, Electrical Engineering • Logistics, Financing, Marketing

  13. Example: Water Turbine Possible Multi-disciplinary CTW “DESIGN TEAM” TM: Novel sub-sea structures, wave loads, vibration alleviation, fatigue TS: Performance rotating flow machine, cavitation ThW: Storage of energy (H2??) OTR: Gearbox, surface technology PT: New materials WA: Control laws OT: Design rules, maintenance procedures Electricity grid compatibility, environment (seabed, fauna) Marine Current Turbines Ltd RPM: 10-20; Diameter 15-20 m; Current: 2.5 m/s

  14. Example: Joint Technology Initiative ‘Clean Sky’

  15. Example: Joint Technology Initiative ‘Clean Sky’ Ice-Phobic Texture for Passive Anti-Icing (WA, TR) Active Anti-icing (PT, TS) Synthetic Jets for Flow Control (TS, WA, PT) Structural Health Monitoring and Shape Morphing (TM, PT)

  16. Examples of R&D from the participating Groups: THW: Thermal Engineering TS: Engineering Fluid Dynamics OPM/OTR: Surface Technology & Tribology OPM/OT: Design Technology & Virtual Reality OPM/PT: Production Technology TM: Structural Dynamics & Acoustics BW: Biomechanical Engineering WA: Mechanical Automation ETE: Elastomers Technology & Engineering MSM: Multi-Scale Mechanics

  17. RELATION BETWEEN R&D AND D&C In groups focus can be on: • New theories, knowledge, innovations always motivated by application (R&D) • Application of above in new designs or construction (D&C)

  18. TM: Structural Dynamics & Acoustics Example: Tyre-road interaction

  19. WA: Automation, Mechatronics & Robots • Design and development of methods and equipment for control and automation of mechanical systems and physical processes • Themes: • (1) Robotized laser welding • Robotics and machine dynamics • Seam tracking • Laser welding process control

  20. WA: Automation, Mechatronics & Robots • Themes: • (2) Vibration control • Mechatronic design of machine supports • Active vibration isolation • - Feedback control • - Adaptive feed-forward control Vibration isolation of lens system for better image quality Wafer scanner: ASML TwinScan

  21. Production process simulation of wing leading edge stiffeners OPM/PT: Production Technology Example: process analysis for novel materials New materials for aviation industry

  22. ThW: Thermodynamics, Energy, Combustion Combustion Sustainable fuels Heat transfer

  23. BW: Biomechanical Engineering Understanding human movement • Movement mechanics, neural mechanics and tissue mechanics • Theoretical and experimental approach, resulting in the design of innovative biomedical products • Applications in medicine (rehabilitation, orthopaedics, neurology) and sports

  24. TS: Engineering Fluid Dynamics • Rotating Flow Machines • Aero-acoustics • Flows with Condensation, Cavitation • Fluid-structure Interaction, Flow Control • Bio-physical Flows

  25. OPM/OTR: Surface Technology & Tribology Example: Wear modes in Abrasion (a) Ploughing (b) wedge formation (c) cutting

  26. OPM/OT: Design Engineering Design with customers? Human interaction with complex technical systems

  27. ETE: Elastomers Technology & Engineering • Elastomer: Composite Material • consisting of two nano-scale co-continuous networks of • - crosslinked polymers • - reinforcing fillers • ►EXCITING and UNIQUE property profile for • wide variety of characteristic applications • ►Challenging potential for RECYCLING

  28. Multi Scale Mechanics msm • Self Healing Materials • Sound wave propagation • Micro-macro theory and simulations • Compressive/Tensile tests of sintered material • Flow of non-Newtonian Fluids and micro-fluids • Hierarchical Multi-Scale Models

  29. See for other examples and further information: • http://www.bw.ctw.utwente.nl/ • http://www.opm.ctw.utwente.nl/research/design_engineering/index.html • http://www.opm.ctw.utwente.nl/research/tribology/index.html • http://www.pt.ctw.utwente.nl/ • http://www.tm.ctw.utwente.nl/ • http://www.ts.ctw.utwente.nl/ • http://www.thw.ctw.utwente.nl/ • http://www.wa.ctw.utwente.nl/ • http://www.ete.ctw.utwente.nl/ • http://www.msm.ctw.utwente.nl/

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