Abstract
The total knowledge of mankind doubles in shorter and shorter time, currently about every third year. The quantity of the existing knowledge of mechanical engineering also increases rapidly. The duration of study must not prolongate, so at the Institute for Machine Design and Automotive Engineering (Institut für Maschinenkonstruktionslehre und Kraftfahrzeugbau mkl) at the University of Karlsruhe the new Karlsruhe education model for industrial product development (Karlsruher Lehrmodell für Produktentwicklung KaLeP) was introduced in 1999. It is continuously advanced by the experiences that are made at its application.
An essential part of KaLeP is the Element Model “Working Surface Pairs & Channel and Support Structures” that was also newly developed at mkl. This Element Model is a new scientific approach for the abstraction of machine elements and -systems to a higher level. On this higher level the shape and the properties of Working Surface Pairs and Channel and Support Structures are playing a central part for the function of machine elements in the system context.
By dint of a reference task it was stated that the thinking process of students of sequent age-classes by an equal period of education had changed positively. The students that were educated by the new education model could identify the function of an unknown machine element much better than the students that were educated by a classical education model for machine elements. The number of students that were able to fulfill this step has more than doubled in the considered period of time.
This is an explicit hint for the ability of the newly implemented education model, especially the Element Model “Working Surface Pairs & Channel and Support Structures”to arrange the education of machine design much more effective. During the courses an understanding on a higher level is built. This enables the lecturers to impart more knowledge on the same time without asking too much of the students.
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Albers, A., Matthiesen, S., Ohmer, M. (2004). Evaluation of the Element Model “Working Surface Pairs & Channel and Support Structures”. In: Tichkiewitch, S., Brissaud, D. (eds) Methods and Tools for Co-operative and Integrated Design. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2256-8_30
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