410. INTERMEDIATE MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3). Buckling, unsymmetric bending, transverse loading, curved beams, thick-walled cylinders and rotating disks, torsion of thin-walled tubes, contact stresses, plastic behavior, strain energy and Castigliano's theorem, strength theories and design equations, fatigue, and fracture. PRQ: MEE 212, MATH 336, and CSCI 230, or consent of department.
421. DYNAMIC SYSTEMS AND CONTROL II (3). Concepts of linear system theory; model analysis, Lagrange's Equations, approximate numerical methods for solving vibration problems, and Root-locus and frequency response design. State-space analysis. Case studies in control system design. PRQ: MEE 322 or ELE 380, or consent of department.
422. DESIGN OF ROBOT MANIPULATORS (3). Mathematics, programming, and control in the design of robot manipulators. Includes topics on kinematics, differential relationships and dynamics, motion trajectories, and control algorithms. PRQ: MEE 211 and MATH 336, or consent of department.
423. MECHANICAL RELIABILITY (3). Basic probability, statistics, and reliability concepts applicable to mechanical systems. Probabilistic treatment of loads, stress, strength, safety indices, and fatigue. Mechanical equipment reliability; wear-out; reliability-based design, testing, and maintenance. PRQ: MEE 212 and CRQ: MEE 470, or consent of department.
424. MACHINERY VIBRATION (3). Machinery vibration analysis: signature analysis in time and frequency domains, fault detection, diagnosis, and correction; instrumentation; case studies; machine monitoring programs. PRQ: MEE 322 or consent of department. CRQ: MEE 470 or consent of department.
425. DESIGN OF MOBILE ROBOTS (3). Configuration and architecture design. Position estimation, planning, and control. Perception and learning. Group capstone project in the design and development of a mobile robot. Lecture, discussion, and case studies of mobile robot design. PRQ: MEE 211 or TECH 375, or consent of department.
430. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING (3). Computers for CAD/CAM; computer-aided design; numerical control, origin of CAM; industrial robots; group technology and process planning; computer control; computer-integrated manufacturing. PRQ: MEE 230 or CRQ: MEE 331, or consent of department.
431. COMPOSITE MATERIALS (3). Macromechanical behavior of a lamina; micromechanical behavior of a lamina; macromechanical behavior of a laminate; bending, buckling, and vibration of laminated plates. PRQ: MEE 212, MEE 330, and MEE 380, or consent of department.
451. REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING (3). Refrigerants; vapor compression and absorption refrigeration systems; cryogenics; psychrometrics and humidity measurements; extended surface coils and transfer processes between moist air and water; solar radiation and heating and cooling loads of buildings and structures. PRQ: MEE 350 and MEE 352, or consent of department.
452. DESIGN OF THERMAL SYSTEMS (3). Application of principles of fluid mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics in the component design of thermal systems. Examples are drawn from power generations, environmental control, and industrial processes. Students work on group projects for integration of these components in the design of thermal systems. PRQ: MEE 350 and MEE 352, or consent of department.
453. PROPULSION (3). Aerodynamics and thermodynamics of gas turbine airbreathing and rocket engines; quasi-one-dimensional flow; ideal and real cycle analysis; component performance; engine operating off-design characteristics. PRQ: MEE 340 and MEE 350, or consent of department.
480. FINITE ELEMENT METHODS (3). Concepts of finite element methods,
variational formulation and approximation; linear and quadrilateral elements;
finite
element formulation; error analysis; isoparametric elements; computer implementation;
applications from solid mechanics, dynamics, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics.
PRQ: MEE 322, MEE 352, and MEE 380, or consent of department.
510. EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS (3). Elementary elasticity; brittle-coating methods; strain meaurement methods and related instrumentation; photoelasticity; Moire methods; residual stress analysis. PRQ: MEE 490 or consent of department.
511. CONTINUUM MECHANICS (3). Vectors and tensors; stress; deformation; Eulerian and Lagrangian strain; physical laws; constitutive equations; solid mechanics; fluid mechanics. PRQ: Consent of department.
512. ADVANCED MECHANICS OF MATERIALS (3). Stress-strain-temperature relations; failure criteria; energy methods; torsion; nonsymmetrical bending; curved beams; flat plates; beams and elastic foundations; rotating discs; contact stresses. PRQ: MEE 470 or consent of department.
513. FATIGUE AND FRACTURE MECHANICS (3). Yielding; brittle fracture mechanics; plasticity induced fracture; fracture toughness; fatigue testing and analysis; stress concentration and notch sensitivity; low-cycle, corrosion, acoustic, and thermal fatigues. PRQ: MEE 512 or consent of department.
514. THEORY OF ELASTICITY AND APPLICATIONS (3). Plane stress and plane strain in rectangular, polar, and curvilinear coordinates; analysis of stress and strain in three dimensions; torsion of bars; bending of bars and plates; axisymmetric problems; thermal stress; propagation of waves in elastic solid media. PRQ: MEE 511 or consent of department.
515. APPLIED FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS FOR MECHANICAL ENGINEERS (3). Implementation of analysis and interpretation of results for discrete and continuous systems; computational techniques; available computer software; selection of model parameters; model evaluation and determination of accuracy; applications in mechanical engineering problems. PRQ: MEE 480 or consent of department.
520. ADVANCED DYNAMICS (3). Newtonian mechanics; analytical mechanics; rotating reference frames; rigid body dynamics; geometric theory; stability of autonomous and nonautonomous systems; perturbation techniques; transformation theory; gyroscope. PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.
521. ADVANCED VIBRATIONS (3). Advanced principles of dynamics; discrete and continuous systems; free and forced vibrations; damped and undamped system reponse; approximate methods; wave solutions for continuous systems; random vibrations. PRQ: MEE 421 or consent of department.
522. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS (3). Random vibrations; vibration pick-ups; dynamic strain measurements; beam vibrations; response analysis; modal analysis. PRQ: MEE 521 or consent of department.
523. ROBOT VISION CONTROL (3). Generalized images; segmented images; geometrical structures; relational structures; robot machine vision systems. PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
524. ROBOT DYNAMICS AND CONTROL (3). Motion trajectories; principles of rigid body dynamics; robot dynamics; digital control systems; control of multiple link manipulators. PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
525. ROBOT PROGRAMMING AND CONTROL (3). Task descriptions; structured programming; teaching; compliance and control; high level of robot language. PRQ: MEE 422 or consent of department.
529. MATERIALS ENGINEERING IN MECHANICAL DESIGN (3). The engineering design process, engineering materials and their properties, materials selection charts, case studies, selection of material and shape, and aesthetics of designs. PRQ: Consent of department.
530. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS (3). Molecular structure of amorphous, crystalline, and network polymers; theories of the glassy state; transition and melt temperatures; model prediction of viscoelastic properties; time-temperature superposition principle; theory of rubber elasticity. PRQ: MEE 430 or consent of department.
531. COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS (3). Finite element methods in structural analysis; computer aided design of symmetric and asymmetric machine elements under dynamic, impulsive, and thermal loadings; computer graphics; computer analysis and animation of kinematics of linkages. PRQ: MEE 480 or consent of department.
532. TRIBOLOGY (3). Surface topography and integrity; sliding and rolling friction; temperature in sliding contact; types, mechanisms, and theories of wear; antifriction and wear resistant material; boundary, hydrodynamic, and elastohydrodynamic lubrication; high pressure and wear resistant additives; solid lubricant; examples of tribology applied engineering design. PRQ: Consent of department.
533. COMPUTER AIDED MANUFACTURING (3). Manufacture of parts and assemblies; design for manufacturability; numerically controlled machine tools; robotics. PRQ: MEE 430 or consent of department.
534. EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN MATERIALS SCIENCE (3). Structural evaluation of materials with X-ray techniques; scanning electron microscopy for image formation and use of column related techniques to characterize bulk specimens; transmission microscopy for image formation and defect analysis in materials science applications. PRQ: Consent of department.
540. ADVANCED FLUID MECHANICS (3). Kinematics of fluid flow; plane irrotational and incompressible fluid flows; Navier-Stokes equations; hydrodynamic stability; turbulence; two-dimensional boundary layers in incompressible flow; flow separation. PRQ: Consent of department.
542. DYNAMICS OF VISCOUS FLUIDS (3). Fundamentals of viscous fluid; Navier-Stokes equations; exact solutions, boundary layer equations and their physical interpretations; mathematical techniques of similarity transformations, integral methods, perturbation methods and numerical solutions. PRQ: MEE 540 or consent of department.
550. ADVANCED THERMODYNAMICS (3). Thermodynamic postulates and conditions of equilibrium; the Euler equation and the Gibbs-Duhem relations; Legendre transformations and the extreme principle; Maxwell relations; stability of thermodynamic systems; the Nernst Postulate; chemical reactions and combustion; chemical equilibrium; irreversible thermodynamics. PRQ: Consent of department.
555. CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER (3). Fundamentals of heat conduction; approximate and exact analytical methods; finite and semi-infinite bodies; one-dimensional composite media; phase change problems; nonlinear problems; heat transfer in anisotropic solids. PRQ: Consent of department.
556. CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER (3). Conservation principles; laminar internal and external flows; natural convection; turbulent flow; heat transfer at high velocities; heat transfer through porous media; numerical methods in convection heat transfer. PRQ: Consent of department.
558. COMPUTATIONAL HEAT TRANSFER AND FLUID MECHANICS (3). Application of partial differential equations, finite difference methods, and finite element methods in heat transfer and fluid mechanics; stability analysis, convergence criteria, and accuracy of computational techniques. PRQ: Consent of department.
592. ADVANCED MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ANALYSIS (3). Calculus of variations for deformable bodies; Sturm-Liouville problems; LaGrange's equations and generalized dynamical entities; integral equations in mechanical engineering; Green's functions; theory of distributions; one dimensional boundary value problems; partial differential equations in mechanical engineering. Applications of heat, conduction and convection, fluid dynamics, and structural mechanics. PRQ: Consent of department.
597. INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-3). Independent pursuit of advanced problems in mechanical engineering under faculty supervision. A written report is required. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. Combined credit in MEE 597 and MEE 598 may not exceed 3 semester hours. PRQ: Consent of department.
598. SPECIAL TOPICS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING (1-3) Advanced study of mechanical engineering topics. May be repeated to a maximum of 3 semester hours. Combined credit in MEE 597 and MEE 598 may not exceed 3 semester hours. PRQ: Consent of department.
599. MASTER'S THESIS (1-6). May be repeated to a maximum of 6 semester hours. PRQ: Consent of department.