GRADUATE COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
ME 519 Computer Aided Design
& Manufacturing 3 cr
Introduction to computer aided design (CAD) and computer aided
manufacturing (CAM) principles and their practical applications as
fundamental elements of contemporary product design and manufacturing.
This course is dual listed with an equivalent 400-level mechanical
engineering course. Fee.
ME 520 Advanced Fluid Mechanics 3 cr
Analysis of steady and unsteady motion of a viscous fluid. Topics include:
conservation equations, Newtonian fluids and the Navier-Stokes equations,
vorticity, analytical solutions, boundary layers, instability of viscous
flows. Fee.
ME 522 Hydrodynamic Instability 3 cr
Normal mode analysis; linear stability analysis; Raleigh-Benard, Taylor,
Raleigh-Taylor, Kevin-Helmholtz, Gortler instability; Orr-Sommerfield
equation and TS Wave; Bifurcation. Prerequisite: ME 520. Fee.
ME 525 Boundary Layer Theory 3 cr
Development of Navier-Stokes and boundary layer equations, perturbation
theory application and boundary layer transition. Fee.
ME 530 Mechanism Synthesis 3 cr
Kinematic synthesis of planar linkages for function, path, and motion
generation. Topics include: degrees of freedom; graphical, linear
analytical, and nonlinear analytical methods; and curvature theory. This
course is dual-listed with an equivalent 400-level mechanical engineering
course. Fee.
ME 538 Finite Element Analysis 3 cr
Introduction to the finite element method. Engineering application to
stress-strain analysis is emphasized. Other field problems are also
considered. This course is dual-listed with an equivalent 400-level
mechanical engineering course. Fee.
ME 539 Boundary Elements I 3 cr
Fundamental concepts of the boundary element method of numerically solving
partial differential equations. Application to potential flow problems in
heat transfer. This course is dual listed with an equivalent 400-level
mechanical engineering course.
ME 540 Advanced Heat Transfer 3 cr
Steady and transient conduction, external and internal forced convection,
natural convection, radiation with participating media, boiling heat
transfer, Stefan condition. Fee.
ME 541 Conduction Heat Transfer 3 cr
Closed form analytical and approximate numerical solutions of one, two-
and three- dimensional steady state and transient problems in conduction
heat transfer. Prerequisites: MA 507, Consent of instructor. Fee.
ME 542 Convection Heat Transfer 3 cr
Fundamental laws of motion and energy balance for a viscous fluid,
classical solution of the Navier-Stokes and energy equations,
laminar/turbulent hydrodynamic and thermal boundary layers, convection
heat transfer in laminar/turbulent internal flows. Fee.
ME 543 Radiation Heat Transfer 3 cr
Blackbody radiation, diffuse-gray surfaces, radiative exchange in a
multi-surface enclosure, gas radiation in enclosures with participating
media, introduction to available numerical methods. Fee.
ME 544 Heat Transfer with Change of Phase 3 cr
Boiling heat transfer and critical heat flux, condensation heat transfer,
Stefan problem, freezing and melting, ablation, introduction to available
numerical techniques. Prerequisites: ME 540 or ME 542. Fee.
ME 545 Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer 3 cr
Uncertainty analysis, system response, sampling theory and FFT,
differential pressure measurement and multi-hole probes, thermo-couple and
RTD, thermal anemometry, LDV and other non-intrusive optical methods, flow
visualization. Fee.
ME 550 Combustion 3 cr
Introduction to the theory of combustion processes, chemical equilibrium,
adiabatic flame temperature, reaction kinetics, flame structure. This
course is dual-listed with an equivalent 400-level mechanical engineering
course. Fee.
ME 551 Classical Thermodynamics 3 cr
Postulational treatment of the physical laws of equilibrium, equations of
state, processes, equilibrium, stability, reactive systems, phase
transition. Fee.
ME 552 Statistical Thermodynamics 3 cr
Principles of kinetic theory, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics
with particular reference to thermodynamic systems. Conclusions of
classical thermodynamics are established from the microscopic viewpoint.
Fee.
ME 560 Compressible Fluid Flow 3 cr
Foundations of fluid dynamics and thermodynamics of one dimensional flow
and heat transfer, isentropic flow, shock waves and method of
characteristics. Fee.
ME 561 Turbomachinery 3 cr
Energy transfer between fluid and rotor; fluid flow in turbomachines,
centrifugal and axial-flow pumps and compressors; radial and axial flow
turbines. Fee.
ME 562 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer I 3 cr
Derivation of conservation equations, numerical solution of inviscial and
viscous incompressible flow problems, emphasis on finite volume method,
introduction to finite element and spectral method. Fee.
ME 563 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer II 3 cr
Governing equations in general coordinates, differential geometry for
curvilinear coordinates, grid generations, numerical uncertainties.
Prerequisite: ME 562. Fee.
ME 564 Turbulent Flow 3 cr
Reynolds equations, statistics of turbulence, analysis of free and wall
turbulence, turbulence models. Prerequisite: ME 520. Fee.
ME 565 Lubrication 3 cr
Friction of solids and fluids. Lubricants. Theory of sliding bearings.
Multidimensional bearings with constant forces and velocities. Solid,
hydrodynamic and gas lubrication. Design of bearings. Fee.
ME 571 Advanced Engineering Dynamics 3 cr
Three-dimensional kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies,
energy, momentum, and stability; application of Lagrange's equations to
machinery and gyrodynamics. Fee.
ME 572 Advanced Vibrations 3 cr
Free and forced vibrations of mechanical systems having lumped mass and
elasticity; introduction to vibrations of continuous systems; engineering
applications. Fee.
ME 573 Vibrations of Continuous Systems 3 cr
Equations of motion for strings, membranes, bars, and plates with various
boundary conditions, steady state and transient solutions, exact and
approximate methods; wave propagation in elastic media. Prerequisite: MA
507. Fee.
ME 574 Nonlinear Vibrations 3 cr
Vibrations of damped and undamped systems with nonlinear restoring forces;
free and forced oscillations in self-sustained systems; Hills equation and
its application to the study of the stability of nonlinear oscillations.
Prerequisites: ME 572, MA 508. Fee.
ME 575 Continuum Mechanics 3 cr
Cartesian tensor analysis. Analysis of stress and strain, fundamental laws
of continuum mechanics. Constitutive equations, application to solid and
fluid mechanics. Fee.
ME 582 Advanced Materials Science 3 cr
Classical and quantum mechanical model of atoms, bonding, magnetism,
superconductivity, high strength low density materials, corrosion,
biomedical materials. Prerequisites: MA 507, MA 508. Fee.
ME 583 Applied Elasticity 3 cr
Classical problems in elasticity, torsion and bending theory, plane
problems in rectangular and polar coordinates; axisymmetric problems,
thermoelasticity. Fee.
ME 584 Introductory Metal Theory 3 cr
Theories of metals to explain electrical conductivity and scattering
process, electronic and lattice heat capacity, magnetic behavior, cohesion
and lattice constant. Prerequisite: MA 507. Fee.
ME 585 Theory of Plates 3 cr
Basic equations of rectangular and circular plates with various boundary
conditions; classical solutions and approximate methods in the theory of
thin plates. Prerequisites: ME 583, MA 507. Fee.
ME 586 Theory of Shells 3 cr
Introduction to differential geometry; general equations for arbitrary
shells; shallow shell theory with applications; solutions to membrane and
bending theory for shells of revolution. Prerequisite: ME 585. Fee.
ME 589 Biomechanics 3 cr
Discrete mass and continuum mechanics description of biological materials;
biodynamics of limb and gross body motions, various models for injury to
head, neck, torso, and extremities. Fee.
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The courses below required special arrangements and permission to register.
ME 590 Special Topics 1-3
cr
Topics of current mechanical engineering interest. Prerequisite: Consent
of instructor. Fee.
ME 592 Directed Independent Study 1-3 cr
Directed study, under the guidance of a faculty advisor, of a topic from
the field of Mechanical Engineering not offered in a regularly scheduled
course. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
ME 594 Projects in Mechanical Engineering 1-3 cr
May be repeated for credit. Prerequisite: Approved proposal and consent of
director of engineering graduate studies. Fee.
ME 599 Thesis 1-6 cr
Thesis research may be taken more than once. Prerequisite: Approved
prospectus. Fee.
