Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
INME 5015. SELECTED TOPICS IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING. One to six
credit hours. One to six hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of the
Department.
A study of certain selected topics in mechanical
engineering not covered by other existing courses.
INME 5018. MATERIALS FAILURE
ANALYSIS. Three credit hours. Three hours of
lecture per week. Prerequisites: INME 4012 and
INME 4007.
Materials science concepts used to identify, correct
and prevent failures due to the improper use of
materials or to problems in manufacturing
processes. In depth study of failure mechanisms
such as fatigue, wear, creep, and corrosion.
INME 5025. METALS FATIGUE. Three credit
hours. Three hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: INME 4007.
Nature of metal fatigue; modern approaches to
design of mechanical components for repeated
loadings; importance of residual stresses and stress
concentrations; analysis of cumulative damage and
life prediction; cycle counting and sequence of
events.
INME 5995. SPECIAL PROBLEMS. One to six
credit hours. One to six hours of lecture per week.
Prerequisite: Authorization of the Director of the
Department.
Researches and special problems in Mechanical
Engineering and related fields.
Undergraduate Catalogue 2004-2005 315