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066101 Design of Cold Store Complex Prerequisite: (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning layout and landscape, normal cooling, deep freezing, freezing tunnel, cooling tunnels, humidity control, air change, masonry construction, prefabricated construction, storage equipment and intensity
066103 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Equipment Prerequisite: (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning Air cooler, compressor, condenser, cooling tower, expansion devices, control systems, multi/pressure systems, flooded systems and refrigerant pumps.
066105 Design of Central Air Conditioning System Prerequisite: (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning Building survey, cooling and heating load calculations, system selection, equipment selection, duct design, water piping design, ventilation and smoke management, control systems, block building load and diversity factor.
066107 Industrial Ventilation and Smoke Management: Prerequisite: (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning Heat generations, moisture accumulation, displacement ventilation, pressure control, zone pressurization, control of gaseous indoor and air contaminants, applications.
066109 Cryogenics and Gas Liquefactions: Prerequisite: (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning Liquefaction of helium, liquefaction of hydrogen, liquefaction of nitrogen, liquefaction of oxygen, cycles and equipment, energy consumption, surface transportation and marine transportation.
066113 Special Refrigeration Systems Prerequisite: 066103 System selection, load calculation, ice making plants, candy manufacture, bakeries, beverage processes.
066115 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning in Transportation Prerequisite: 066103 & 066105 Refrigeration Systems, Cooling and heating loads calculations, air distribution, energy sources, passenger cars, buses, trucks and trailers railway, marine and air craft, and control devices .
066117 Special and Industrial Air Conditioning Systems: Prerequisite: 066105 Temperature control, humidity control, zone pressure control, air change and filtration codes requirements, clean rooms encompasses, textile manufacturing, candy processing, industrial drying, hospitals, museums, libraries, industrial and military control rooms.
066119 Building Energy Management of HVAC Systems: Prerequisite: 066105 Organization, financing a program, implementing a program, computer system architecture, hardware options, software options, computer-aided design, artificial intelligence, data acquisition, building dynamics and control of thermal storage systems.
066120 Applied Heat and Mass Transfer: Prerequisite: (ME312) Heat Transfer Insulation: types and selection, finned surfaces, buried pipes, insulated liquefied pipe lines, heat source systems, transient conduction, engineering relations of forced and free convection for real systems, radiation shape factors, radiation exchange in gases, radiation shield, mass transfer by diffusion and convection, evaporation process.
066122 Heat Exchangers: Prerequisite: (ME312) Heat Transfer Types of heat exchangers, the overall heat transfer coefficient, analysis of heat exchangers, the selection of heat exchangers, thermal design of heat exchangers using TEMA code, heat exchanger: materials, construction and corrosion, flow induced vibration phenomena, testing and inspection
066124 Technologies of Steam Generators and Steam Network: Prerequisite: (ME411) Thermal Power Plants Boiler components construction and materials, burner specifications and selections, boiler control systems, boiler auxiliaries, steam pipeline design, expansion joints types and selection, and steam valves.
066126 Thermal Power Plant Equipments: Prerequisite: (ME411) Thermal Power Plants Design of: Feed lines, feed water heaters, dearator, feed tank, steam condensers and cooling towers. Optimum selection of thermal power plant equipments. Energy saving in thermal power plant equipments.
066128 Water Treatment and Desalination Units: Prerequisite: (ME411) Thermal Power Plants Methods of desalination and water treatment, water chemistry, design of thermal and membrane units, other desalination and water treatment units, water treatment of: boilers, condensers, cooling towers and water chillers, economical assessment, technologies- operation and maintenance of desalination and water treatment units, treatment of corrosion and scale deposits and industrial wastes water treatment.
066130 Power Plant Operation and Management Prerequisite: 066124 and 066126 Safety laws and safety requirements in power plants, environmental laws and environmental control systems, boiler start up, boiler normal and abnormal operations, boiler idling and storage, maintenance and inspection of steam generators, turbine startup (cold and hot), turbine lubricating and control circuits, steam condensers and cooling tower operations, part-load problems, load distribution between units and plants and economical load operation of power plant.
066132 Energy Conversion Systems: Prerequisite: (ME411) Thermal Power Plants Energy conversion: utilization, present and projected consumption of energy, thermodynamic principles, nuclear power plants: fission and fusion reactors, hydroelectric plants, solar power plants, wind power plants, geothermal power plants, biomass, tidal, wave power systems. Direct energy conversion: thermoelectric power systems, thermo-ionic energy converter, magneto-hydro-dynamic power plant, free energy and fuel cells, photovoltaic effect and solar cells. Energy storage.
066134 Steam and Gas Turbines: Prerequisite: (ME311) Thermodynamic II and (ME411) thermal power plants Steam turbine design, steam turbine losses, steam turbine sealing, steam turbine protections, steam turbine rotor balancing and its critical speed, gas turbine design, gas turbine controls, gas turbine blade cooling and materials, air compressors and combustion chambers, combined cycle technology, optimum design of waste heat recovery boiler, combined cycle operations and maintenance.
066136 Power Plant Trouble shooting and Maintenance Prerequisite: (ME411) Thermal Power Plants and 03066126 Boiler components inspection, boiler troubleshooting, turbine rotor and blades inspection, turbine bearings and control system inspections, failure analysis for power plant components, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly maintenance requirements, preventive maintenance of power plants, spare-parts stock requirements
066140 Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics Prerequisite: (ME311) Thermodynamic II Classical thermodynamics of a general system; conservation of energy and principles of increase of entropy; fundamental relation of thermodynamics; Legendre transformations; phase transitions and critical phenomena; equilibrium and stability criteria in different representation; irreversible thermodynamics. Introduction to statistical thermodynamics.
066141 Industrial Ventilation: Prerequisite: (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning Heat generations, moisture accumulation, displacement ventilation, pressure control, zone pressurization, control of gaseous indoor and air contaminants, smoke management, applications.
066142 Refrigeration Theories and Applications: Prerequisite: (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning Thermodynamic analysis of refrigeration cycles, equations of state, calculating thermodynamic properties, irreversibility and availability, single stage cycle, multi pressure refrigeration cycles, absorption cycle, air cycle, thermo electric cycle, cycle performance, normal cooling, deep freezing, freezing tunnel and cooling tunnels.
066144 Thermo-dynamical Analysis of Air Conditioning Systems Prerequisite: (ME211) Thermodynamics I and (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning Composition of dry and moist air, thermodynamic properties of moist air, humidity parameters involving saturation, thermodynamic wet-bulb temperature and dew-point temperature, psychometric charts, typical air-conditioning processes, direct contact of air and water, sensible , latent and total heat balance, bypass factor and sensible heat factor.
066146 Cryogenics: Prerequisite: 066142 Liquefaction of helium, liquefaction of hydrogen, liquefaction of nitrogen, liquefaction of oxygen, cycles and equipment, energy consumption and transportation.
066148 Thermal design of air conditioning and refrigeration Prerequisite: 066144 Advanced topics on the design of heaters and humidifiers, DX coils, chilled water coils, evaporators, air-cooled condenser, water-cooled condenser, expansion devices, chillers and cooling towers.
066150 Advanced Power Plants: Prerequisite: (ME411) Thermal Power Plants Critical analysis of energy balance of thermal power plants, thermodynamics and economic evaluation of alternate schemes of development, study of recent development in production of power.
066152 Heat and Mass Transfer: Prerequisite: (ME312) Heat Transfer Steady and unsteady heat transfer by conduction, convective heat transfer by laminar and turbulent fluid flow, natural convection, mixed convection, heat transfer by radiation through participating media, mass transfer by steady state diffusion in gases and liquids, and mass transfer in laminar and turbulent flow.
066154 Two-Phase Flow Heat Transfer: Prerequisite: (ME312) Heat Transfer and boundary layer theory Generalized constitutive equations for various two-phase flow regimes. Interfacial heat and mass transfer. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium flow models. Two-phase flow instability. One-dimensional wave propagation. Two-phase heat transfer applications: convective boiling, pressure drop, critical and oscillatory flows.
066156 Humidification and Drying: Prerequisite: (ME412) Refrigeration and air conditioning Humidification system components, Theoretical analysis and performance of humidification systems, classification and selection of dryers, drying mechanism, calculation of drying rates and periods, practical dryer design.
066158 Design and Thermal Analysis of Furnaces: Prerequisite: (ME411) Thermal Power Plants and 066152 Types of furnaces used in process heaters and boilers, Heat transfer in furnaces, the stirred-reactor furnace model, the plug-flow furnace model, the multi-zone furnace model, advanced furnace model, and practical furnace design.
066160 Application of Numerical Methods to Transport Prerequisite: 066152 Numerical techniques for solving selected problems in heat and mass transfer. Applications include free convection, boundary layer flow, two-phase flow, separated flow, flow in porous media. Effects of concentration and temperature gradients, chemical reactions, radiation and electric and magnetic fields.
066197 Diploma Field Research
066198 Master’s Directed Research
066199 Master’s Thesis: Cr22
067105 Statistical Thermodynamics: Prerequisite: (ME211) Thermodynamics I and 066140 Analysis of classical thermodynamics from the microscopic viewpoint. Topics include: ensemble methods, partition functions, translational, rotational and vibrational energy modes of an ideal gas, chemical equilibrium, imperfect gases, dense fluids, critical-point theories, mean free path concepts, Boltzmann equation, hydrodynamic equations from kinetic theory and properties of disordered composite media.
067110 Advanced Cooling Load Methods and Energy Management Prerequisite: 066144 Transfer Function Method – CLTD/SCL/CLF method – Classical BIN Method – Modified BIN Method – Overall Modeling Strategies and Building Explorer – Computer System Architecture – Hardware Options – Software Options – Computer-Aided Design – Artificial Intelligence – Data Acquisition – Building Dynamics – Control of Thermal Storage Systems.
067115 Advanced Conductive Heat Transfer: Prerequisite: 066152 methods of solving multidimensional transient and steady heat conduction, approximate and exact methods of solving nonlinear conduction problems and heat conduction in composite media and anisotropic solids.
067120 Advanced Convective Heat Transfer: Prerequisite: 066152 and boundary layer theory Advanced topics in steady and transient, natural and forced convective heat transfer for laminar and turbulent flow through conduits and over surfaces, mass transfer in laminar and turbulent flow and inclusion of topics on compressible flow with heat and mass transfer.
067125 Advanced Radiative Heat Transfer Prerequisite: 067115 and 067120 Comprehensive and unified treatment of basic theories; exact and approximate methods of solution of radiative heat transfer in participating media, and the interaction of radiation with conductive and convective modes of heat transfer in participating and non-participating media.
067130 Hydrodynamic and Thermal Stability and Transition: Prerequisite: 067120 The hydrodynamic and thermal stability of fluid flows using linear, energy, and weakly nonlinear stability theories. Studies of: Taylor-Couette flow, buoyancy-driven flows, surface tension-driven flow, shear flow, thin-film flows, double diffusive flows. Mechanisms of transition and discussion of transition models in numerical methods.
067135 Advanced Turbulent Heat and Mass Transfer: Prerequisite: 067120 Models of turbulence, heat and mass transfer in: turbulent external flows over plates and rounded surfaces, turbulent flow inside ducts and tubes. Turbulent convection in compressible flow.
067140 Advanced Topics in Thermal Engineering: Prerequisite: (ME211), (ME311), and ME312 Faculty and Student discussions of advanced special topics in contemporary in mechanical engineering.
067198 Ph.D Directed Research
067199 Ph.D Dissertation: 6 Prerequisite: Passing Preliminary Qualifying Examination
06-6201 Modern Automotive Engines Prerequisite: None Modern trends in engine design – Combustion chambers – Valve trains – Fuel injection systems – Electronic ignition systems – Motronic-type systems – Cooling and lubrication – Intake and exhaust tuning – Emission-control requirements
06-6205 Modern Chassis Engineering Prerequisite: None The platform concept. Tires and wheels. Axle kinematics. Vehicle steering. Springing and damper systems. Four-wheel drive. Suspension design. Frame design and building.
06-6209 Vehicle Dynamics Prerequisite: None Vehicle Body Motion. Aerodynamics and Rolling Resistance Tires. Suspension Systems. Steering Systems. Brakes. Handling Requirements. Ride and Comfort. Noise, Vibrations, and Harshness (NVH).
06-6210 Fire Hazards: Prevention and Extinguishing Prerequisite: None Causes of fire – Combustible materials – Stoichiometry of combustion – Prevention and extinguishing – Codes and standards
06-6211 Fundamentals of Diesel Engineering Prerequisite: None Basic types of diesel engines – Fuel pumps – Injectors – Governors
06-6215 Design of Diesel Engines Prerequisite: None Engine parts – Engine tribology – Heat transfer and cooling systems – Noise and vibrations
06-6219 Performance and Maintenance of Diesel Engines Prerequisite: None Combustion chambers – Operating conditions – Performance maps – Emissions – Super-and turbocharging – Condition monitoring – Testing – Maintenance
06-6220 Fuels and Fundamentals of Combustion Prerequisite: None Types of fuels – Stoichiometry – Thermodynamics of Combustion – Equilibrium – Flame propagation and flame quench – Droplet group combustion – Emissions
06-6221 Fundamentals of Gas Turbines Prerequisite: None Types of gas turbines – Fuel and ignition systems – Combustion chambers – Inlets and thrust nozzles – Compression and turbine wheels – Emissions
06-6225 Design of Gas Turbines Prerequisite: None Design considerations for gas turbine components – Multi-staging – Combustion requirements – Cooling requirements.
06-6229 Performance and Maintenance of Gas Turbines Prerequisite: None Combustion requirements – Operating conditions – Matching problems and compressor surge – Cooling and lubrication – Noise and vibrations – Compounding – Emission control – Condition monitoring
06-6230 Environmental Topics in Combustion Engineering Prerequisite: None Combustion fundamentals – Emission formation – Effects of operating conditions – Emission dispersion – Emission standards, measurements, and testing – Emission-control systems
06-6297 Diploma Field Research Prerequisite: None Students shall conduct a real-life study applied to his/her engineering field of interest.
06-6220 Fuels & Fundamentals of Combustion Prerequisite: None Types of fuels – Stoichiometry – Thermodynamics of combustion – Equilibrium – Flame propagation and flame quench – Droplet group combustion – Emissions
06-6230 Environmental Topics in Combustion Engineering Prerequisite: None Combustion fundamentals – Emission formation – Effects of operating conditions – Emission dispersion – Emission standards, measurements, and testing – Emission-control systems
06-6241 Thermodynamics of Combustion Prerequisite: None Thermodynamic relations – Real-gas equations – Mixtures and solutions – Chemical reactions – Stoichiometry and adiabatic flame temperature – Gas tables and JANAF tables – Phase and chemical equilibrium – Association and dissociation – Simultaneous reactions.
06-6245 Combustion Phenomena in Spark – ignition Engines Prerequisite: 03-06-6220 or 03-06-6241 Modern fuel-injection systems – Electronic ignition – Heat release analysis – Knocking phenomena – Octane requirements – Chemical equilibrium of combustion – Emission formation.
06-6249 Combustion Phenomena in Compression – ignition Engines Prerequisite: 03-06-6220 or 03-06-6241 Injection transients – Spray atomization and ignition delay – Heat release analysis – Temperature fields in piston and combustion-chamber walls – Frictional losses – Flow through exhaust manifold and silencer design – Turbo-charging and part-load problems.
06-6251 Gas Turbines I Prerequisite: None Types of gas turbines – Types of diffusers – Design of turbine blades and compressor blades – Stage losses and multi-staging – Performance charts – Matching considerations.
06-6255 Advanced Gas Dynamics I Prerequisite: None Basic concepts – Multi-dimensional compressible flow – Small perturbation theory – Method of characteristics – Waves in compressible flows.
06-6259 Advanced Topics in Combustion Engineering Prerequisite: 03-06-6245 or 03-06-6249 or 03-06-6265 The course shall cover new topics at Master’s level in the areas of combustion and gas dynamics.
06-6261 Gas Turbines II Prerequisite: 03-06-6251 Types of combustion chambers – Design of combustion chambers – Heat transfer and cooling – Fuel systems and atomizers – Flame stabilization – Emission control.
06-6265 Combustion Kinetics and Flames Prerequisite: 03-06-6241 Chemical thermodynamics – Orders of reactions and chemical kinetics – Multi-component reaction systems – Flame-propagation theories – Premixed laminar flames – Diffusion flames – Combustion stability and flame quench.
06-6269 Numerical Methods in Combustion Prerequisite: 03-06-6241 or 03-06-6255 This is a case-study course that applies numerical methods to various combustion and gas dynamic applications – Students shall develop their own computer program for solving the problems assigned – Students shall also use available packages.
06-6270 Combustion Diagnostics and Measurements Prerequisite: None Experimental design and error analysis – Sensors – Digital signal processing and analysis – Flow visualization techniques- Combustion measurements – Wind tunnels.
06-6280 Novel Propulsion Systems Prerequisite: None Stirling engines – Fuel – cell operated vehicles – Hydrogen-operated engines – Cryogenic engines – Hybrid vehicles – Solar-energy driven cars – Natural-gas engines – Latest advances in the field.
06-6298 Master’s Directed Research
03-06-6299 Master’s Thesis Cr22
06-7271 Heterogeneous Combustion Prerequisite: 06-6249 Diesel injectors and nozzle types – Spray characteristics and droplet sizing – Spray penetration and air entrainment – Heat transfer and mass diffusion – Droplet burning and film combustion – Group combustion – Soot formation and particulate growth – Filters and trap regeneration – NOx formation and catalytic converters.
06-7275 Advanced Gas Dynamics II Prerequisite: 06-6255 Unsteady flow in ducts – The method of characteristics – Boundary conditions – Numerical procedures of solution – Case studies.
06-7279 Advanced Topics in Combustion Engineering II Prerequisite: 06-6255 or 06-6265 The course will cover new topics not covered at Master’s level in the areas of Combustion and Gas Dynamics.
06-7280 Applications of Unsteady Flow in Combustion Prerequisite: 06-6255 Fundamentals of unsteady flow – Dynamic-pressure exchangers – Pressure-wave utilization in reciprocating-engine manifolds – Supercharging – Pulsating combustors – Pulse ejectors – Passive wave-energy converters.
06-7298 Ph.D. Directed Research Prerequisite
06-7299 Ph.D. Dissertation 6 Prerequisite: Passing Preliminary Qualifying Examination
066301 Advanced Fluid Dynamics Conservation laws of mass, momentum, and energy: boundary conditions; exact and approximate solutions of Navier-Stokes equations; boundary-layer theory; introduction to external and rotational flows; application to flows around bodies and blade passages, Drag and lift; introduction to turbulent flows.
066302 Computer Applications in Fluid Mechanics Applied numerical analysis, including solution of linear algebraic equations and ordinary and partial differential equations; modeling of physical processes, including fluid flow and heat and mass transfer; use of general purpose computer codes, including computational fluid dynamics software packages and software for specific applications such as pipeline and network design. Applications.
066303 Fluid Power Fundamentals Generation, transmission, and utilization of power in systems in which the working fluid is oil or air; analysis and design of pumps, cylinders, motors, valves, and other fluid components; dynamic analysis and control of fluid power systems.
066304 Fluid Power Applications Design and analysis of basic and advanced hydraulic and Pneumatic circuits. Construction of some hydraulic equipment (hydraulic cranes, fork lifts, graders, shovels, or excavators). Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems (operation, trouble shooting techniques, and procedures of maintenance).
066305 Fluid Machinery Types of pumps. Positive-displacement and rotodynamic pumps. Theory of centrifugal pumps. Design, selection, operation, and maintenance of pumps. Methods of gas compression. Types of compressors, fans and blowers. Positive-displacement compressors. Theory of centrifugal and axial-flow compressors. Design, selection, operation, and maintenance of compressors, fans and blowers.
066306 Technology of Multi Phase Flow Introduction. Flow patterns. One dimensional flow. Empirical methods for pressure drop. Void fraction. Draft flux model. Vertical bubble and slug flow. Gaslift systems, Airlift pumps, Gas particle flow, pumping of slurries.
066307 Fluid Film Lubrication Behavior of frictional surfaces under different types of loading. Mechanisms of heat generation and surface damage (wear, scuffing, pitting, fretting, etc.). Rheological effects. Theory of lubrication, lubricants, Types and systems of lubrication, applications.
066308 Engineering Experimentation, Measurement and Design and analysis of engineering experiments with an emphasis on measurement methods and standards, Velocity, pressure, temperature, and flow measurements of liquids and gases, standards, calibration, and performance testing of flow meters.
066309 Piping Systems Basic equations of liquids and gases flows in pipes. Water piping systems and branches, design of pipe networks, Hydraulic and mechanical design of oil pipelines Natural gas pipelines. Compressed air piping systems. Economical considerations. Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Applications.
066310 Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics I This course will be designed to concentrate on one or more topics of interest to fluid engineers such as; Industrial noise, Cavitation, Hydraulic transients, environmental fluid mechanics, air pollution, Non Newtonian fluids. Drag reduction. Specifications and bids evaluation of hydraulic equipment.
066—- Research Project Cr 6 Independent individual study or investigation of problems in a field related to the Diploma, under the supervision of a faculty member.
066311 Engineering Analysis Solutions of systems of linear and nonlinear algebraic equations; approximation methods; solutions of ordinary differential equations; initial and boundary value problems; solutions of partial differential equations of elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic types; Eigen-value problems.
066312 Mechanics of Continuous Media Cartesian tensor analysis; stress, traction vectors, small and finite strain, kinematics of continuous media, conservation equations in Lagrangian and Eulerian coordinates, constitutive equations for elastic solids and viscous fluids, viscoelasticity and plasticity.
066313 Advanced Fluid Mechanics Navier-Stokes equations and constitutive theory; exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations; Viscous flow fundamentals; vorticity dynamics; solution of the Navier-Stokes equations in their approximate forms; thin shear layers and free surface flows; boundary layer theory; integral momentum methods; introduction to turbulence.
066314 Boundary Layer Theory An introduction to the mechanics of viscous flows. The kinematics and dynamics of viscous flows. Some solutions of the Navier Stokes equations. The behavior of vorticity. The boundary layer approximation. The laminar boundary layer with and without pressure gradient. Separation. Integral relations, exact and approximate methods. Compressible laminar boundary layers. Introduction to instability and transition. Turbulent free shear flows. Turbulent boundary layers. Effects of Reynolds number. Bluff body flows.
066315 Computational Fluid Dynamics I Emphasis on finite-volume and finite-difference techniques for numerical solution of elliptic, parabolic and hyperbolic partial differential equations, stability analysis, applications to heat transfer, and internal and external flows problems.
066316 Compressible Flow Conservation equations in compressible flow; full potential equations, small perturbation equations; two-dimensional compressible flow; hodographs, method of characteristics; slender bodies, computational methods; introduction to three-dimensional flows and transonic flow; compressible boundary-layer flows; internal flows in nozzles and the diffusers; generalized quasi-1 D internal flows.
066317 Experimentation, Measurements and Uncertainty Analysis Design and analysis of engineering experiments with an emphasis on measurement methods and standards, data analysis, regressions and general and detailed uncertainty analysis, including statistical intervals, propagation of bias and precision errors, correlated bias approximations, and using jitter programs.
066318 Turbulent Flow Basic turbulent flow concepts; origin of turbulence; introduction to turbulence measurements; Review of experimental results on the statistics and structure of turbulent flows. Methods for calculation of turbulent flows; the problem of closure, semi-empirical, phenomenological and analytical theories of turbulence, large-eddy and direct simulations of turbulence. Introduction to turbulence modeling; eddy viscosity/diffusivity concept; zero-equation models; one-equation models; two-equation models; introduction to second-moment closures; applications to boundary layers, shear layers, jets, plumes, wakes and separated flows.
066319 Engineering Acoustics Vibrating systems; acoustic wave equation; plane and spherical waves in fluid media; reflection and transmission at interfaces; propagation in lossy media; radiation and reception of acoustic waves; pipes, cavities, and waveguides; resonators and filters; noise; selected topics in physiological, environmental, and architectural acoustics.
066320 Turbomachinery Thermodynamic analysis of energy transfer between fluid and rotor; dimensional analysis; principles of axial, mixed, and radial flow pumps, fans, compressors, and turbines; cascade performance; computer flow simulations; applications to pumps, compressors and power plants.
066321 Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics Definitions. Viscosity formulae for non Newtonian fluids. Equations of motion for non Newtonian fluids. Non Newtonian fluid flow through pipes. Applications.
066322 Tribology Some properties of fluids. Lubricants, Equations of motion (N.S.E.). Hydrostatic lubrication. Hydrodynamic lubrication. Characteristics of bearings. Equations of load, discharge and power. Friction. Wear.
066323 Flow Transients Review of steady flow in pipes. Fundamental concepts of unsteady flow. Rigid water column theory. Elastic theory. Solution by method of characteristics. Complex pipe systems. Pumps in systems. Problems resulting from unsteady flow in pipe systems. Control devices and techniques.
066324 Environmental Fluid Mechanics Review of basic principles, equations and mathematical techniques, Inviscid flow (Euler equations, Bernoulli’s equation, vortex dynamics), Potential flow (porous media flow, surface waves in oceans and lakes, aerodynamic flow), Creeping flow (Stokes’ flow, settling, Hele-Shaw flow, swimming of organisms, mud flow), Laminar flow (channel and overland flow, stagnation flow, transient and oscillatory boundary layer, induced streaming, mass transport), Turbulent flow (Reynolds and turbulent kinetic eqns, applications: effluent discharge, boundary layer), Air pollution and dispersion models.
066325 Basic Aerodynamics Inviscid flow concepts including: Euler equations, stream function, velocity potential, singularities, vorticity and circulation laws. Viscous flow topics including: boundary layers, separation, and turbulent flow. In addition, external flows, lift and drag, thin airfoil theory, finite wing theory and airfoil design.
066326 Multiphase Flow Selected topics in multiphase flow including nucleation and cavitation, dynamics of stationary and translating particles and bubbles, basic equations of homogeneous two-phase gas/liquid, gas/solid, and vapor/liquid flows, kinematics and acoustics of bubbly flows, instabilities and shock waves in bubbly flows, stratified, annular, and granular flow.
066327 Pipeline Design Liquid and gas flows in pipes. Water piping systems and branches, design of pipe networks, Hydraulic and mechanical design of oil pipelines Natural gas pipelines. Compressed air piping systems. Flow transients in pipelines.
066328 Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics II This course will be designed to concentrate on one or more topics of interest to fluid engineers such as; Industrial noise, Cavitation, Hydraulic transients, environmental fluid mechanics, air pollution, Non Newtonian fluids. Drag reduction. Specifications and bids evaluation of hydraulic equipment.
066398 Master’s Directed Research
066399 Master’s Thesis Cr22 For students working on an advanced research program leading to the completion of the master’s thesis. Students registered for the master degree must register every term in this course starting the thrid term of their registration. Course is taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
067301 Computational Fluid Dynamics II Prerequisite: 066315 Computational Fluid Dynamics I Introduction to the methods and analysis techniques used in computational solutions of fluid mechanics and heat transfer problems. Model problems are used to study the interaction of physical processes and numerical techniques. Contemporary methods for boundary layers, incompressible viscous flows, and inviscid compressible flows are studied. Finite differences and finite volume techniques are emphasized. Grid generation techniques are discussed.
067302 Fluids Dynamics and Aerodynamics Prerequisite: 066325 Basic Aerodynamics Inviscid flow concepts including: Euler equations, stream function, velocity potential, singularities, vorticity and circulation laws. Viscous flow topics include boundary layers, separation, and turbulent flow. In addition, external flows, lift and drag, thin airfoil theory, finite wing theory and airfoil design will be discussed.
067303 Advanced Experimental Methods for Thermal/Fluid Systems Prerequisite: 066317 Experimentation, Measurements and Uncertainty Analysis Design of experiments; Velocity, pressure, temperature, and flow measurements of liquids and gases, fundamentals of electronic signal processing and optics; and advanced experimental techniques, including laser-Doppler velocimetry, hot-wire anemometry, and thermocouples.
067304 Simulation and Modeling of Turbulent Flows Prerequisite: 066318 Turbulent Flow Introduction to tubulence. Concepts of numerical accuracy and bandwidth are introduced. Solutions in differential form and wave space are studied. The numerical representation of turbulent transport, production, and dissipation are discussed. Techniques for the simulation and modeling of turbulent flows are described, including direct numerical simulation (DNS), large-eddy simulation (LES), Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS), and the probability-density-function (PDF) method. Homework topics include writing codes to solve isotropic turbulence using DNS, LES, and RANS methodologies.
067305 Advanced Engineering Acoustics Prerequisite: 066319 Engineering Acoustics Derivation of the acoustic wave equation and development of solution techniques. Transmission and reflection from solids, plates and impedance boundaries. Radiation and scattering from non-simple geometries. Green’s functions; boundary element and finite element methods. Sound in ducts and enclosures. Introduction to structural-acoustic coupling. Automotive and other applications considered.
067306 Externally Pressurized Bearings Prerequisite: Equation of motion. Types of bearings. Geometries of hydrostatic gas bearings. Performance improvement. Pressure distribution. load and discharge. Effect of different factors on bearing performance. Design procedure.
067307 Air Quality and Air Pollution Control Prerequisite: 066324 Environmental Fluid Mechanics Air pollution sources, atmospheric transport, transformations, fate, and emissions control. Air pollution meteorology, dispersion, chemistry of secondary pollutant formation, standards and regulation. Control devices and techniques for gaseous and particulate emissions. Cyclones, electrostatic precipitators, wet and dry scrubbers, combustion modification.
067308 Perturbation Methods for Fluids Prerequisite: 066313 Advanced Fluid Mechanics Application of asymptotic methods to fluid mechanics with special emphasis on the method of matched expansions. Regular perturbation solutions; suppression of secular terms; method of multiple scales; boundary layer and low Reynolds number flows by inner and outer expansions; phenomena in rotating flows. Applications to computational fluid mechanics.
067309 Hydrodynamic Stability Prerequisite: 066313 Advanced Fluid Mechanics An introduction to the theory of hydrodynamic stability with applications to stability of thermal flows, rotating and curved flows, wall bounded and free shear flows. Development of the asymptotic theory of the Orr-Sommerfeld equation. Review of the fundamental concepts and current work in nonlinear theory of hydrodynamic stability.
067310 Separated Flow Prerequisite: 066314 Boundary Layer Theory Detailed study of fluid dynamics, boundary layer phenomena, and incompressible flows. Laminar and turbulent compressible free shear flow regions; effects of heat and mass transfer.
067311 Selected Topics in Fluid Mechanics III Prerequisite: This course will be designed to concentrate on one or more topics of interest to fluid engineers such as; Industrial noise, Cavitation, Hydraulic transients, environmental fluid mechanics, air pollution, Non Newtonian fluids. Drag reduction. Specifications and bids evaluation of hydraulic equipment.
067398 Ph.D Directed Research
067399—- Ph.D Dissertation 6 For students working on an advanced research program leading to the completion of the Ph.D. thesis. Students registered for the Ph.D. degree must register every term in this course starting the first term after passing their qualifying examination. Course is taken on a satisfactory/unsatisfactory basis.
06-6403 Analog and Digital Signal Conditioning Prerequisite: None Passive circuits – Basic operational amplifiers – Digital representations – Design of logic networks – Sequential logic- Flip flops – Binary and decade counters – Schmitt trigger – Timers – Integrated circuit design – A/D and D/A converters – Multiplexers and demultiplexers
06-6404 Microprocessors and Interface Prerequisite: 06-6403 Architecture – Microprocessor hardware – Memory organization – Assembly language and programming – I/O techniques – Timers and counters – Interrupts – Serial Communications – Real world interfacing to instruments, sensors, motors and data acquisition.
06-6405 Programmable Logic Controllers Prerequisite: None Discrete state control- Logic gates – Ladder diagram- Relay sequencers- Processor, I/O modules- PLC operation and programming- Applications
06-6406 Robot Dynamics Prerequisite: None Basics of Robotics – Homogeneous transformation – Arm kinematics – Inverse kinematics – Arm dynamics – Trajectory planning – Robot control system – Position, speed and force control of robot grippers – Practical examples.
06-6407 Microcontrollers applications Prerequisite: 06-6404 Microcontrollers, families and architectures- Programming – Interface with real world- Design concepts of mechatronics systems- Case studies (Robots, CNC machines, furnaces, automotive, hydraulic systems).
06-6408 PLC applications Prerequisite: 06-6405 Input- output devices – Input/output processing – Data handling – Designing programs ( Temperature control, valve sequencing, car park barriers, production line control, fail-safe systems,…) – Testing and debugging
06-6411 Vibration problems in industry Prerequisite: None Basic principles and sources of vibrations – Vibrations in buildings – Isolator selection – Plantroom design and installation techniques and instrumentations of vibration measurement – Vibration control.
06-6412 Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis Prerequisite: None Vibration motion concepts – causes of vibration – maintenance, transmissibility, and impedance – sideband frequencies – Fourier analysis – vibration sensors – data acquisition – vibration monitoring – preventive maintenance program – vibration limits – machine performance criteria.
06-6413 Design of Machine foundation Prerequisite: None Causes of vibrations – characteristics of vibration & shock – vibration measurements – transmissibility & impedance – isolation materials – principle of vibration isolation (thin visco-elastic layer, thick visco-elastic layer) – dynamics of the shock-and-vibration drive – problems of vibration isolation – Plant-room design & installation techniques.
06-6414 Mechatronics Prerequisite: None Mechatronics as interdisciplinary system- Digital systems – Signal processing and data acquisition systems – Sensors – Actuators – Design of mechatronic systems using PLC, PC, and microcontrollers (hardware and software).
06-6415 Vibration Control Prerequisite: None Vibration analysis (proximity analysis, frequency analysis, spectral analysis, and real time analysis) – Analyser selection – Data processing – Noise control – Case studies in vibrations.
06-6416 Fluid Induced Vibration Prerequisite: None Inline forces – equations of in-line motion – solution of linearized equation of motion – oscillatory flow with zero mean flow – fluid force coefficients – lift force – vibrations induced by turbulence – vibration of a pipe containing a fluid flow – pipe whip.
06-6417 Vibration Measurements Prerequisite: None Errors and uncertainties- Characteristics of signals (periodic, transient, and random)- Basics of digital frequency- Analyzer( sampling, filter characteristics, common windows, uncertainties)- Accelerometer cross-axis sensitivity(single and triaxial)- Cross-axis resonance – Force transducer-structure interaction.
06-6421 Engineering Materials Prerequisite: None Study of the types and properties of metals and alloys. Heat treatment. Polymers . Elastomers . Ceramics . Composites.
06-6422 Computer Aided Design Prerequisite: None Computer methods and graphics in engineering design process . Introduction to the finite-element method. Applications to the processes of design, operation, and maintenance . Programming project.
06-6423 Mechanical Behaviour of Composite Materials Prerequisite: None Macro-mechanical behaviour of lamina – Micro-mechanical behaviour of lamina – Macro-mechanical behaviour of laminate – Mechanics of metal-matrix fibrous composites.
06-6424 Experimental Stress Analysis Prerequisite: None Basic equations and plane elasticity theory – Brittle coating methods – Electrical resistance strain gages – Semiconductor strain gages – Analysis of strain gage data – Optical methods and basic optics – Moire method – Photoelasticity -
06-6425 Advanced Mechanical Design Prerequisite: None Introduction to statistical mechanical Design – design for reliability – Cost evaluation – Reliability and cost – Engineering decision making in design process – Solving problems, and project planning – Case study.
06-6426 Fatigue Analysis Prerequisite: None Factors affecting fatigue behaviour – Fatigue analysis of combined stress systems – Stress concentration – Crack propagation – Metallurgical aspects of fatigue.
06-6427 Analysis and Synthesis of Mechanisms Prerequisite: None Kinematic models – Kinematic analysis of mechanisms – Geometric methods of synthesis – Algebraic methods of synthesis – Synthesis of spatial linkage.
06-6428 Fracture Mechanics Prerequisite: None Conditions for crack growth – Stress intensity factor – Cracks in linearly elastic bodies – Cracks in elastic plastic bodies – Cracks in linearly viscoelastic media – Thermal problems in fracture mechanics – Dynamic problems in fracture mechanics.
06—6429 Experimental Design and Error Analysis Prerequisite: None Importance of experimentation – Design and planning for an experiment – Experimental setup and accuracy control – Experimental errors – Propagation of errors – Statistical analysis of errors – Rejected and accepted data – Presentation and documentation of errors
06-6430 Lubrication Engineering Prerequisite: None Introduction – Governing equations of lubricating film – Hydrostatic bearings (pad characteristics, optimisation, operation, and flow restrictors) – Hydrodynamic bearings (journal and thrust bearings, squeeze film bearings, and gas bearings)
06-6431 Friction and Wear Prerequisite: None Surface qualities of mechanical parts – Contact of rough surfaces – Methods and instrumentations for measuring the properties of contacts – Calculation of the coefficient of friction and of wear rate. Wear of tribological joints – Choice of materials for rubbing parts.
06-6432 Lubricants and Lubrication Systems Prerequisite: None Liquid, solid, grease and gas lubricants – Additives – Selection of lubricant type – Oil and grease lubrication systems – System selection – Warning and protection devices – Lubricant change period and tests.
06-6434 Design and selection of bearings Prerequisite : None Plain bearings (theory of hydrodynamic lubrication, thermal considerations, bearing under alternating loads, bearing vibrations, hydrostatic bearings, selection of bearing type, selection of bearing materials and dimensions and oil grade) – Antifriction bearings (types of antifriction bearings, selection of bearing type, estimation of bearing number, bearing mounting and installations) Bearing failure, repair, and maintenance (bearings and seals failure patterns, failure detection methods, repair of plain bearings, lubrication maintenance planning ).
06-6436 Elastohydrodynamics Prerequisite: 06-6487 Lubrication and elasticity equations – Elastohydrodynamic theory – Lubrication of rolling contact bearings – Lubrication of gears – Measurements of film thickness and film shape .
06-6437 Reliability and Risk Analysis Prerequisite: None Reliability of systems ( serial systems, chain like systems, redundant systems) – Estimating reliability in mechanical wear – Estimating reliability by thermal resistance criterion – Calculation of reliability of machinery elements of specific groups – Reliability testing – Reliability of machines of individual groups.
06-6461 Modelling and Simulations Prerequisite: None Basics of mathematical modeling – Experimental methods for modeling and identification – Physical analogies – Simulation and basics of parameter estimation methods – Recent simulation software and packages – Practical applications.
06-6462 Theory of Vibrations Prerequisite: None Free & forced vibration of continuous systems, transient response of lumped parameter systems – critical speeds of shafts & rotor dynamics – gyroscopic effects of discs & rotor balance.
06-6463 Nonlinear Vibrations Prerequisite: 06-6462 Nonlinear oscillations (free and forced using graphical iteration, and perturbation methods)- Self excited vibrations – Hill and Mathieu equations – Stability analysis- Introduction to random vibrations.
06-6464 Digital Control Prerequisite: None Discretization of continuous systems – z-transforms – Closed loop performance and stability- Digital controllers and filters – State Space analysis – – Pole placement and optimal regulators for discrete systems- Applications.
06-6465 Linear Control Prerequisite: None State-Space system analysis – Controllability – Observability – Lyapunov stability- Pole placement – Design of servo systems – State observer – Quadratic optimal control – Design of control system with observer – Applications with MATLAB.
06-6466 Fuzzy Logic Systems Prerequisite: 06-6465 Introduction to intelligent control – Fuzzy sets – Fuzzy relations – Rules – Fuzzy models – Structure and design of fuzzy controller – Advanced applications
06-6467 Neural Networks Prerequisite: 06-6465 Principles of neural networks (types, architecture, activation functions,..) – Learning methods – Neural networks for control and modeling – Neuro fuzzy control systems – Advanced applications
06-6481 Composite Materials Prerequisite : 06-6485 Types and applications of composite materials. Macro-mechanical and micro-mechanical properties of lamina . Macro-mechanical behaviour of laminate . Stresses in metal-matrix fibrous composites. Experimental methods for measuring the properties of composite materials.
06-6482 Stress Measurements in Mechanical Components Prerequisite: None Theory of elasticity in two dimensions – Plane stress and plane strain – Two dimensional problems in rectangular and polar Coordinates – Stress measurement methods and instrumentation (strain gauge circuits, data analysis, recording instruments) – Optical methods of stress analysis – Theory of photoelasticity.
06-6483 Finite Element Analysis Prerequisite: None Finite element analysis of beams – Element and interpolation functions – Plane stress – Finite element analysis of plates – Finite element analysis for elastic stability – Broader aspects of the finite element method- The finite element method in lubrication problems.
06-6485 Theory of Elasticity Prerequisite: None Analysis of stress and strain in three dimensions – Equations of equilibrium – Conditions of compatibility – displacements – Plane stresses and strains in rectangular, polar, and curvilinear coordinates – Applications.
06-6487 Theory of Lubrication Prerequisite: None Modes of lubrication (hydrodynamic and hydrostatic lubrication) – Reynold’ equation -Lubrication of mechanical components (plain bearings, rolling bearings, gears, chains, sliders, and wire ropes) – lubricants (types of lubricating oils and greases, solid lubricants, gas lubricants, and selection of lubricant type) – Lubrication systems.
06-6488 Bearing Analysis Prerequisite: 06-6487 Hydrodynamic and hydrostatic bearings – gas bearings – Turbulence, inertia, and thermal effects – Dynamically loaded Bearings – Bearing stability – Porous bearings – Antifriction bearings – bearing materials – Lubricants.
06-6497 Diploma Field Research Independent individual study or investigation of problems in a field related to the Diploma, under the supervision of a faculty member.
06-6498 Master’s Directed Research
06-6499 Master’s Thesis For students working on an advanced research program leading to the completion of the master’s thesis.
06-7401 Theory of Plates and Shells Prerequisite: Bending of plates with various edge conditions – Special and approx- imate methods in the theory of plates – Deformation of shells without bending – General theories of cylindrical spherical, and conical shells – General shells of revolution
06-7405 Theory of Plasticity Prerequisite: Fundamentals of continuum mechanics – Equations of plastic state – Equations of elastic plastic equilibrium – Plane stresses and strains – Behaviour of elastic plastic bodies under variable loads.
06-7410 Viscoelasticity Prerequisite: 06-6485 Classification of viscoelastic materials – Creep and relaxation tests – Harmonic tests – Notation of time response – Analogous study of viscoelastic behaviour – Superposition principles of Boltzman.
06-715 Theory of Elastic Stability Prerequisite: 06-6485 Elastic buckling of bars and frames – Torsional and lateral bucking – Buckling of thin plates – Buckling of shells – Experiment and design formulas
06-7420 Selected Topics in Mechanical Design Prerequisite: None Recent advances in the area of mechanical design.
06-7450 Advanced Dynamics Prerequisite: None Lagrange’s equation – ignorable coordinates – Hamiltonian mechanics – canonical transformations (Hamilton – Jacobi) – Theory of variational principles of mechanics – Stability of multi-degree-of-freedom autonomous systems – Nonautonomous systems- Perturbation techniques.
06-7455 Noise and Vibrations Control Prerequisite: 06-6465 Fundamentals of acoustics and vibrations – Spectral analysis – Active control of noise propagating in ducts – Active control of free field sound radiation – Vibration isolators.
06-7465 Nonlinear Control Prerequisite 06-6465 Nonlinearities in physical systems – Phase plane analysis – Transformation and scaling methods – Stability analysis (Lypunov’s first and second method, frequency domain methods – Equivalent linearization; harmonic response, K&B, Galerkin’s method, describing functions – Controller synthesis – Riccatti approach – Absolute stability approach
06-7470 Adaptive Control Prerequisite: 06-6465 and 06-6466 Robustness – Gain scheduling – Optimal control – Model reference method – Lypunov design approach – Sliding control – Adaptation using artificial intelligence (fuzzy logic, neural network, and genetic algorithm).
06-7475 Selected Topics in Dynamics and Vibrations Recent advances in the area of dynamics and vibrations.
06-7480 Selected Topics in Dynamic Systems and Control Recent advances in the area of dynamic systems and control.
06-7498 Ph.D. Directed Research
06-7499 Ph.D. Dissertation 6 Prerequisite: Passing Preliminary Qualifying Examination For students working on an advanced research program leading to the completion of the Ph.D. dissertation.
03-06-6401 Actuators Prerequisite: None Electromagnetic principals – Solenoids and relays – DC motors – Stepper motors and drives – Piezoelectric actuators – Hydraulic actuators – Pneumatic actuators – Control of position and speed of motors.
03-06-6401 Sensors Prerequisite: None Electromechanical transducers – Error and uncertainties – Motion sensors ( resistance inductance, proximity, piezoelectric, eddy current, Hall effect, digital) – Force, torque and tactile sensors – Flow sensors ( differential pressure, hotwire, electromagnetic, Laser doppler) – Temperature sensors ( resistive, thermocouples, fiber optics, interferometrics,….) – Ultrasonic, fiber optics and range sensors .