Calendar 2005-2006 - The University of Akron

415/515 ENERGY CONVERSION 3 credits
Prerequisites: 301 or permission. Corequisite: 315 or permission. Topics from fields of internal
combustion engines, cycle analysis, modern conversion devices.
416/516 HEAT TRANSFER PROCESSES 3 credits
Prerequisite: 315 or permission. Analysis, design of extended surfaces. Natural convection and
mixed convection, combined modes of heat transfer and heat transfer with phase changes.
420 INTRODUCTION TO FINITE ELEMENT METHOD 3 credits
Prerequisite: 315 and 4300:202. Introduction to matrix and finite element methods. Stiffness
and flexibility formulations in solid mechanics and thermal sciences. Basic finite element methods
and its implementation.
422/522 EXPERIMENTAL STRESS ANALYSIS I 3 credits
Prerequisite: 336 or permission. Experimental methods of determining stress or strain: brittle
lacquer, strain gages, photoelasticity, full field techniques.
430/530 MACHINE DYNAMICS 3 credits
Prerequisite: 321 or permission. Static and dynamic forces in machines, products of inertia,
dynamic equivalence, flywheels. Balancing of rotating, reciprocating, cyclic plane motion.
Computer simulation of transient mechanism dynamics, other topics in advanced dynamics.
431/531 FUNDAMENTALS OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS 3 credits
Prerequisites: 203 or permission and 3450:335 or permission. Undamped and forced vibrations
of systems having one or two degrees of freedom.
432/532 VEHICLE DYNAMICS 3 credits
Prerequisites: 203 or permission and 3450:335 or permission. Application of dynamic systems
analysis techniques to road vehicles. Newtonian and Lagrangian methods. Tire/road interface.
Ride characteristics, handling and stability. Digital simulation.
441/541 CONTROL SYSTEMS DESIGN 3 credits
Prerequisites: 340 or permission. Methods of feedback control design such as minimized error,
root-locus, frequency domain. Compensation techniques. Multivariable and nonlinear design methods
and computer-aided control design.
442/542 INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATIC CONTROL 3 credits
Prerequisite: 441 or permission. Operation of basic control mechanisms. Study of mechanical,
hydraulic, pneumatic, fluidic control systems, including application areas. Tuning of control devices
for optimum performance of system. Case studies on control applications from industry, e.g. boilers,
furnaces, process heaters.
443/543 OPTIMIZATION METHODS IN MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 3 credits
Prerequisite: 360 or permission. Development and method of solution of optimization problems in
mechanical engineering. The use of dynamic programming and operational research methods for
optimization including computer utilization and applications.
444/544 ROBOT DESIGN, CONTROL AND APPLICATION 3 credits
Prerequisites: 321 or permission, 441 or permission. Robot design and control. Kinematic transformations,
velocities and accelerations, path trajectories and dynamics, control and sensing in robotics.
The automated factory with robot applications.
450/550 INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTATIONAL FLUID FLOW AND CONVECTION 3 credits
Prerequisites: 315 or permission, 360 or permission. Numerical modeling of fluid/thermal systems;
numerical solution of the momentum and thermal boundary layer equations; flow simulation using
advanced heat transfer/fluid/graphics packages.
460 CONCEPTS OF DESIGN 3 credits
Prerequisite: 337. Design process. Creativity and inventiveness. Tools of decision making, engineering
economics, reliability, optimization. Case studies.
461 DESIGN OF MECHANICAL SYSTEMS 2 credits
Corequisites: 441, 460. Detailed mechanical design project and case studies.
462/562 PRESSURE VESSEL DESIGN 3 credits
Prerequisite: 336 or permission. Introduction to modern pressure vessel technology. Topics include
basic structural considerations, materials and their environment and design- construction features.
463/563 COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING 3 credits
Prerequisites: 165 or permission, 360 or permission. The use of computer systems to assist in the
creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of engineering designs, and to plan, manage, and
control manufacturing plants.
483 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MEASUREMENTS LABORATORY 2 credits
Prerequisites: 300, 310. Corequisite: 340. Development of methods to measure temperature,
pressure, flow rate, viscosity and motion. Includes both lecture and laboratory experience and
emphasizes calibration and accuracy of appropriate instruments.
4700:Mechanical Polymer Engineering 2005-2006 253
484 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 2 credits
Prerequisite: 301, 311, 315, 380, 431, 483. Corequisite: 441. Laboratory experiments in area of
dynamics, vibrations, thermodynamics, fluids, heat transfer and controls.
486 SPECIAL TOPICS 1-3 credits
Prerequisite: permission. Brief description of current content to be announced in schedule of classes.
497 HONORS PROJECT 1-2 credits
Prerequisite: senior standing in Honors College. Individual creative project in thermal science, mechanics
or design relevant to mechanical engineering, supervised by faculty member of the department.
498 EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION IN 1-2 credits
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Individual independent laboratory investigations in areas relevant to mechanical engineering.
Student suggests a project and makes appropriate arrangements with faculty for supervision.
MECHANICAL POLYMER
ENGINEERING
4700:
281 POLYMER SCIENCE FOR ENGINEERS 2 Credits
Prerequisites: 3150:151 and 3150:152. Chemical bonds and structure of organic molecules,
polymer chain structure, amorphous and crystalline morphology and structural characterization,
polymerization and copolymerization, experimental demonstrations, typical solid-state and flow
properties.
321 POLYMER FLUID MECHANICS 3 Credits
Prerequisite: 4600:310 or equivalent. Rheological properties and flow characteristics of polymer
fluid systems; non-Newtonian viscosity, viscoelasticity.
381 POLYMER MORPHOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS 3 Credits
Prerequisites: 3150:151, 3650:292, 4600:380 or permission. Fundamental understanding of solid
structure, crystallography and morphology, processed polymers, co-polymers and their blends.
422 POLYMER PROCESSING 3 Credits
Prerequisites: 321 and 4600:315 or equivalent. Polymer processing technology. Basic studies of
flow in extrusion, molding, and other processing methods.
425 INTRODUCTION TO BLENDING AND COMPOUNDING OF POLYMERS 3 credits
Prerequisites: 4200:321 or 4300:341 or 4600:310 or permission. Nature of polymer blends and
compounds and their applications. Preparation and technology using batch and continuous mixers,
mixing mechanisms.
427 MOLD DESIGN 3 credits
Prerequisites: 422 or permission. Molding methods to manufacture polymeric products.
Machinery, materials, molds, equipment, computer-aided design.
450 ENGINEERING PROPERTIES OF POLYMERS 3 credits
Prerequisites: 4700:281, 4700:381and 4600:336 or equivalent. Introductory course to engineering
properties and processing of polymers. Analysis of mechanical tests of polymers in the glassy, rubbery,
and fluid states. Product design. Concepts of rheology, rheometry and polymer processing.
451 POLYMER ENGINEERING LABORATORY 2 Credits
Prerequisite: 321 and 4600:483. Corequisite: 422 or permission. Laboratory experiments on the
rheological characterization of polymer melts, fabrication of engineering products, structural
investigation of polymeric parts.
497 HONORS PROJECT 2 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing in the Honors College. Individual creative project in mechanical
polymer engineering, supervised by faculty member of the department. This course must be
designed oriented if used in place of 4700:499.
499 POLYMER ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT 2 credits
Prerequisite: Senior standing and permission. Corequisite: 4600:400. Analysis and design of
mechanical polymer systems.