Course Weekly Lecture Plan

Week	Topic
1	Design activity and importance of knowledge of machine elements in this activity. Fundamentals of strenght of materials analysis of machine elements. Loads and stresses, equivalente stresses, fracture theories, fatigue strenght, Hertzian stresses.
2	Unseparable joints; welded joints.
3	Inseparable joints; soldered, adhesive bonded and riveted joints.
4	Form connected shaft-hub connections.
5	Force connected shaft-hub connections.
6	Force connected shaft-hub connections, pins and knuckles.
7	Bolted joints; the mechanics of screws and their stress calculations.
8	Bolted joints; preloaded bolted joints.
9	Springs.
10	Axles and shafts, couplings.
11	Clutches.
12	Lubricants and lubrication theory.
13	Sliding bearings.
14	Rolling bearings.