TY - GEN
T1 - Training Mechanical Design for Sustainability through the Development of Systems with End-of-life Components
AU - Martinho, Alberto José Antunes Marques
AU - Coteata, Margareta
AU - Slatineanu, Laurentiu
AU - Coelho, António Manuel Flores Romão de Azevedo Gonçalves
AU - Mourão, António José Freire
N1 - sem pdf
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - The goal of this paper is to show that one can teach mechanical design making the students aware about the sustainability issues in mechanical engineering by incorporating obsolete parts. The example herein developed aims at finding viable design solutions by re-using end-of-life components to perform functions that are very similar to the ones for which they were initially designed, with only minor adjustments to make them suitable for their new purposes. A Savonius wind turbine was chosen for our exercise since it is easy to build and assemble, has low manufacturing costs and is appropriate for delivering a small amount of mechanical power.
AB - The goal of this paper is to show that one can teach mechanical design making the students aware about the sustainability issues in mechanical engineering by incorporating obsolete parts. The example herein developed aims at finding viable design solutions by re-using end-of-life components to perform functions that are very similar to the ones for which they were initially designed, with only minor adjustments to make them suitable for their new purposes. A Savonius wind turbine was chosen for our exercise since it is easy to build and assemble, has low manufacturing costs and is appropriate for delivering a small amount of mechanical power.
KW - End-of-Life Components
KW - Engineering Education
KW - Savonius
KW - Sustainability
U2 - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.809-810.652
DO - 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.809-810.652
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 809-810
SP - 652
EP - 657
BT - Applied Mechanics and Materials
ER -