This is a subject project undertaken as an Active Learning Assignment(ALA) in autumn semester of 2017-18 for the course Theory of Machines guided by Prof. Nitinchandra Patel.
The project is composed of three different sections that apply the basic principle of the use of flywheel in punching press.
The mass of flywheel is calculated in kgs for a punching press or riveting operation given its other parameters and assuming zero frictional losses.
The shear and compressive stresses required in punching a hole in a sheet were calculated for some commonly-used materials.
The mass of flywheel required for punching each material were calculated keeping power rating constant and assuming 15 per cent frictional losses.
The project holds MIT license.