2022-23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog

EGME-4270 Compressible Fluid Flow –Fa 3 hours Introduction to the compressible flow of gases in engineering systems; isentropic flow in variable-area passages, shock and expansion waves; and flow with wall friction and heat transfer. Prerequisites: EGME-2050 Computational Methods; EGME-3110 Thermodynamics; EGME-3210 Fluid Mechanics. (even years) EGME-4410 3 hours Introduction to Fracture Mechanics –Sp Introduction to failure modes caused by static and dynamic loading, brittle fracture criteria, elastic behavior, stress fields around cracks, fatigue failure, stress corrosion cracking, and strain hardening mechanisms. Prerequisite: EGME-2410 Properties of Engineering Materials. EGME-4530 Advanced Mechanics of Materials –Fa 3 hours Advanced treatment of stress and strain including coordinate transformations, the eigenvalue problem, Mohr’s circle and linear constitutive equations. Failure theories and energy methods, including Castigliano’s theorems, are studied; applications to classical topics including analysis of beams with non-symmetrical sections, non-circular torsion, thin-wall beams, and beams on elastic foundations. Prerequisite: EGME-2530 Statics and Mechanics of Materials. (odd years) EGME-4550 Continuum Mechanics –Fa 3 hours Continuum Mechanics is a discipline of physics that deals with both solid and fluid continuous matter. This course establishes the fundamental mechanical and kinematic equations that are valid for all continuous media using the laws of physics including the conservation of mass, momentum and energy and the concepts of stress and kinematics of deformation. Constitutive equations which describe the behavior of specific idealized materials (e.g. perfectly elastic solid, viscous fluid) are also developed. Topics include: continuum assumptions, essential mathematics, stress principles, kinematics of deformation and motion, balance laws and constitutive theory. Prerequisites: EGME-2410 Properties of Engineering Materials; PHYS-2120 General Physics II; MATH- Differential Equations. (even years) EGME-4560 Biomechanics and Biomaterials –Sp 3 hours Introduction to biomechanics of the human body, reactions of biological tissue and synthetic materials to load, and the biomechanics of biomaterials. Advanced mechanical analysis of rigid and deformable bodies and fluid mechanics applied to bone, muscle, connective tissue and blood. This course will provide foundational knowledge to the engineering student for occupations in medical device manufacturing, health and sport sciences industries, and advanced fields of study. Prerequisites: EGME- 2410 Properties of Engineering Materials, PHYS-2120 General Physics II and MATH-2740 Differential Equations. (odd years) EGME-4610 Dynamics of Machines –Fa 3 hours Dynamic analysis of machines and mechanisms; Newton’s laws of motion, energy methods, force analysis, shaking forces, static and dynamic balancing, engine dynamics, multi-cylinder engines, and cam dynamics. Prerequisite: EGME-3610 Kinematics and Design of Machines. EGME-4660 Principles of Automatic Controls –Fa 3 hours Introduction to theoretical and experimental analysis of classical analog feedback control systems with emphasis on modeling, transfer function formulation, frequency response, root locus, Bodé plots, stability, and compensator design. Three lecture hours and one two-hour laboratory or recitation per week; design project required. Prerequisite: EGEE-2050 Circuits and Instrumentation. (Fee: $100) EGME-3950 1–3 hours Topics in Mechanical Engineering –Fa, Sp Selected topics in mechanical engineering at the 3000-level that will compliment or extend present 2000- or 3000-level courses or expose students to topics not taught in other courses; may be proposed by the engineering faculty or students. Prerequisite: instructor’s permission. EGME-3980 1–3 hours Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering Opportunity to perform independent study or research in the various branches of engineering and allied fields of application. A formal proposal for study must be approved by the faculty advisor before registering for this course. Up to three credit hours of engineering electives can be satisfied by an equivalent number of hours of independent study. Prerequisites: junior or senior engineering major status; faculty advisor’s permission. EGME-3990 1–3 hours Project Design in Mechanical Engineering An elective course for students to get academic credit for extracurricular design work in mechanical engineering; project may be related to a design competition, ministry, industry, or personal interest. Cannot be used to satisfy engineering elective requirements. Prerequisite: instructor’s permission. EGME-4050 2 hours Finite Difference Methods In Engineering –Fa Finite-difference approximations for derivatives and differential equations applied to solve engineering problems; consistency, stability, truncation error, and introduction to grid generation. Prerequisites: EGME-2050 Computational Methods; MATH-2710 Calculus III. (even years) EGME-4060 2 hours Computational Fluid Dynamics –Sp Introduction to computational fluid dynamics for solving 2-D and 3-D engineering problems. Formulations of the Navier- Stokes equations will be examined. The basis of the numerical methods in advanced CFD commercial codes will be studied for understanding how to intelligently use engineering software to solve problems. Topics include: formulation of new problems, generating CAD grids, identifying and writing appropriate boundary/initial conditions, selecting solution techniques and turbulence models available in the code, and running and interpreting the validity of the results. Prerequisites: EGME-3210 Fluid Mechanics; EGME 4050 Finite Difference Fluid Methods in Engineering. (even years) EGME-4160 Radiation and Solar Energy –Fa 2 hours Introduction to the fundamentals of radiation heat transfer including shape factors, wave-length dependence, and material properties. Applications to solar energy engineering and design problems. Prerequisite: EGME-3150 Heat Transfer. EGME-4210 Advanced Fluid Mechanics –Fa 2 hours Extend contents covered in the core fluid mechanics course. Topics include Kelvin’s theorem, advanced potential flow, wing theory, Kutta-Joukowski theorem, panel method, singularity element methods, laminar and turbulent boundary layers. Prerequisite: EGME-3210 Fluid Mechanics. (odd years) EGME-4250 Propulsion –Fa 3 hours This course introduces each type of propulsion system that is commonly used in modern aerospace vehicles; e.g., rockets, piston aero engines, gas turbine engines, ramjets, and scramjets. This course presents a balance of theory, fundamental performance analysis, and design. Engineering principles and functionality mechanisms are used in assignments, including a group design project, requiring students to analyze the performance of each type of these propulsion systems. Prerequisites: EGME-3110 Thermodynamics; EGME-3210 Fluid Mechanics. (odd years) Page 270 2022–23 Undergraduate Academic Catalog Course Descriptions EGME-3950 – EGME-4660 ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE