Mechanical Engineering

MECH 5811    Solar Engineering    3 s.h.

Radiational characteristics of solar energy, glass materials and selective coatings. Analysis of flat plate collectors, concentrators, and thermal storage. System simulation and economic analysis for optimization of basic solar systems.
Prereq.: PHYS 2611, MECH 3725 or consent of chairperson.

MECH 5820    Turbulence    3 s.h.

Physics of turbulence in thermal-fluid engineering systems; statistical descriptions, energy cascade and scales of turbulent motion. Modeling and simulation of turbulent flows. Examples of turbulence in mixing layers, combustion, and wall-bounded flows.
Prereq.: MECH 3720 or PHYS 3705 or CHEN 3786 (or equivalent).

MECH 5825    Heat Transfer 2    3 s.h.

Advanced topics in heat transfer. Multi-dimensional conduction, free convection, phase change heat transfer and thermal radiation. Integration of analytical, numerical, and computational methods into design projects.
Prereq.: MECH 3708 and MECH 3725.

MECH 5836    Fluid Power and Control    3 s.h.

Theory of prime movers, turbomachinery, and control systems. Modeling of hydraulic and pneumatic systems and components. Hydraulic fluids, pumps, cylinders, valves, motors, compressors, and actuators. Hydraulic and pneumatic circuit applications and control.
Prereq.: MECH 3725.

MECH 5842    Kinetics of Machines    3 s.h.

Three dimensional kinematics and dynamics of machines. Dynamic analysis and design; balancing of machines.
Prereq.: MECH 3742.

MECH 5852    Stress and Strain Analysis 2    3 s.h.

Continuation of MECH 3751. Introduction to applied elasticity theory including plane stress and strain and stress functions. Plastic and creep behavior of materials. Introduction to instability. Emphasis on design applications.
Prereq.: MECH 3751, MECH 3751L, MATH 3705.

MECH 5872    Engineering Acoustics    3 s.h.

The nature of sound and its propagation; analysis and control of sound and noise production in mechanical equipment; transmission and absorption of sound in engineering materials, ultrasonics, structural acoustics, base measurements, and equipment.
Prereq.: MECH 3708.

MECH 5881    Mechanical Vibrations    3 s.h.

Introduction to mechanical vibrations: single and multi-degree of freedom systems, free and forced vibrations, impedance and modal analysis including applications.
Prereq.: MECH 3708.

MECH 5881L    Mechanical Vibrations Laboratory    1 s.h.

Introduction to vibrations measurements. Experiments with mechanical systems, computer simulation of vibration systems. Experimental determination of component models and parameters. Three hours laboratory per week.
Prereq.: MECH 5881.

MECH 5884    Finite Element Analysis    3 s.h.

Fundamental principles of finite element analysis with emphasis on applications to design in areas of stress analysis, vibrations, and heat transfer. Use of commercial software.
Prereq.: MECH 3708, MECH 3725, MECH 3751.

MECH 5885    Computational Fluid Dynamics    4 s.h.

Understand finite differential and finite volumes methods used in CFD. Understand the need for various turbulence models and how to choose them. Become proficient at disseminating the results form a CFD software. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week.
Prereq.: MECH 3720 and MECH 3725.

MECH 5892    Control of Mechanical Systems    3 s.h.

Introduction to theory of feedback and control. Performance and stability of linear systems. Design of feedback control systems. Practical application and introduction to state-space methods. Two hours lecture and three hours laboratory per week.
Prereq.: MECH 3708.

MECH 6900    Special Topics    2-4 s.h.

Special topics and new developments in mechanical engineering. Subject matter and credit hours to be announced in advance of each offering. May be taken three times.
Prereq.: As announced or permission of instructor.

MECH 6904    Advanced Thermodynamics    3 s.h.

Laws of equilibrium thermodynamics; relations between properties and aspects of the Second Law. Exergy analysis. Macroscopic and microscopic considerations for the prediction of properties. Microscopic description based on classical and quantum statistics. General stability criteria, statistical equilibrium, and trend toward equilibrium fluctuations.
Prereq.: Permission of graduate advisor.

MECH 6915    Failure Analysis    3 s.h.

Advanced methods in failure analysis of metallics, ceramics, polymers, and composites. Numerous practical examples will be discussed. Individual student projects using scanning electron microscopy are required. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory.

MECH 6925    Computational Heat Transfer    3 s.h.

Numerical modeling techniques and methods in heat transfer. Computational analysis of conduction and convection by the finite element method, finite difference method, and the method of coordinate transformation.
Prereq.: MATH 3705 Differential Equations and MECH 3725 Heat Transfer I, or permission of instructor.

MECH 6930    Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer    3 s.h.

Viscous and inviscid flows, Navier-Stokes equations, Euler equations, and complex variables methods. Analytic solutions to advanced heat transfer problems, advanced boundary-value problems.
Prereq.: MECH 3725 Heat Transfer I or equivalent.

MECH 6945    Advanced Dynamics    3 s.h.

Three-dimensional vector statics; kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies; energy, momentum, and stability. LaGrange's equations of motion for particles and rigid bodies impulse; small oscillations; nonholonomic and dissipative systems.
Prereq.: Permission of graduate advisor.

MECH 6950    Engineering Tribology    3 s.h.

Fundamentals of surface interactions by the effects from surface topography, physical & chemical energies, and mechanical contact. Surface damage mechanisms by frictional contacts including adhesion, abrasion, and fatigue. Fundamental lubrication theories including hydrodynamic, hydrostatic, elastohydrodynamic and boundary layers. Design considerations and selection of tribological machine components. Restrictions: Undergraduate level physics, chemistry, and materials mechanics and science.

MECH 6952    Applied Elasticity    3 s.h.

Equations or equilibrium, compatibility and boundary conditions-their applications to plane stress and plane strain problems. Stress functions, strain energy methods, stress distribution in anile symmetrical bodies; special problems in structures involving torsion and bending of prismatical bars.
Prereq.: MECH 3751 Stress and Strain Analysis I or equivalent, or permission of graduate advisor.

MECH 6962    Mechanical Design Analysis    3 s.h.

The study of analytical aspects and the application of engineering science topics to machine elements and machinery. Some case studies in mechanical design.
Prereq.: Permission of graduate advisor.

MECH 6963    Advanced Stress Analysis    3 s.h.

Theory and engineering applications of the most recent techniques of experimental stress analysis, brittle coatings, photoelasticity, strain gauges, photostress.
Prereq.: MECH 3751 Stress and Strain Analysis I or equivalent or permission of graduate advisor.

MECH 6983    Modern Power Sources    3 s.h.

Analytical and descriptive study of modern power plants. Combustion and environmental problems with fossil-fueled power plants. Electromagnetic circuits and devices with emphasis on the principles of electromechanical energy conversions.
Prereq.: Permission of graduate advisor.
Cross-Listed:as CHEN 6983 and ECEN 6983.

MECH 6985    Electromechanical Motion Devices    3 s.h.

Thermodynamics of batteries, and electric and fuel cells. Power from nuclear isotopes. Features common to rotating electromagnetic fields. Analysis and design of electromechanical power components. Logical circuit design with I/O structure and interface.
Cross-Listed:as CHEN 6985 and ECEN 6985.

MECH 6990    Thesis    2-6 s.h.

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MECH 6992    Graduate Projects    3 s.h.

Analysis, design, research, or other independent investigation on projects selected with the advice and approval of the student's graduate committee.