Graphics is a universal language for transmission of accurate information for the purpose of manufacturing or maintenance of items. Thus the course is introduced to enable students to meaningfully read a technical drawing. Students will sketch pictorially a series of objects, convey ideas by means of sketches and later convert such sketches into orthographic drawing.
Students will be introduced to methods of using machines and hand-tools and develop practical survival skills. Later in the course, they will be required to complete two projects from the following: (a) manufacturing a toolbox from sheet metal; (b) manufacturing a desk light from wood; (c) manufacturing of a pen holder from wood; (d) manufacturing of a book stand from wood; (e) manufacturing a bookshelf from wood; (f) manufacturing a small table from wood; (g) automobile servicing; (h) electric appliances servicing.
Kinematics of rectilinear and curvilinear motion of particles. Dynamics of particles and systems of particles. Kinematics of rotation and plane motion of rigid bodies. Work and energy relations. Impulse and momentum principles. Dynamics of rigid bodies in plane motion.
Pre-Requisites: CE201 Or CE202
Control mass and control volume, properties of a pure substance and ideal gas, work and heat. First law of thermodynamics applied to closed and open systems, internal energy, enthalpy. Second law of thermodynamics, reversible and irreversible processes, Carnot cycle, entropy and entropy generation. Applications of steady state steady-flow, uniform-state uniform-flow, and other processes.
Pre-Requisites: MATH102 And PHYS102
Irreversibility and availability. Power and Refrigeration cycles: steam power cycles, air-standard power cycles, and refrigeration cycles. Gas-gas and gas water vapor mixtures. Psychrometrics. Thermodynamic relations: the Clapeyron equation, the Maxwell relations, and enthalpy and entropy departures. Chemical reactions: fuels and combustion processes.
Pre-Requisites: ME203
Atomic bonding in solids, bonding forces and energies, primary and secondary bonds. The structure of crystalline solids, lattice, unit cell, and crystal systems, density computation, crystal directions and planes, linear and planar atomic densities. Impurities and imperfections in solids: point, linear and interfacial defects. Atomic movement and diffusion. Mechanical properties of metallic materials, elastic and plastic deformation. Strengthening mechanisms, recrystallization and grain growth. Phase diagrams of single phase and multiphase materials with emphasis on iron-iron carbide system. The basics of materials characterization and mechanical testing will be covered in the lab.
Pre-Requisites: CHEM101 And MATH102
Manufacturing methods of metals and plastics including: metal casting, forming, machining, welding, and plastic processing. Laboratory experiments and demonstrations in material behavior, forming, casting, welding and machining operations, metrology and dimensional control.
Pre-Requisites: (ME210 Or CE101) And ME215
Atomic bonding in solids, bonding forces and energies, primary and secondary bonds. The structure of crystalline solids, lattice, unit cell, and crystal systems, density computation, crystal directions and planes, linear and planar atomic densities. Impurities and imperfections in solids: point, linear and interfacial defects. Atomic movement and diffusion. Mechanical properties of metallic materials, elastic and plastic deformation. Strengthening mechanisms, recrystallization and grain growth. Phase diagrams of single phase and multiphase materials with emphasis on iron-iron carbide system.
Pre-Requisites: CHEM101 And MATH102
Graphical interpretation of orthographic projection to include auxiliary views, section views, dimensioning, translation of design instructions into detail and assembly drawings, drawing conventions including weldments, piping, surface finish notation and selection of tolerances based on design requirements.
Atomic bonding in solids, bonding forces and energies, primary and secondary bonds. The structure of crystalline solids, lattice, unit cell, and crystal systems, density computation, crystal directions and planes, linear and planar atomic densities. Impurities and imperfections in solids: point, line and interfacial defects. Atomic vibration and diffusion. Mechanical properties of materials. Elastic and plastic deformation, and recrystallization. Phase diagrams of single phase & multiphase materials with emphasis on iron-iron carbide system (steel & cast iron). Thermal processing of metals & alloys: annealing, normalizing, quenching and tempering, composite materials, polymers. Impact, fracture, fatigue and creep properties and introduction to fracture mechanics.
Pre-Requisites: CHEM101 And MATH102 And PHYS102
Review of atomic bonding in solids. Metallic crystal structures (crystallographic points/directions, planes and density computation). Imperfections in solids. Mechanisms of diffusion (steady and non-steady state diffusion). Elastic and plastic deformation of metals. Design problems based on mechanical properties. Strengthening mechanism in metals. Design based on cold and hot working of metals. Binary phase diagrams and the Fe-C system. Basics of phase transformations with emphasis on phase transformations in Fe-C system. Applications of steels and cast irons. Composite Materials.
Pre-Requisites: CHEM101 And MATH102 And ME217*
Co-Requisites: ME 217
Materials characterization: metallography, microstructure analysis using optical microscopy and x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy. Mechanical testing to measure materials properties: hardness, tensile, flexural, impact, torsion, fatigue, and creep. Phase diagrams, cold working, heat treatment of carbon steels.
Pre-Requisites: ME216*
Co-Requisites: ME 216
Mechanical engineering design process. Open-ended problem solving. Teamwork. Team-based design projects. Estimation, modeling and basic science principles related to project. Manufacturing, assembly and testing. Communication skills in design, Ethical issues in design.
Pre-Requisites: PHYS102 And ME210
Design process, review of stress, strain and deformation analysis as applied to mechanical design; properties of materials; static failure theories; designing against fatigue failures; element design; shafts, keys, couplings, power screws; bolted, riveted and welded joints.
Pre-Requisites: CE202 And ME218
Machine element definition, the purpose of use, types, followed by kinematics (displacement, speed, and acceleration with trajectory if needed) and force analysis. Design of power and motion transmission elements spur, helical, bevel and worm gears; cams and followers; flexible drives (belts and chains); Design of power and motion control clutches and brakes, couplings, flywheels and mechanical springs; Elements for shaft support: bearings (journal and anti-friction). Elements for assembly and casing design: non-permanent and permanent joints i.e. rivets, screws, and welded joints.
Pre-Requisites: ME301 And ME303*
Co-Requisites: ME 303
Design project based learning to include: Machine elements with kinematics (displacement, speed, and acceleration with trajectory if needed) and force analysis; Design of power and motion transmission elements spur, helical, bevel and worm gears; cams and followers; flexible drives (belts and chains); Design of power and motion control clutches and brakes, couplings, flywheels and mechanical springs; Elements for shaft support: bearings (journal and anti-friction); Elements for assembly and casing design: non-permanent and permanent joints i.e. rivets, screws, and welded joints. The design project considers stress analysis using FEM, cost analysis and the use of standards.
Pre-Requisites: ME302*
Co-Requisites: ME 302
Principles applied to metal working, casting, welding, and machine processes. Design and process considerations. Non-traditional metal removal and welding processes. Powder metal processing. Automation. Numerical Control machining. Introduction to statistical manufacturing process control. Laboratory demonstrations and experiments on these principles and processes.
Design process, review of stress, strain and deformation analysis as applied to mechanical design; properties of materials; review of static failure theories; designing against fatigue failures; element design; shafts, keys, couplings, power screws, bolted, riveted and welded joints.
Pre-Requisites: CE203 And (ME322* And ME323* Or ME206) And ME218
Design of elements: bearings (journal and anti-friction), springs, spur, helical, bevel and worm gears; flexible drives (belts and chains); clutches and brakes; design optimization. Laboratory sessions to supplement and to apply the material covered in the lectures. Consideration of manufacturing aspects of the design (limits and fits). Study of projects considering the different stages of their design, manufacturing and assembly.
Pre-Requisites: ME307
Kinematics of mechanisms, vector method of analysis of plane mechanisms. Static and dynamic analysis of machines, inertia forces, gyroscopic forces. Static and dynamic balancing, balancing machines. Dynamics and balancing of reciprocating engines. Flywheels, kinematic and dynamic analysis of cam mechanisms. Elements of mechanical vibrations, critical speeds and torsional vibrations.
Definition and properties of fluids. Fluid statics with applications. Basic fluid dynamic equations of continuity, energy and momentum with applications to different flow situations and flow measurement. Viscous effects, boundary-layer concepts, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes, open channel flow, fluid dynamics forces on immersed bodies. Modeling and dimensional similarity. Introduction to turbomachinery.
Pre-Requisites: MATH201 And ME201 And ME203
Introduction to engineering thermodynamics, Thermodynamics properties, Thermodynamic Processes, the first and second laws of thermodynamics with applications to the thermodynamic performance analysis of typical thermo-mechanical systems including energy and entropy balance for closed and open systems. Basic fluid mechanics including: Definitions, Pressure in fluids, kinematics and dynamics of fluid flows; conservation laws applied to fluid flow (mass, and momentum); Euler, Bernoulli; dimensional analysis; Flow in conduits. Note: Not to be taken for credits with ME 203 or ME 311
Introduction to heat transfer by conduction, radiation and convection. Electric network analogy. Steady state solution for heat conduction in plane and radial walls, composite walls, walls with energy generating sections, and extended surfaces (fins). Introduction to multi-dimensional conduction. Unsteady heat transfer to plates, cylinders and spheres. Black- and gray-body radiation systems. Practical hydraulic and thermal analysis of convection with applications to heat exchangers.
Pre-Requisites: ME204 And ME311
Experimentation of the fundamental elements of theory and practice in fluid mechanics and heat transfer. Uncertainty analysis; flow measurements; pipelines and energy losses; hydraulic systems; temperature measurements; heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation; heat exchanger design and performance evaluation.
Pre-Requisites: ME311 And ME315*
Co-Requisites: ME 315
Introduction to the airplane and the atmosphere. Basic aerodynamics of incompressible and compressible flows, airfoils and wings, lift, drag, moments, circulation, boundary layers, skin friction. Performance of aircraft, level flight, climb, range, endurance, take-off and landing, thrust. Introduction to stability and control, structures and materials, propulsion systems of flight vehicles, and an introduction to space flight. Not to be taken for credit with AE 220
Manufacturing methods of metals and alloys including metal casting, welding, bulk forming, sheet metal forming, and machining processes. Both quantitative and qualitative study of manufacturing processes with emphasis on process selection for optimum design. Guidelines and best practices for ease of manufacturing. Design of simple casting molds, sheet metal blanking/punching dies and machining processes. 3D printing technologies and impact on rapid prototyping and manufacturing.
Pre-Requisites: CE101 Or ME210 And (ME216 And ME217)
The laboratory experiments and demonstrations are focused on lab learning of various manufacturing processes related to metrology, material testing, machining including CNC and conventional machine tools, welding processes, die casting facilities, plastic processing, and sheet metal processing to demonstrate and give students a hands on experience of different manufacturing processes.
Pre-Requisites: ME322*
Co-Requisites: ME 322
Beginning of coop in summer. Description as given in ME 351.
A period of 28 weeks of industrial employment for Applied Mechanical Engineering students to work in appropriate industries or firms. Students are evaluated on their performance on the job and are required to submit an extensive formal report on their experience. Limited to AME Students.
End of coop in summer. Description as given in ME 351.
This course is limited to AME program. A period of 16 weeks of industrial employment where Applied Mechanical Engineering students work in appropriate industries or firms. Students are evaluated on their performance on the job and are required to submit an extensive formal report on their experience in addition to making a presentation before an examining committee.
Pre-Requisites: BUS200 And ENGL214 And ME301 And ME315
This course is limited to ME program. A continuous period of 8 weeks of summer training spent in the industry working in any of the fields of mechanical engineering. The training should be carried out in an organization with an interest in one or more of these fields. On completion of the program, the student is required to submit a formal written report of his work.
Pre-Requisites: BUS200 And ENGL214 And ME204
Dynamics of mechanical, electrical, fluid and thermal systems. Transfer function and block diagram representations. Analysis and simulation of dynamic systems in the time and frequency domains. Design of basic controllers in the time and frequency domains. Stability of open- and closed-loop dynamic systems.
Pre-Requisites: EE234 And EE235 And (MATH202 Or MATH208) And ME315 And ME402*
Co-Requisites: ME 402
Design of experiments, sensors selection, wiring and calibration, uncertainty analysis, data acquisition, Introduction to LabVIEW software. Measurements of pressure, temperature and flow. Design and implementation of different control actions to electromechanical, fluid and thermal systems. Lab projects include measurements and control of mechanical or thermal systems.
Pre-Requisites: ME401*
Co-Requisites: ME 401
Dimensional metrology, basic statistical concepts in characterizing the variability of measurements, and introduction to statistical manufacturing process control. Process capability analysis. Design considerations in manufacturing. Abrasive machining and non-traditional metal removal processes, CAD/CAM - Numerical Control machining. Powder metal processing. Manufacturing with Polymers, Rapid Prototyping. Design for Manufacturability and Economics of Manufacturing. Design and Manufacturing Case Studies.
Laboratory demonstrations and experiments and hands on experience of: Measurements (Dimensional Metrology), Variability and Distributions, Manufacturing Tolerances and Process Capability Studies, Surface Roughness Analysis ,Experimental Data Analysis to Develop Empirical Models-Use of Excel, and other statistical software's, Advanced Experiments in Machining .Machining Forces and Torque Models. Non Traditional manufacturing, CAD/CAM and CNC machining, Polymers processing and Rapid Prototyping. Integrated Manufacturing Project.
3D Printing technologies including SLA, SLS, SLM, LOM, and FDM, concept modeling, rapid prototyping and digital manufacturing technologies. Preparation, consideration factors, and analysis of rapid prototyping. Advantages and limitations of the various rapid prototyping technologies. Rapid tooling. Making informed rapid prototyping choices. Group projects to gain hands on experience in Rapid Prototyping and parts realization.
Pre-Requisites: ME322 And ME323
Basics in the design and manufacture of fiber-reinforced polymer composite structures, key aspects of composites design, various methods of composites manufacture, micromechanics, mechanical performance, durability, repair, recycling and applications of composites.
Pre-Requisites: ME322 And ME323
Atomic bonding, crystal structure, defects, physical properties, phase diagrams, and ceramic microstructure; Classification of ceramic materials including oxides, silicates, carbides, nitrides, glasses, cements, clays, refractories, and glass-ceramics; Ceramic synthesis and processing; Ceramic properties including mechanical, thermal, dielectric, magnetic, and optical.
Pre-Requisites: ME205 Or ME207 Or ME216
This is the first of two courses for the multidisciplinary, capstone project. Multidisciplinary teams will be formed, projects will be defined, and project management discussed.
Pre-Requisites: ME307 Or ME301
This is the second of two courses for the multidisciplinary, capstone project. Multidisciplinary teams undertake product definition, generation of conceptual designs, product development, and presentation of final products. Students integrate knowledge acquired from prior courses into multidisciplinary projects with multiple constraints and use engineering standards while further developing their communication skills and life-long learning techniques.
Pre-Requisites: ME411
Dynamics of mechanical, fluid, electrical and thermal systems. Equations of motion. Dynamic response to elementary systems. Transfer functions and pole-zero diagrams. Simulation of dynamics of complex systems. Dynamic stability of systems. Open and closed-loop systems. Basic control actions. Laboratory sessions involve use of computers for simulation of dynamic systems and analysis of control systems.
Pre-Requisites: (MATH301 Or MATH333) And ME201
This is first part of AME specific Capstone Design Project course introduced to prepare a professionally written ME415 proposal by the project team and advisor as perquisite course for ME415. This course will facilitate the ground work completed in every respect to complete the meaningful projects in ME 415 from the day 1 of the project. And the proposal should be in a prescribed form with Gantt chart, and budget with material procurement forms (strategy and approval of ME workshop as well as other lab resources commitment), expected project deliverables and well defined roles of multiple faculty (if involved) in supervision of the project. The video lectures of the ME 414 with all prescribed forms with instructions will be available to all the enrolled students on the Web with some model (sample) project proposals. Team design projects, where appropriate, are highly encouraged. Students will work closely with their project adviser and are expected to spend about 3 hours per week /per student on the project.
This one-semester capstone design course is restricted for AME program. Students form teams to research, design, and produce a prototype of a product or system of their own design. The design process includes formulation of the problem statement, establishment of objectives, concept generation and consideration of alternative solutions, feasibility study, engineering design analyses, and prototype fabrication and testing. The design should take into consideration appropriate standard and constraints such as cost, safety, reliability, ethics and environmental and social impact.
The second part of this capstone design project course is completed in semester following the COOP Training and integrates various components of the curriculum in comprehensive engineering experience so that the basic sciences, mathematics, and engineering sciences which the student has learned in his freshman-to-senior years of study can be applied. It considers design of a complete project or system including establishment of objectives and criteria, formulation of the problem statements, preparation of specifications, consideration of alternative solutions, feasibility considerations, and detailed engineering designs. The design should take into consideration appropriate constraints such as economic factors, safety, reliability, ethics and environmental and social impact. Oral presentation and submission of final written report of the design project are essential requirements for the completion of the course. Students Project Team will work closely with their project adviser and are expected to spend about 6 hours per week /per student on the project.
Synthesis and graphical method of analysis of plane mechanisms: kinematics and kinetics of 2D mechanisms. Design of cam-follower mechanism. Static and dynamic balancing. Introduction to kinematics of basic industrial robots.
Pre-Requisites: ME201
CNC machining, abrasive and non-traditional metal removal processes, powder metallurgy, and ceramics processing. Manufacturing with polymers. Design considerations in manufacturing. Rapid Prototyping and 3D Printing current applications and future trends. Design for manufacturability and economics of manufacturing, cycle times and cost analysis.
Pre-Requisites: ME322 And ME323
Mechanical design process, materials properties and indices, product shape, multiple constraints, conflicting objectives, hybrid materials, impact of materials selection on the environment, extensive case studies.
Pre-Requisites: ME205 Or ME207 Or ME216
Major systems and subsystems of a vehicle will be discussed. Engineering metrics and design requirements will be presented for major sub systems of a vehicle. Vehicle dynamics, aerodynamics, safety, fuel economy, and performance will be explained using real world examples and relevant engineering analysis. Automotive materials, manufacturing, and future trends in mobility will also be discussed.
Pre-Requisites: (EE234 Or EE204) And (ME301 Or ME307) And ME322
Aerothermodynamics of aerospace vehicle engines, combustion, thrust and efficiency. Gas turbine engines: turbojet, turbofan, turboprop; ramjet and scramjet, typical engine performance. Aerothermodynamics of inlets, combustors and nozzles. Introduction to propellers, turbocompressors and turbines. Introduction to rockets and performances of rocket vehicle engines. Chemical and electrical driven rocket engines.
Pre-Requisites: ME204 And ME311
Energy sources and their classification. Conventional energy conversion; power plant and vapor cycles. Renewable energy; solar energy with emphasis on solar cells, wind energy, OTEC systems, geothermal energy. Nuclear fission and types of fission reactors.
Pre-Requisites: ME315
Introduction to maintenance engineering; Condition monitoring of machines, plants & structures, various methods of condition monitoring: vibration acoustic emission, temperature, etc. and their practical applications. Interpreting the results of condition monitoring. Economics of Maintenance, Optimal maintenance strategies: Inspection intervals planning for maintenance crew, forecasting the spare parts and determining optimal stocking policy.
Fundamentals of compressible fluid flow. Flow through frictional pipes, flow through ducts with heat transfer, normal shock waves, two-dimensional shock waves, and linearized flow.
Pre-Requisites: ME311
Performance of flight vehicle, landing, take-off, climb, range, endurance, thrust, power, and energy approach. Static/dynamic stability and control of flight-vehicle. Rocket trajectories and satellite orbits. Not to be taken for credit with AE 426
Thermo-fluid dynamics aspects of fluid flow, kinematic relations and efficiencies of turbomachines. Two dimensional cascades; Turbine and Compressor cascade correlations and performance. Axial Turbines (two dimensional analysis), Axial Flow Compressors and Fans (two dimensional analysis), Centrifugal Compressors and Fans, Radial Flow Turbines, and preliminary design fundamentals of turbomachines and three dimensional considerations.
Pre-Requisites: ME204 And ME311
Statically determinate and indeterminate structures; aerodynamic and inertia loads, load factors; elasticity of structures, stress-strain relationships; mechanical properties of vehicle materials; fatigue; strength-weight comparisons of materials; sandwich constructions; stresses in beams, shear flow in thin webs, closed-section box beams; deflection analysis of structural systems; Castigliano's theorems, Rayleigh-Ritz method, finite difference method; redundancy in structures.
Pre-Requisites: CE202 And MATH201
Overview on energies and energy auditing standard processes, understanding and analysis of energy bills, economic and life cycle costing analysis, fundamentals of electric systems, lighting, electric motors and drives, Building Envelop (revisions of modes of heat transfer, Insulation and building codes), HVAC, boilers and steam distribution systems, compressed air systems, renewable energy systems and waste water management, human behavior and facility energy management.
Thermodynamics of moist air; construction of the psychrometric chart; psychrometric processes; psychrometric systems; industrial processes, air conditioning systems; Air Conditioning for comfort and health- Indoor air quality, cooling and heating load calculations, duct design and air distribution methods; cooling towers.
Pre-Requisites: (ME315 Or CHE300)
Mechanical vapor compression refrigeration cycles (single-stage and multi-stage); refrigerant compressors; refrigerants; absorption refrigeration systems; thermoelectric cooling; flash cooling; gas cycle refrigeration; ultra-low-temperature refrigeration (cryogenics); food refrigeration; transport refrigeration; Design and performance evaluation problems in refrigeration systems and applications.
Pre-Requisites: ME315
Engine anatomy, designs, classifications, and configurations. Combustion chemistry and energy analysis. Idealized cycles of internal combustion engines. Spark-ignition (SI) and compression-ignition (CI) engines. Low-temperature-combustion (LTC) and gasoline-compression-ignition (GCI) engines. Engine performance parameters. Engine knock. Fuel octane and cetane numbers. Super and turbocharging. Engine emissions and control.
Pre-Requisites: ME204 Or CHE303
Combustion modes. Chemical thermodynamics and chemical kinetics. Conservation equations of reacting flows. Multi-species transport. Ignition, flammability, and extinction. Premixed and Non-premixed flames. Combustion instabilities. Turbulent combustion. Liquid and solid burning. Pollutant Emissions.
Pre-Requisites: ME204
Basic Meteorological Aspects; Meteorological Measurements; Fundamentals of Wind Speed; Wind Power Resource Assessment; Introduction to Wind Speed Analysis, Power Generation; Wind Power Economics, and Mitigation of Green House Gases Tools; Wind Turbine Technology and Selection; Introduction to Wind-Diesel Hybrid Power System Design and Optimization.
Pre-Requisites: ME311
Forms of energy, oil, gas and coal. Combustion processes, energy cycles. Steam generators and their component design, turbines, load curves. Field trips to power plants and other energy installations during laboratory hours.
Pre-Requisites: ME315
Study of fluid power systems as used in industrial applications to transmit power by the flow of hydraulic fluids. Fluid power circuit diagrams including components, such as, valves, pumps, actuators, filters, intensifiers, reservoirs and accumulators. Design of positive displacement pumps. Analysis of fluid leakage, hydrostatic transmissions, hydraulic stiffness, and performance of positive displacement pumps and actuators.
Pre-Requisites: ME311
Heat transfer mechanisms leading to basic heat exchanger equations, classification and analysis of heat exchangers including geometry; heat transfer and flow friction characteristics; compact and shell-and-tube heat exchanger application and design procedures; fouling and its effect on life cycle analysis; maintenance methodology; flow-induced vibration and noise in heat exchangers.
Pre-Requisites: ME315
Terminology and description of typical pump machinery. Momentum and energy transfer between fluid and rotor; Performance characteristics of centrifugal and axial flow fans, compressors and pumps; Various types of losses; Axial and radial thrust in dynamic pumps and thrust balancing device; Common problems in centrifugal pump operation; Positive displacement pumps; Water hammer problems in pump systems; Special problems in pump design and applications.
Pre-Requisites: ME311
Thermal aspects of solar energy conversion. Solar radiation measurement and prediction. Selected topics in heat transfer. Flat plate and focusing collector analysis. Solar energy storage. Solar systems including hot water, space heating and cooling, distillation and thermal power conversion.
Pre-Requisites: ME315 Or CHE300
Boundary layers; laminar boundary layer heat transfer; turbulent boundary layer heat transfer; free convection boundary layers; enclosures; convection mass transfer; boiling and condensation; pool boiling; two-phase flow; laminar and turbulent film condensation.
Pre-Requisites: ME315
Engineering and the environment. Overview of environmental issues. Case studies in design for the environment: automobiles, batteries, power plants, refrigeration. Environmental life cycle assessments. Pollution control technologies and instrumentation. Thermodynamic assessment of environmental impacts. Case studies in mechanical engineering for environmental modeling. Smog control. CFCs and ozone layer. Acid rain. Global warming and climate change. Toxic metals. Environmental policy. Economic analysis. Environmental risk and decision.
Pre-Requisites: ME203
Photovoltaic (PV) systems, solar radiation, site surveys and preplanning for photovoltaic systems, photovoltaic system components and configurations, cells, modules, and arrays for photovoltaic systems, batteries, charge controllers , and inverters, photovoltaic system sizing, photovoltaic systems mechanical integration, photovoltaic systems electrical integration, installation, commissioning, maintenance, and troubleshooting, photovoltaic systems economic analysis. PV Systems Design Software will be used throughout the course.
Pre-Requisites: EE234 And EE235
Basic configurations of robots and their industrial applications, Kinematics of robotic manipulators; coordinate transformations and workspace calculations, Robotic forces, moments, torques and compliant motions, Introduction to robot motion dynamics and control.
Pre-Requisites: ME301 Or ME307
A multidisciplinary course that introduces the design and realization of mechatronics; Electro-mechanical systems controlled by microcontroller technology; Instrumentation and measurement system analysis and design; sensors and actuators; computer data acquisition and control; The integration of mechanisms, materials, sensors, interfaces, actuators, microcontrollers, and information technology.
Pre-Requisites: (EE234 And EE235) Or EE204
Technological needs, justification and scope; Nanostructure materials and their properties; Top down and bottom up manufacturing techniques as typified by electrochemical and laser machining, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), Physical vapor deposition (PVD), Sputtering, Sol-gel synthesis and Ball milling; Industrial applications and future potential; Introduction to sensor basics; Primary sensor mechanisms, electrical measurement techniques, Characterization of sensors, Sensor fabrication principles; Enabling technologies; Applications in Saudi oil, gas, petrochemical industry and utilities.
Pre-Requisites: ME205 Or ME207 Or ME216
Introduction to computational fluid dynamics as an engineering tool for the analysis and design of thermal-fluid systems; Fundamental equations of fluid mechanics in differential and integral form and common approximations; Discretization and solution methods for incompressible flow; Application of numerical techniques to the solution of some practical fluid flow and heat transfer problem; Turbulence models and their implementation in CFD; Application of commercial CFD codes to illustrative fluid flow and heat transfer problems.
Pre-Requisites: ME315
Overview of systems engineering concepts; fundamentals of energy systems; energy and the environment; instrumentation and control of energy systems; energy systems control fundamentals; energy systems control design. Development of intelligent control for energy systems, automation network protocols, distributed control systems, and smart grids. Application of multi-agent methods for energy monitoring and management, Internet of Things (IoT) to energy systems, big data analytics for energy systems, power over Ethernet (PoE) for energy systems.
Basic principles of reactor physics, thermodynamics, fluid flow and heat transfer. Engineering design of nuclear power plants. Light-water reactor technology. Thermal limits in nuclear fuels. Thermal-hydraulic behaviour of the coolant. Nuclear safety and dynamic response of nuclear power plants.
Pre-Requisites: (ME204 Or CHE303) And (ME315* Or CHE300*)
Classical and quantum mechanics techniques for atomistic simulations, Essentials of statistical thermodynamics and quantum mechanics concepts, Classical molecular dynamics, Density functional theory. Materials properties: Band structure, elastic constant, thermal conductivity, Phonons and vibrational spectroscopies, free-energy calculations, diffusion coefficients, viscosity, surface chemistry, Transition State Theory.
Functional description of measuring instruments. Performance characteristics of instruments. Planning of experiments. Analysis of experimental data. Data acquisition and processing. Measuring devices for Mechanical Engineering applications and selected experiments.
The course deals with basic statistics, design of experiments, uncertainty and error analysis general characteristics of measurement systems, statistical analysis of experimental data, empirical modeling, experimental uncertainty analysis, as well as guidelines for planning and documenting experiments. Illustrative examples from industry and case studies of planned engineering experiments.
Pre-Requisites: EE204 And ME307 And ME315
Basic instrumentation and measurements in conducting the experiments -such as force, displacement, pressure, temperature, humidity, fluid level, fluid velocity, and flow rate, etc. Output signals, computerized data acquisition systems. Last 5 lab sessions will be devoted to group projects to integrate the knowledge in developing experimental system and experimental strategy (in ME 451 and ME452) in any of the following area: vibration analysis and condition monitoring, thermo fluid, manufacturing processes, materials testing, and characterization, or industry. Projects will be planned by course instructors a head of time (semester prior to teaching) in collaboration with other (Guest) faculty member or specialist from industry). The projects will be assigned at the beginning of the course.
Pre-Requisites: ME451*
Co-Requisites: ME 451
Concepts of polymer sustainability. Biodegradation of polymers and approaches toward synthesizing biodegradable polymers. Health impact of polymers and various additives used in plastics industry. Managing plastic waste, recycling of polymers, life-cycle assessment, and circular economy of polymers.
The behaviour of materials under the harsh environment of a nuclear reactor and their responses to neutron irradiation. structural materials and fuels used in Light-Water Reactors, defects creation and evolution due to radiation damage, microstructure-property relationships in cladding and fuels, mechanical properties, corrosion, limitations put on reactor operations and reactor design by materials performance.
Pre-Requisites: (ME448 Or CHE448) And (ME216 Or ME205 Or ME207) And PHYS423*
Co-Requisites: PHYS 423
Advanced mechatronic theories and computational methodologies in modeling and control of mechatronics systems. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications in Robotics. System stability, controllability, observability, minimal realizations and optimal/sub-optimal solution options. Mechatronic design for mass production/manufacturing.
Pre-Requisites: EE234 And EE235
Principles of ultrasonic and elastic wave propagation; Ultrasonic transducers, and instrumentation; Ultrasonic inspection techniques; Defects and material ultrasonic characterization; Introduction to acoustic emission AE techniques; AE data collection and analysis; Industrial applications of AE; Basic principles of magnetic particle inspection MPI; MPI techniques and equipment; Application of MPI; Fundamental Eddy current concepts; Eddy current instrumentation, and inspection principles; Techniques for liquid penetrant inspection, and applications; Fundamental theory of radiation; Equipment, and inspection techniques for radiation testing; Selected radiographic application; Radiation safety.
Stiffness and strength limited designs; major modes of failure of engineering materials: fracture, fatigue, creep rupture, oxidation of high temperature alloys, corrosion, friction and wear; basics of non-destructive testing and inspection.
Pre-Requisites: ME205 Or ME207 Or ME216
Application of thermodynamics, mechanical engineering design, fluid mechanics , and heat transfer in design of thermos-fluid systems. Introduction to system oriented design methods. Thermo-fluid system component analysis, selection and design. Component and system modelling, simulation, economics and optimization.
Pre-Requisites: ME315 Or CHE300
Fundamentals of solar radiation, available solar radiation and clearness index, concentrating solar collectors, optical characteristics and performance analysis of concentrating solar collectors. Basics of solar photovoltaic energy generation, configuration and components of solar photovoltaic systems. Basics of wind energy conversion, horizontal and vertical axis wind turbines and their components, power characteristics and efficiency of wind turbines. Note: not to be taken for credit with ME 434, ME 439 and ME 442.
Pre-Requisites: ( (EE234 And EE235) Or EE204) And ME315
Seawater composition. The need for water desalination. Classification of desalination processes. Single effect evaporation. Thermal vapor compression systems. Multiple effect evaporation. Multistage flash distillation, once through MSF, Brine mixing and recirculation MSF. Reverse osmosis. Desalination using renewable energy sources. Economic analysis of desalination processes
Pre-Requisites: (ME315 Or CHE300)
The assessment and management of risk, uncertainty, and reliability are critical to the success of any engineering venture today, this course deals with understanding, theory and methodology and tools in assessment and management of risk, uncertainty, and reliability in engineering systems and enterprises. Quantification of Risk and its Impact. Applications will be explored through case studies in some of the following area; environmental, water resources and technology management, clean energy, safety-critical systems, and reliability modeling of multiple failure modes in complex systems. Risk Assessment and management in systems operation.
Fundamentals of probability theory. Reliability in Design- Probabilistic models of load (stress) and resistance (strength) variables. Stress-strength interference models in probabilistic design. Monte Carlo simulation. Hazard functions and reliability models for random and wear-out failures. Hazard plotting and reliability estimation. System reliability – series, parallel , and n-out of k and series parallel systems, Failure rate endurance testing and failure data analysis. Accelerated life testing. Reliability in systems operation: availability, spare parts computation and maintenance strategies. Use of Excel and other reliability software in reliability analysis and predictions.
Pre-Requisites: ME301
Limits, fits, tolerance charts. Part analysis, process selection and operations sequence planning. Integrating and combining operations. Workpiece control, cutting tools, dies, and work holding devices. Tooling Design in manufacturing - specifically for machining, and sheet metal forming .Metal cutting economics and process selection.
Pre-Requisites: ME322 And ME323
Principles of dimensional metrology and geometrical accuracy. Concepts of attaining and maintaining manufacturing accuracy. Principles of precision measuring instruments and machines. Process capability evaluation and quality control.
This course will introduce the Taguchi design improvement technique. Students will gain hands-on application experience to design robust products and processes as well as solve production problems by reducing performance variations. The tools to robustly design components, products and systems and their manufacturing process will be reviewed. The course emphasized the use of Taguchi's Robust Design Technique as an effective ways to reduce the product design cycle, especially when coupled with computational simulation techniques. Real-life examples will be used to show the applicability of Taguchi's methodology to optimize products, components and processes. Main topics covered by the course are: Introduction to the Engineering Design Process, Design of Experiments using the Taguchi Method, Robust Design.
Principles of phase transformations, heat treatment, mechanical properties as applied to ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys. Heat treatment processes including: normalizing, hardening, tempering, annealing, surface hardening. Applications of heat treatment and surface hardening techniques.
Fundamentals of tribology: Contact mechanics, surface energy, elastic and elastoplastic deformation, surface interactions at the macro- and micro-scale, friction theories and wear mechanisms. Temperatures in sliding contacts, hydrodynamics and boundary lubrication. Friction and wear control through lubrication, materials selection, and coatings; case studies of tribology applied in components design.
Pre-Requisites: (ME301 Or ME307) And ME322
Metallurgical and engineering principles applied to melting, casting and solidification. Testing and evaluation of castings; Foundry processes; Introduction to the metallurgy of welding; Material and process selection, codes and specifications, weldment design and testing; Welding defects; Analysis of industrial welding processes; Laboratory experience in foundry, production and evaluation of weldments; Casting and welding demonstrations, experimentation and project(s) work will be conducted in Casting and Welding areas of ME Workshop. Two industrial visits will be made.
Pre-Requisites: ME322 And ME323
High volume discrete parts production systems; CAD/CAM fundamentals; Numerical Control (NC) manufacturing systems. Part Programming; NC justification, advances in NC (CNC, DNC, adaptive control); Tooling for NC and CNC; Overview of group technology, flexible manufacturing systems (FMS), and robotics in manufacturing. Related laboratory experiments, CNC Programming, and projects will be done on CNC machines and associates CAD/CAM software available in ME Workshop.
Pre-Requisites: ME322 And ME323
Opportunity identification; Creativity and Innovation; Concept Development Processes; Product concepts; Concept evaluation; Building and testing of models and prototypes; Product economics and Product management; Teamwork. Multidisciplinary project planning and execution.
Review of mechanical properties of metals and alloys. Introduction to theory of elasticity. Elements of theory of plasticity; flow curve, yield criteria, plastic stress-strain relationship, introduction to slipline fields. Metallurgical aspects of plastic deformation. Metalworking processes: Forging, rolling, extrusion, and drawing.
Pre-Requisites: ME216 And ME217
Technical and economical aspects of corrosion problems. Types of corrosion; pitting, crevice, intergranular, galvanic and stress corrosion cracking. Mechanisms and prevention of corrosion failures. Cathodic protection of pipelines and submerged structures. Principles of inhibition of corrosion in process industries. Behavior of iron, copper, aluminum and their alloys in corrosive environments. Metallurgical aspects of corrosion. Design considerations in prevention of corrosion failures.
Pre-Requisites: CHEM101
Review of important principles of corrosion protection. Effect of atmospheric composition, climatic condition and industrial pollution on metallic corrosion. Erosion and cavitation. High pressure and high temperature corrosion. Corrosion in steam generation plants, pressure vessels and its mitigation. Reinforced concrete corrosion. Design of cathodic protection systems for various structures. Surface preparation, applications and designing of coating systems. Sea water induced corrosion and scaling in major desalination plant components. Laboratory studies related to inspection and testing of coating, evaluation of inhibitors, cathodic protection measurements and corrosion resistance of materials.
Review of crystal structures, dislocation and slip phenomena, plastic deformation. Metals and alloy systems. Diffusion in solids Strengthening mechanisms. Heat treatment of metals, phase transformations. Metallurgical aspects of failure.
Pre-Requisites: ME216 And ME217
Elements of theories of elasticity and plasticity. Dislocations and plastic deformation. Behavior of materials under static loading. Fracture and fracture mechanics. Fatigue, creep, impact, and wear failures. Environmentally induced cracking. Basic metallurgical failure analysis. Laboratory demonstrations and experimental projects.
Pre-Requisites: ME216 And ME217 And (ME301 Or ME307)
Structures, mechanical properties, and processing of ceramics, polymers, and composites. Electrical and thermal properties. Case studies on the use of non-metallic materials in applications related to energy, desalination, aerospace, and civil infrastructure. Pre-req ME 205 or ME 207 or ME 216 or Consent of Instructor.
Pre-Requisites: ME205 Or ME207 Or ME216 Or CHEM458 Or CE303 Or CE204
Physical and chemical principles involved in the extraction of non-ferrous metals. Principles of hydrometallurgical and pyrometallurgical processes. Extraction of aluminum, copper, nickel, silver and gold. Refining processes for non-ferrous metals.
Pre-Requisites: ME204 And ME216 And ME217
Introduction to extractive metallurgy and iron ore dressing including the following topics: iron ores, mining, and ore dressing. Production of pig iron. The blast furnace. Production of steel. Bessemer process, basic oxygen process, open-hearth process, direct reduction process, and electric-furnace process. Continuous casting.
Pre-Requisites: ME216 And ME217
Electrical, magnetic, optical and thermal properties of materials. Modern materials and applications: thermoelectric materials, high temperature materials and coatings, carbon fiber composites, cellular materials.
Pre-Requisites: ME216 And ME217
Thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers, their properties and engineering applications. Plastic manufacturing processes, equipment and mold design. Plastic materials and process selection.
Pre-Requisites: ME205 Or ME216 Or ME207 Or CHEM451 Or CHE463
The foundation of dynamics leading to Lagrange's equations and Hamilton?s principle. Variation problems in mechanics. General three-dimensional kinematics and dynamics. Stability of motion. Self-excited vibrations, and non-linear vibrations.
Free and forced vibrations; Applications to systems with one-, two-, and multi-degree of freedom; Viscous, hysteretic, and Coulomb damping; Response to general periodic excitations; Transient vibration and the phase method; Principal and coupled coordinates; Dynamic vibration absorbers; Energy methods and Rayleigh’s principle; Laboratory sessions on vibration measuring instruments, vibration measurement techniques, and experiments to illustrate various vibration phenomena studied.
Pre-Requisites: ME201
Kinematic pairs, kinematic chain, mobility of planar and space mechanisms, inversion. Vector and complex algebra methods of analysis of plane mechanisms. Centros and mechanical advantage. Hartmann's construction and Euler-Salvary equation. Kinematics of gears and simple, compound, reverted and epicyclic gear trains. Synthesis and analysis of cam mechanisms. Universal joints. Synthesis of function, path and motion generating mechanisms. Laboratory sessions to include graphical and computer methods of analysis and synthesis of mechanisms
Pre-Requisites: ME417
Fundamentals of vibrations. Plane and spherical acoustic waves. Radiation, transmission and filters. Loudspeakers and microphones. Speech, hearing, noise and intelligibility. Architectural acoustics. Acoustic measurements and demonstration of measurement apparatus. Case studies.
Pre-Requisites: ME201
Mechanical systems: definition and classification; the engineering design process; Need, identification and problem definition; Concept generation and evaluation; Embodiment design. Modeling and simulation; Materials selection and materials in design; Materials processing and design; Design for X. Risk, reliability and safety; Robust and quality design; Economic decision making; Cost evaluation; Legal and ethical issues in design; Detail design; Case studies; Projects.
Pre-Requisites: ME302 And ME303
Formulation and simulation of mechanical engineering systems involving dynamics, kinematics, and machine design and thermo-fluid systems; The concept of optimization; Analytical and numerical methods such as unconstrained and constrained optimization, Lagrange multipliers, linear programming for optimum design of mechanical systems. Lab demonstration sessions involve formulation and solution of optimization problems using computers and existing software packages during the design process.
Pre-Requisites: ME301 And ME315
Analysis of stress and strain in two and three dimensions. Equilibrium, compatibility and stress-strain relations. Analysis of torsion; non-circular sections. Saint-Venant's theory, membrane analogy, hollow sections. Thick walled cylinders. Membrane stresses in thin shells. Bending of flat plates. Energy theorems.
Pre-Requisites: ME301
Classical control techniques: basic control actions; Design of system by means of root-locus method and Bodes plots; Control system synthesis. Modern control techniques: state variable representation. State variable feedback; Linear quadratic controller; Laboratory demonstration sessions involve utilization of control of software for analysis and design of control system.
Pre-Requisites: ME401*
Co-Requisites: ME 401
Introduction to Finite Element Method and its application in different mechanical problems including: static loading of beam and beam structure, free vibration of beam and beam structures, 2-D plane stress and plane strain, elasticity, and 2-D steady state heat conduction. Using a commercial FE software, in solving various design problems.
Pre-Requisites: ME307 Or ME301
In-depth study of topics chosen from areas of emerging and current interests to mechanical engineering faculty, students, and the local industry. The specific topic and course description will be made available to students one semester in advance. Prerequisite: To be set by the ME Department
In-depth study of topics related to Energy that attract the interests of mechanical engineering faculty, students, and the local industry. The specific topic and course description will be made available to students one semester in advance. Prerequisite: To be set by the ME Department
In-depth study of topics related to Dynamics and Control that attract the interests of mechanical engineering faculty, students, and the local industry. The specific topic and course description will be made available to students one semester in advance. Prerequisite: To be set by the ME Department
In-depth study of topics related to Materials and Manufacturing that attract the interests of mechanical engineering faculty, students, and the local industry. The specific topic and course description will be made available to students one semester in advance. Prerequisite: To be set by the ME Department
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A course for ME senior students to be involved in one of the ongoing research projects under the supervision of ME faculty. The course is intended to expose the student to the process of scientific research. The student is expected to acquire research skills and methodologies including formulation of a research plan, design and execution, laboratory techniques, data collection, assessment, analysis, and presentation. Work may be of experimental, theoretical, or design nature related to Mechanical Engineering. Prerequisite: Senior Standing or Consent of the Instructor
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