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GME 565 Computer Assisted Engineering 3 credits Topics include the application of Matlab software to multi component mechanical and thermal/fluid system design, analysis and synthesis, static and transient systems. Mathematical techniques include nonlinear equation solution, nondimensional analysis, lumped vs. distributed models, optimization and design sensitivity analysis, probability and statistics, and Monte Carlo simulation. Examples are taken from industrial mechanical engineering problems of current interest. GME 567 Lubrication System Design 3 credits Analytical and experimental results in lubrications of journal bearings and utilization of this information in design projects. GME 590-599 Special Topics in Engineering 3 credits Special courses developed from study interest in all areas of Engineering. Brief description of current content to be announced in schedule of classes. GME 605 Finite Element Method 2 3 credits Prerequisite: GME 505 or equivalent course/experience Variational methods of element formulation (virtual work, potential energy, complementary energy, discretion, and hybrid approach); variational principles in global analysis, representation of element behavior functions and geometry (requirements, polynomials, shape functions different elements including higher order elements); finite element programming ideas and simple routings. GME 612 Distributed Parameter Systems 3 credits Modeling and analysis of bounded engineering systems distributed over space and time. Application of partial differential equation models and transition to infinite dimension representations. Analytical exact and approximate solutions are combined with numerical results. Examples are taken from areas of current interest in the fields of acoustics, mechanics, structural dynamics, heat transfer, fluid flow, kinematic waves, and nano systems. GME 615 Acoustics and Noise Control 3 credits Introduction to acoustics with a focus on noise control. The course provides the fundamentals of noise radiation, transmission, measurement, and control. Additionally, the course covers the fundamental principles and application of noise control materials and systems. Examples from actual noise control problems will be used throughout the course.
GME 625 Convection Heat Transfer 3 credits Review of equations of change, equations of state, and constitutive and governing equations; forced convection heat transfer in laminar internal flows; forced convection heat transfer in turbulent internal flows; forced convection heat transfer in turbulent external flows; condensation; boiling. GME 628: Fundamentals and Applications of Combustion 3 credits This course studies the fundamentals of combustion and their applications to combustion systems such as combustion engines. Review of fundamentals of combustion thermochemistry and chemical kinetics, mass transfer and reacting flow, laminar premixed and diffusion flames, droplet burning, turbulent premixed and non-premixed flames, detonations, and formation of combustion emissions. The combustion engines analyzed for combustion and emissions formation and control include general internal combustion and gas turbine engines. GME 629 Continuum Mechanics 3 credits Study of continuum media. Tensor analysis, kinematics of deformation, elastic response, isotropic and anisotropic elasticity, finite deformations, viscoelasticity. GME 630 Computational Fluid Dynamics 3 credits This is an introductory course in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The course reviews the fundamental conservation principles and governing equations of fluid mechanics. Numerical methods and computational techniques and skills required for analyzing and solving the fluid mechanics governing equations are introduced. Application of the methods to practical fluid dynamics problems is presented and discussed. Available CFD application codes are also introduced. In addition, the fundamentals of computational heat transfer are presented. GME 635 Structural Dynamics 3 credits Dynamics of structures including beams, plates, and mixed systems of beams, plates, and lumped masses/springs. Energy methods. Exact and approximate solutions for system natural frequencies and mode shapes. Effect of damping. Response to applied forces. GME 641 Elasticity 3 credits Equations of linear elasticity; techniques for solution: Airy’s stress function; polar coordinates; numerical methods; thermal stress.