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Topics include: Computer numerical is introduced and various fracture Aerospace
control, application of geometrical mechanics measures are discussed.
modeling, part programming, and Fatigue crack initiation (FCI) and MEC 490 - Compressible Fluid
introduction to computer integrated fatigue crack propagation (FCP) are Mechanics
manufacturing. Students gain discussed. The course highlights Credit Hours: 3
hands-on skills in using a computer practical and analytical aspects Prerequisite: MEC 350
aided manufacturing package of fatigue failure in mechanical
and computer numerical control components and the concept Integral form of conservation laws.
machine tools. The course also of remaining life of mechanical One dimensional compressible flow
provides students with the awareness components. The course is with friction and heat. Normal and
of entrepreneurial activities in aimed at giving student the basic oblique shock waves. Prandtl-Meyer
manufacturing. techniques for designing mechanical expansion. Differential form of
components based on fracture conservation laws. Unsteady wave
MEC 472 - Mechanics of and fatigue considerations and for motion. 2-D subsonic, supersonic,
Materials II developing expertise in the area of and hypersonic flow.
Credit Hours: 3 enhancing fatigue life of engineering MEC 491 - Aerodynamics
Prerequisite: MEC 302 components. The use of commercial
program in a project type of work Credit Hours: 3
Advanced topics in solid mechanics will be employed and ethical and Prerequisite: MEC 350
including energy methods, the autonomous learning techniques will
principle of virtual work, pressure be considered throughout the course Introduction to the basic principles
vessels, buckling, aspects of elasticity, where relevant. and properties of fluid flow around
curved beams, fracture mechanics, immersed bodies. Topics include
and their software assisted the kinematics and dynamics of
application to the reliable design of Mechatronics fluid fields, the thin airfoil, finite
structures. The three fundamental MEC 481 - Introduction to wing theory, and one-dimensional
aspects of these problems include compressible flow.
equilibrium, geometric compatibility, Robotics MEC 492 - Aerospace Propulsion
and material constitutive laws. Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: CSC 201 Credit Hours: 3
MEC 473 - Non-Conventional Prerequisite: MEC 350
Manufacturing Mathematical modeling of robots
Credit Hours: 3 with an emphasis on planning Basic one-dimensional flows:
algorithms. Fundamentals of robot
isentropic, area change, heat
Prerequisite: MEC 301 sensors and sensor processing addition. Overall performance
Principle and working and algorithms. Robot control characteristics of propellers, ramjets,
applications of unconventional architectures and programming. turbojets, turbofans, rockets.
machining process such as Electro- Selected topics in mobile robotics. Performance analysis of inlets,
Discharge machining, Electro MEC 483 - Mechatronic System exhaust nozzles, compressors,
chemical machining, ultrasonic Design burners, and turbines. Rocket
machining, Abrasive jet machining. flight performance, single-/multi-
Credit Hours: 3 stage chemical rockets, liquid/solid
MEC 474 - Fracture & Fatigue propellants.
Control in Design Prerequisite: MEC 482
This course is an introduction to MEC 493 - Aerospace Structures
Credit Hours: 3 Mechatronics, or the interfacing of Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: MEC 430 mechanical and electrical systems. Prerequisite: MEC 350 + MEC 302
Co Requisite: MEC 465 Focus is on embedded controllers
and their programming, power and Advanced strength of materials
This is a foundation course in interfacing electronics, actuators, analysis of elastic structures with
the area of fracture and fatigue sensors, and integration of these aerospace applications. Failure
considerations in mechanical components to create a complete modes and criteria, buckling, matrix
design. The course provides unified functional mechatronic system. methods for analysis, plane truss
treatment for the failure analysis of design. Energy and Castigliano
mechanical components subjected methods for statically determinate
to monotonic and cyclic loading. and indeterminate structures.
Design based on fracture mechanics

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