Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
INGE 3017. COMPUTED AIDED GRAPHICS.
Two credit hours. Two two-hour of lecturelaboratory
per week.
Fundamentals of computer aided graphics in
engineering. Description of the equipment, use of
commercial solid modeling programs, modeling of
geometric figures and documentation.
INGE 3031. ENGINEERING MECHANICS
STATICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisite: MATE 3031 or
MATE 3144 or MATE 3183.
Analysis of force systems; the laws of equilibrium;
analysis of simple structures; distributed loads;
friction; centroids and moments of inertia.
INGE 3032. ENGINEERING MECHANICS
DYNAMICS. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisites: INGE 3031 and
(FISI 3161 or FISI 3171).
Kinematics of particles and rigid bodies; relations
among force, mass and acceleration; kinetics of
particles and rigid bodies; work and energy;
impulse and momentum.
INGE 3035. ENGINEERING MECHANICS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: MATE 3031 or MATE 3144
or MATE 3183. Prerequisite: FISI 3161 or FISI
3171.
Analysis of force systems; the laws of equilibrium;
friction; centroids and moments of inertia.
Kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid
bodies.
INGE 3045. MATERIALS SCIENCE FOR
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
QUIM 3002. Co-requisite: FISI 3162 or FISI
3172.
Principles that determine the properties of
conductors, semiconductors, and insulators.
Electromechanical properties; diffusion, electrical
conduction, thermal conduction; magnetic and
optical properties.
INGE 4001. ENGINEERING MATERIALS.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
A study of the basic principles that govern the
properties and behavior of engineering materials;
atomic structures, interatomic forces, amorphous
and crystalline structures; phase transformations;
mechanical properties; the study of the capabilities
and limitations of different materials; metals,
polymers, ceramics and composites; introduction to
corrosion.
INGE 4011. MECHANICS OF MATERIALS I.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week.
Stresses and strains due to axial, torsional, and
bending loads; shear and moment diagrams.
INGE 4012. MECHANICS OF MATERIALS II.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: INGE 4011 and (MATE 3063
or MATE 3185).
Analysis of statically determinate and
indeterminate beams; stresses due to combined
loads; stress and strain transformation; column
theory.
INGE 4015. FLUID MECHANICS. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisites: INGE 3032 and (MATE 3063 or
MATE 3185).
Elements of mechanics of fluids and fluid statics.
Development of the fundamental equations of fluid
mechanics and its applications. Introduction to
dimensional analysis and similitude. Motion of
ideal and real fluids including internal and external
viscous flows. Introduction to the use of hydraulic
machinery.
INGE 4016. FLUID MECHANICS LABORATORY.
One credit hour. One three-hour laboratory period
per week. Co-requisite: INGE 4015.
Laboratory work supplementing classroom
instruction in mechanics of fluid phenomena,
measuring devices and techniques, and the testing
of fluid machinery.
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