Mechanical Engineering (ME)

Conservation equations for viscous fluids. Boundary layer concept. Navier-Stokes equations and some exact solutions. Stokesian flow. Laminar boundary layer equations and methods of solution. von Karman momentum integral equation. Theory of stability of laminar flows. Introduction to turbulent flow.

Prerequisite: ME 311 or Equivalent

ME 533 Ideal Fluid Flow (3-0-3)

Kinematics and dynamics of inviscid fluids in steady and unsteady motion. Two-dimensional and axisymmetric potential flows. Singularities. Complex potential and various transformation techniques. Free-stream line flow. Airfoils and wings.

Prerequisite: ME 311 or Equivalent

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ME 549 Thermal Design of Heat Exchangers (3-0-3)

Classification of a variety of heat exchangers, various methods for the exchanger analysis and performance evaluation, pressure drop analysis including header design and flow maldistribution, fouling and its impact on the exchanger performance and life-cycle analysis. Special design considerations for regenerators, plate-fin, tube-and-frame, shell-and-tube, reboilers, condensers, evaporators, and direct-contact heat exchangers.

Prerequisite: ME 315 or Equivalent

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ME 553 Advanced Vibrations (3-0-3)

Review of single degree of freedom oscillator: formulation using generalized stiffness, inertia and damping. Damping mechanisms: viscous, friction, and complex. Response to transient and general excitations. Multiple degrees of freedom systems: formulation and methods of solution. Direct stiffness, influence coefficients and variational approaches. Eigenvalue analysis. Vibration of continuous systems. Approximation methods of continuous systems. Modal reduction technique.

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

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ME 554 Elasticity (3-0-3)

Plane stress, plane strain, biharmonic solutions. Problem formulation in cartesian and polar coordinates; polynomail, Fourier series and complex variable solutions. Energy theorems and variational techniques. Three-dimensional elasticity. Saint-Venant torsion and bending theory. Navier equation and Galerkin vector.

Prerequisite: ME 551

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ME 560 Smart Materials and Structures (3-0-3)

Analysis, design, and implementation of smart structures and systems: modeling of beams and plates with induced strain actuation, piezoelectric ceramics and polymers, shape memory alloys, electro-rheological fluids. Piezoelectric and magnetostrictive sensors and actuators, and fiber optic sensors. Integration mechanics. Damage detection and repair. Applications.

Prerequisite: Graduate Standing

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ME 572 Analysis of Manufacturing Processes (3-0-3)

Analytical treatment of the machining and metal-working processes. Metallurgical and economic considerations. Machine tools dynamics and vibration. Trends of current research.

Prerequisite: ME 206 or Equivalent

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ME 610 MS Thesis (0-0-6)

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ME 710 Ph.D. Dissertation (0-0-12)

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