Graduate School - The University of Akron

106 The University of Akron542 INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATIC CONlROL 3 creditsPrerequisite: 440 or equivalent Operation of basic control mechanisms. Study of mechanical,hyd~aullc, pneumatiC, flu1d1c control systems, including apphcat10n areas. Tun1ng of controldev1ces for optimum performance of system. Case studies on control apphcat1ons from 1ndustry,e.g. boilers, furnaces, process heaters543 OPTIMIZATION METHODS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 3 cred1tsPrerequtsite 360. Development and method of solutron of optmzatron problems rn mechan­ICal eng1neenng. The use of dy~amic programming .and operat1onal research methods for opt1-m1zat1on 1nclud1ng computer ut1lizat1on and applications544 ROBOT DESIGN, CONTROL AND APPLICATION 3 creditsPrerequ1s1tes: 321, 440 or equ1valent Robot design and control K1nematic transformations,veloc1t1es and accelerations, path traJectones and dynamics, control and sensing 1n robotiCSThe automated factory w1th robot applications550 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL FLUID FLOW AND CONVECTION 3 creditsPrerequ1s1tes: 315, 360, or permiSSIOn of 1nstructor. Numencal model1ng of flu1d/thermal systems,numencal solution of the momentum and thermal boundary layer equat1ons, flow Simulationus1ng advanced heat transfer/fluid/graphics packages562 PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN 3 cred1tsPrerequ1s1te: 336 or 4300:202. Introduction to modern pressure vessel technology. ToptcsInclude bas1c structural considerations, matenals and their environment and design-constructionfeatures563 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING 3 creditsPrerequisite: 460 or permission. The use of computer systems to ass1st in the creation, mod­Ification, analysts, or opt1m1zat10n of eng1neenng designs, and to plan, manage. and controlmanufacturing plants600 GAS DYNAMICS 3 cred1tsPrerequisite: 411/5n Denvat1on of equat1ons for multJ-d!mens1onal 1rrotat1ona1 flow of a compressrbleflurd Method of small perturbatrons. Method of charactenstrcs Ideal flow theory.Transonic flow One d1mens1onal unsteady flow608 THERMODYNAMICS 3 cred1tsPrerequ1s1te: 301 or equ1valent. Extension and generalization of bas1c laws of thermodynam­ICS with appilcat10n to a variety of physical and biological systems Introduction to irreversiblethermodynamics, the third law and stat1st1cal thermodynamics.609 ANITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS I 3 credrtsPrerequisite: 622. Introductory development of f1n1te element method as applied to various top­ICS from cont1nuum mechan1cs. Areas covered 1nclude plane; axisymmetnc and 3-D stress analy­SIS, conduction, flu1d medlan1cs, trans1ent problems and geometric and matenal nonlinearity.610 DYNAMICS OF VISCOUS FLOW I 3 cred1tsPrerequ1s1tes: 301, 310 or equ1valent Denvat1on and solut1on of equat1ons govern1ng lam1narv1scous flow. Applications include unsteady flows, slow v1scous flows, parallel flows, lubricationtheory and lam1nar boundary layers611 COMPUTATIONAL FLUID MECHANICS 3 creditsPrerequiSite: 61~ or permis_sion of instructor. Study of numerical methods 1n flu1d~; numencalerrors and stab1l1ty, f1n1te differencing, nonlinear convection terms, Po1sson equat1ons, boundarycond1t1ons, turbulence, spectral and f1nite element techn1ques.615 CONDUCTION HEAT TRANSFER 3 creditsPrerequ1s1te: 315 or equivalent. Study of one-, two- and three-dimensional heat conduct1on.Development of analytrcal technrques for analysrs and desrgn616 CONVECTION HEAT TRANSFER 3 cred1tsPrerequiSite: 315 or equivalent. Heat transfer from lam1nar, tu~ulent external, Internal flowsConvective heat transfer at high velocit1es Heat transfer to liquid metals; h1gh Prandtl numberfluids617 RADIATION HEAT TRANSFER 3 creditsPrerequ1s1te: 315 of equ1valent. Study of govern1ng radiation laws Black and real systems, geometricfactors, gray enclosures, non-gray systems, gaseous rad1at1on, rad1at1on equipment.618 BOIUNG HEAT TRANSFER AND lWO-PHASE FLOW 3 cred1tsPrerequisites· 301, 315 or equ1valent Current tedm1ques to determ1ne heat transfer and pressuredrop 1n components such as boilers, heat exchangers, and steam ~enerators, With bo11-1ng. Boil1ng mechan1sm. slip rat1o, cnt1cal heat flux and 1nstabillt1es 1n boi11ng flow systems.620 EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS II 2 cred1tsPrerequiSite: 422/522. DynamiC strain gage methods, transducer des1gn, Mo1re fnnge tedlntquesand topics 1n photoelast1c1ty621 INTRODUCTION TO TIRE MECHANICS 3 cred1tsPrerequiSite: permission. Top1cs 1nc\ude t1re as vehicle C