MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
(MECG)
511.
Solar Energy Devices.
Study
of solar energy systems with emphasis on solar heating and cooling of buildings;
design of various types of solar collectors using different materials, working
fluids, and geometries; energy storage systems for solar assisted heat pumps;
use of solar energy in electricity generation.
Three credits
516.
Fluid Machinery.
Review
of fundamentals of fluid mechanics, dimensional analysis in fluid machinery;
classification and characteristics of fluid machinery (positive displacement,
radial, mixed flow and axial); efficiencies; incompressible flow machines (pumps
and hydraulic turbines); cavitation; compressible flow machines (compressors and
gas turbines); choking and surge.
Three credits
525.
Analysis and Design HVAC Systems.
Indoor
air quality and human comfort, economy and environmental protection
requirements. Heating and cooling
loads. Introduction to equipment
selection and system analysis.
Three credits
528.
Internal Combustion Engines.
Basic
Cycles for spark ignition and compression ignition engines.
Combustion chemistry, flame temperatures, fuels and heating values.
Actual versus ideal cycles, equilibrium charts, knock and engine
variables. Mechanics of spark
ignition and compression ignition engines.
Three credits
546.
Manufacturing Engineering.
Group
projects emphasizing design for manufacturing, manufacturing system simulation,
and prototype fabrication. Concurrent
with projects are lectures on modern manufacturing technologies.
Includes a two-hour laboratory.
Three credits
701.
Viscous Flow Theory.
Development
of the Navier-Stokes equation; solutions for special cases.
Dimensionless forms; low and high Reynolds number forms.
Boundary layer theory (similarity solution); Application to flow over a
flat plate, and flow in ducts. Introduction
to potential theory.
Three
credits
702.
Compressible Flow.
Linearized
sub- and super-sonic flow past slender bodies.
One- and two-dimensional and axisymmetric flows, including normal and
oblique shocks. Similarity laws.
Method of characteristics.
Three credits
704.
Computational Fluid Mechanics.
Study
of numerical methods in fluid mechanics including: finite differencing,
numerical errors and stability, nonlinear convection terms, boundary conditions,
and turbulence.
Prerequisite:
MECG 701 or approval of the Department Chairperson. Three credits
706.
Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics.
First
and second law analysis of engineering systems; equations of state and
properties of working fluids, including real gases; multi-phase and
multi-component systems in thermodynamic equilibrium; availability and
irreversibility.
Three credits
707.
Conduction Heat Transfer.
Development
of basic equations of heat conduction; analytical and numerical solutions of
transient and steady state temperature distributions in solids; applications
involving heat generation and varying physical properties.
Computer projects.
Three credits
708.
Convection Heat Transfer.
Continuity,
momentum, and energy equations for engineering fluids; exact and approximate
solutions for laminar and turbulent flows; free and forced convection, boiling
and condensation; selected applications.
Three credits
709.
Radiation Heat Transfer.
Black
body and non-black surface radiation; radiative properties of real materials;
configuration factors; multi-face radiation exchange in enclosures; radiative
transfer in participating and radiative properties of gases; application to
problems involving convection and radiation.
Three credits
711.
Introduction to Aerodynamics.
Essentials
of wing theory and practice. Potential
flow theory and its application to the performance of infinite wings.
Finite wing theory and wing performance characteristics.
Boundary layer effects on wings. Transonic
and supersonic aerodynamics of wings and bodies.
Three credits
714.
Computer Aided Design. Fundamentals of Computer Graphics.
Introduction
to CAD, solid modeling, analysis and optimization. Introduction to finite element packages, practical
integration of CAD, system assembly and dynamic simulation.
Three credits
720.
Robotics and Automation.
Introduction
to robotics and automation; flow-line production; numerical control and CAD/CAM;
group technology and flexible manufacturing systems; robotic industrial
applications; robot decision making; programmable robotic automation.
Three credits
734.
Production Engineering.
Presentation of the analysis associated with managing manufacturing operations. Topics covered will be decision-making, forecasting, materials requirement planning, queuing, project management, and aggregate planning. Three credits
735.
Theory of Vibration.
Steady
state and transient response of lumped and continuous mechanical systems.
Application to rods, beams, plates and shells.
Three
credits
736.
Design of Machine Elements.
Strain
energy method for analyzing statistically indeterminate machine members;
theories of failure; fatigue; optimum design of machine elements; stress waves
and impact loading, critical speed. Finite
element modeling of various machine members.
Three credits
738.
Advanced Dynamics.
Introduction
to kinematics; formulation of equations of motion for a particle, system of
particles and rigid bodies. Holonomic,
conservative and non-conservative systems.
Work-energy principles and Lagrangian methods. Introduction to vibration theory. Three credits
741.
Special Topics in Mechanical Engineering.
Special
topics in mechanical engineering of current interest to graduate students;
subject matter will be announced in advance of particular semester offering.
Three credits
742.
Advanced Study in Mechanical Engineering.
Individual
study of a selected topic in mechanical engineering under the supervision of a
faculty member.
Prerequisite:
Advisor's approval of topic. Three
credits
748.
Thesis in Mechanical Engineering.
Original
investigation or design on field of mechanical engineering; topic is to be
chosen by student with approval of faculty advisor and department chairperson;
written report and oral presentation required.
Six credits