Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College · Courses
ET
8 courses with the subject ET, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
ET 200Graphic Communications3
The study of graphic communications relating to the design and construction industry.
ET 232Introduction to Part and Tool Design (3) This is the introductory
course for designing plastic parts using CAD solids modeling techniques. This course builds upon fundamental CAD modeling skills developed during earlier courses and initially focuses on the fundamental techniques needed to construct solids models for thin walled plastic parts. Focus then shifts toward using similar solids and surface modeling techniques for designing molds for plastic parts. The course objective is to provide the basic knowledge to construct solid models of plastic parts and related tooling and to lay the foundation for more advanced plastic part and mold design courses. Enforced Prerequisite at Enrollment: PLET 222 or Prerequisite or concurrent: EGT 121
Axial, torsional, bending, and combined stress analysis; deformation and deflection analysis of cables, shafts, and beams; column design and analysis. ET 322 Strength of Materials (3)Strength of materials deals with the relationship among the external forces acting on a body, the resulting stresses (intensity of internal forces) and the deformation (change of size or shape). The determination of proper sizes and material of construction of mechanical components and structural members to satisfy strength and deformation requirements are important topics of strength of materials. The students will be introduced to the concept of stress - normal, shear and bearing stress, and relate strain to stress using material properties. The students will develop an understanding of design parameters such as design stresses, factors of safety for axial loads, transverse loads and torsional loads, to design components such as beams and circular shafts satisfying strength and deformation requirements. The students will also learn to calculate moments of inertia, centroids and apply parallel axis theorem for moment of inertia. The students will be introduced to the concept of combined stresses and their analysis using graphical and analytical methods. Finally, the concept of buckling in columns will be introduced.
/Maximum of 18 Supervised off-campus, nongroup instruction including field experiences, practica, or internships. Written or oral critique of activity required.
prior approval of proposed assignment by instructor
ET 496Independent Studies1-18
/Maximum of 18 Creative projects, including research and design, that are supervised on an individual basis and that fall outside the scope of formal courses.
