Course content 

DAY 1

    AM & CAD: Overview on product development process, Metal
and Bio additive manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping
techniques: SLA, SLS, FDM, 3DP, LOM, SGC, Product Lifecycle
Management, CAD: 2D and 3D geometry generation techniques.

DAY 2 & 3

    Concept of Product Design & Development:   Process &
methodology, tools & Teams, customer needs, product function
& structure, benchmarking & engineering specifications:
portfolios and the  architecture, concepts and morphological
Evaluation, scoring & embodiment principles etc. Design for
robustness & optimization
    FEM Theory: Finite element discretization,  Weighted
residual methods: Galerkin, Collocation methods; Weak form,
Rayleigh Ritz method.
    Loads and Constraints: Boundary conditions, various
types of supports such as fixed, pin and roller joints,
fasteners and joints, techniques for applying loads and
constraints on hole centre etc.Connections: Techniques for
modelling fasteners: nuts and bolts, crews etc., joints,
generating various types contacts such as bonding, sliding etc.
    Static Analysis: Modelling and comparing FEM results
with theories for problems like critical stress, von Mises
stress, calculating stress concentration factor, designing
within factor of safety, running animation etc.
    Dynamic Analysis: Design based on vibration analysis,
how to extract mid-surfaces from solids, extracting
structures natural frequencies (normal modes), fix and free
modal analysis

DAY 4 & 5

    Topology Optimization: theoretical background, Shape
Controls: How to apply manufacturing constraints such as
draw directions and symmetry, how to apply draw directions
(single, split and extrusion), how to apply stamping as
additional manufacturing constraints etc.
    Minimization Objective: Maximize stiffness or minimize
mass; Optimization with various constraints such as
frequency, stress, gravity, thickness and minimum factor or
safety constraint.
    Lattice Structure Optimization: Fit new free-from solid
geometry on the optimized design, poly NURBS, Lattice
structure optimization modelling techniques
    Additive Manufacturing:  Basic concept,  evolution &
Advantages, process chain & technology, Design for AM, 
process selection, Post processing & Application, Future of
AM & product development & digital entrepreneurship

DAY 6 & 7

    Visits to Lab and local sightseeing