Undergraduate Level 300 Courses
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II
Corequisite: MNE 321
3 hours laboratory biweekly
Extensive investigations into various commonly-encountered devices in areas of interest to the mechanical engineer. These include engines, turbines, water cooling towers, conduction, convection, radiation and refrigeration.
Mechanical Engineering Laboratory III
Corequisite: MNE 332
3 hours laboratory biweekly
Several experiments demonstrating the concepts in the course MNE 332 Fluid Mechanics I. These include: jet impact, Venturi meter, flow under a sluice gate, and friction losses in tubes
Engineering Thermodynamics II
Corequisite: CHM 152
Prerequisite: MNE 220
3 hours lecture
Mechanical engineering applications of ideal and real compressors; gas turbine power systems; various air-standard cycles including Brayton, Ericsson, Stirling, Otto, Diesel and Wankel cycles; and several vapor cycles including Carnot, Rankine, modified Rankine, and binary cycles. An introduction is given to vapor-compression refrigeration and heat pumps. Thermochemistry and combustion are discussed with emphasis on application of the First and Second laws to chemical reactions. Chemical equilibria in homogenous gas systems are studied.
Fluid Mechanics I
Prerequisites: MNE 220, MTH 213 (or MTH 211)
3 hours lecture
Understanding the basic conservation equations in integral and differential form. The applications are concerned primarily with steady flows of inviscid, incompressible fluids. A brief discussion of similitude and modeling precedes the introduction to viscous flows. Flows in pipe systems with friction influences and including turbines and pumps are studied using the extended Bernoulli equations.
Design for Manufacturing
Prerequisites: MNE 231
3 hours lecture
Discussion and comparison of manufacturing processes for economy of production; and modifications to proposed designs to suit existing equipment. Material selection to suit production and service requirements is covered along with economics of automation and inventory control.
Manufacturing Processes Laboratory
Corequisite: MNE 345
3 hours laboratory
Machining operations using conventional and modern machine tools are covered. Basic principles of the statistic and probability theory as applied to quality control of machined parts are discussed and emphasized.
Design of Machine Elements
3 hours lecture
Prerequisite: MNE 252
Comprehensive survey of the analytical design methods that are valuable to mechanical engineers. Some of the areas covered are: stress analysis, fatigue, stress concentration, design of curved beams, selection of standardized elements, and lubrication. The objective of the course is to enable the student to handle design problems with confidence and assurance.
