26 courses with the subject MECH, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MECH 002Elementary Engineering Mechanics3
Static equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Elementary analysis of simple truss and frame structures, internal forces, stress, and strain. Credit will not be given for both MECH 002 and MECH 003. Prerequisites: (MATH 022 or MATH 052 or MATH 032) and (PHY 010 or PHY 011) Can be taken Concurrently: MATH 022, MATH 052, MATH 032
Static equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Analysis of simple truss and frame structures, internal forces, stress, strain, and Hooke’s Law, torsion of circular shafts; pure bending of beams. Is intended as a prerequisite for MECH 012. Credit not given for both MECH 002 and MECH 003. Prerequisites: (MATH 022 or MATH 032) and PHY 011 Can be taken Concurrently: MATH 022, MATH 032
Stress due to normal, bending, and shear loads in beams; stress transformations via Mohr’s circle; principal stress analysis; plastic yield criteria; design of thin-walled pressure vessels; deflection of beams and static indeterminacy; stresses in thick-walled cylinders; stress concentration effects. Prerequisites: MECH 003 and (MATH 023 or MATH 033) Can be taken Concurrently: MATH 023, MATH 033
Completion of material for MECH courses transferred from other institutions. Student will be scheduled for that part of MECH course that is required for completion of missing material. Subject matter and credit hours to be determined by department chair for each student.
Particle dynamics, work-energy, impulse-momentum, impact, systems of particles; kinematics of rigid bodies, kinetics of rigid bodies in plane motion, energy, momentum, eccentric impact. Prerequisites: (MECH 002 or MECH 003) and (MATH 023 or MATH 033) Can be taken Concurrently: MATH 023, MATH 033
Composition and resolution of forces; equivalent force systems; equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies; friction. Kinematics and kinetics of particles and rigid bodies; relative motion; work and energy; impulse and momentum. Prerequisites: (MATH 023 or MATH 033) and (PHY 010 or PHY 011)
Fundamental dynamic theorems and their application to the study of the motion of particles and rigid bodies, with particular emphasis on three-dimensional motion. Use of generalized coordinates; Lagrange’s equations and their applications. Prerequisites: MATH 205 and (MECH 102 or MECH 103)
Strength, stiffness, and stability of mechanical components and structures. Fundamental principles of stress analysis: three-dimensional stress and strain transformations, two-dimensional elasticity, contact stresses, stress concentrations, energy and variational methods. Stresses and deformations for rotating shafts, thermal stresses in thick-walled cylinders, curved beams, torsion of prismatic bars, and bending of plates. Projects relate analysis to engineering design. Prerequisites: MECH 012 and MATH 205
Fundamental principles of the mechanics of deformable bodies. Study of stress, velocity and acceleration fields. Compatibility equations, conservation laws. Applications to two-dimensional problems in finite elasticity, plasticity, and viscous flows. Prerequisites: MECH 305
Basic concepts of analyzing general media (solids, fluids, heat transfer, etc.) with complicated boundaries. Emphasis on mechanical elements and structures. Element stiffness matrices by minimum potential energy. Isoparametric elements. Commercial software packages (ABAQUS, NISA) are used. In addition, students develop and use their own finite element codes. Applications to design. Prerequisites: MECH 012
Fracture mechanics as a foundation for design against or facilitation of fracture. Fracture behavior of solids; fracture criteria; stress analysis of cracks; subcritical crack growth, including chemical and thermal effects; fracture design and control, and life prediction methodologies. Prerequisites: MECH 012 and MATH 205
Application of fluid dynamics to flows past lifting surfaces, and inside nozzles and diffusers. Fundamentals of potential flow are covered including: the Kutta-Joukowski theorem, physical basis for the Kutta condition, thin airfoil theory, sectional pressure profiles and separation, and lifting line theory. Compressible isentropic subsonic/supersonic and non-isentropic supersonic flows are covered including: supersonic airfoils, shock waves, shock reflections, and expansion fans. Credit will not be given for both MECH 326 and MECH 426. Prerequisites: ME 231
An in-depth course in the design process for modern aircraft from concept to final design, focusing on design layout and analysis for specific mission requirements. Students follow this process to design an aircraft using CAD and CFD applications. Design models can be fabricated and further developed in related courses. Prerequisites: ME 255 or MECH 326
MECH 404Mechanics & Behavior of Structural Members3
Behavior of structural members under a variety of loading conditions in the elastic and inelastic range. Introduction to the theory of elasticity and plasticity. Basics of linear elastic fracture mechanics and fatigue. Analysis of structural member behavior in axial, bending, shear, and torsion. Stability analysis of beam-columns. Beams on elastic foundations. Energy concepts and their use in structural analysis.
An introductory graduate course in the mechanics of solids. Topics to be addressed include: curvi-linear tensor analysis, analysis of strain and nonlinear kinematics, stress, work conjugate stress-strain measures, conservation laws and energy theorems, variational calculus, isotropic and anisotropic linear elasticity, boundary value problems, beam and plate theories.
This course is a first graduate course in solid mechanics. It addresses: kinematics and statics of deformable elastic solids; compatibility, equilibrium and constitutive equations; problems in plane elasticity and torsion; energy principles, approximate methods and applications.
Finite element approximations to the solution of differential equations of engineering interest. Linear and nonlinear examples from heat transfer, solid mechanics, and fluid mechanics are used to illustrate applications of the method. The course emphasizes the development of computer programs to carry out the required calculations. Must have knowledge of a high-level programming language.
This course examines the forces and flows that arise when rigid or flexible objects produce unsteadiness in a surrounding flow. The concepts of added mass and circulatory forces, hydrodynamic impulse, and vortex force are introduced. For unsteady lifting surfaces, classic theories such as Theodorsen, and von Kármán and Sears are examined. Unsteady flows produced by bluff bodies, such as vortex shedding from a cylinder, are discussed as well as unsteady flows from oscillating bodies, such as flying and swimming animals.
MECH 425Analytical Methods in Dynamics and Vibrations3
This course will mainly cover the following topics: coordinate systems, conservations laws, inertial frames, systems of particles, DAE sets, variable-mass systems, transport equation, review of some of the basic concepts from variational calculus, D’Alembert’s principle, Hamilton’s principle, Lagrange multipliers, generalized momenta, 3D rigid-body motion, Inertia matrices, Euler angles, inertial and elastic coupling, discrete eigenvalue problem, linearization of nonlinear systems, chaotic systems, Hamilton’s principle for continuous systems, Torsion, Sturm-Liouville equations, Rayleigh’s quotient, finite-element eigen-problems, interpolating functions, combined-effect vibrations, and some other related topics.
Application of the fluid dynamics of lifting surfaces, nozzles, and diffusers. Fundamentals of potential flow are covered including: the Kutta-Joukowski theorem, thin airfoil theory, and lifting line theory. Numerical panel methods are introduced. Compressible isentropic subsonic/supersonic and non-isentropic supersonic flows are covered including: supersonic airfoils, shock waves, and expansion fans. Experiments investigating vortex shedding, finite-span wings, sectional pressure distribution, and a hydraulic jump-shock analogy are examined. Credit will not be given for both MECH 326 and MECH 426.
This course examines the forces and flows that arise when rigid or flexible objects produce unsteadiness in a surrounding flow. The concepts of added mass and circulatory forces, hydrodynamic impulse, and vortex force are introduced. Unsteady forces of maneuvers and wing-gust encounters are examined with classic theories such as Theodorsen, and von Kármán and Sears. Unsteady numerical panel methods are introduced. Unsteady flows produced by bluff bodies and oscillating bodies are discussed.
Time-independent and dependent inelastic material behavior. Time-independent plasticity. Yield criteria in multi-dimensions, J2 incremental plasticity in multi-dimensions with associated flow rule. Numerical integration of plasticity equations by radial return and other methods. Deformation theory of plasticity. Time dependent behavior including linear viscoelasticity and nonlinear creep behavior. Nonlinear material behavior at elevated temperatures.
