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Course Descriptions
MMAE 433
Design of Thermal System
Application of principles of fluid
mechanics, heat transfer, and thermodynamics
to design of components
of engineering systems. Examples are
drawn from power generation, environmental
control, air and ground
transportation, and industrial processes,
as well as other industries. Groups
of students work on projects for integration
of these components and design
of thermal systems. Prerequisites:
MMAE 321, MMAE 322. (2-3-3) (C)
MMAE 434
Design for Mechanical Reliability
Reliability and hazard functions: statics
and dynamic reliability models for series,
parallel and complex systems; reliability
allocation. Probabilistic design; stress
and strength distributions; safety factors;
loading random variables; geometric
tolerances, linear and nonlinear
dimensional combinations; stress as
random variable; material properties as
random variables; failure theories; significant
stress-strength models; reliability
confidence intervals. Prerequisite:
MMAE 431. (3-0-3)
MMAE 435
Design for Safety in Machines
A critical study of the interface between
law and safety engineering, which
embraces not only statutory law, such
as OSHA and the Consumer Products
Safety Act, but also case law arising from
product liability suits. Detailed analysis
of actual industrial and consumer accidents
from the investigative stages
through their litigation. Formulation
of general safety design techniques
for mechanical engineering systems
and the development of courtroom communication
skills for expert witnesses.
Prerequisite: Senior standing. (3-0-3)
MMAE 436
Design of Aerospace Vehicles
Aircraft design including aerodynamic,
structural and powerplant characteristics
to achieve performance goals.
Focus on applications ranging from
commercial to military and from manpowered
to high-speed to long-duration
aircraft. Semester project is a collaborative
effort in which small design groups
complete the preliminary design cycle
of an aircraft to achieve specific design
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requirements. Prerequisites: MMAE
304, MMAE 311, MMAE 312. (2-3-3)
(C)
MMAE 446
Introduction to Robotics
Classification of robots; kinematics
and inverse kinematics of manipulators;
trajectory planning: robot dynamics
and equations of motion; position
control. Prerequisite: MMAE 305,
PHYS 300. (3-0-3)
MMAE 441
Spacecraft and Aircraft Dynamics
Two-body central force motion, orbital
dynamics and orbital maneuvers. Rigid
body kinematics, Euler angles, dynamics,
and attitude reorientation of spacecraft.
Aircraft equations of motion; longitudinal
and lateral stability. Design of
aircraft components for stability.
Prerequisite: MMAE 312. (3-0-3)
MMAE 442
Aircraft and Spacecraft
Response and Control
Aircraft lateral modes of motion and
approximations; the yaw damper.
Aircraft response to control and external
inputs; introduction to automatic
control. Spacecraft attitude control
devices, gyroscopic instruments,
momentum exchange and mass movement
techniques, gravity gradient
stabilization. Introduction to spacecraft
automatic attitude control systems.
Prerequisite: MMAE 441. (3-0-3)
MMAE 443
Systems Analysis and Control
Mathematical modeling of lumpedparameter
dynamical systems.
Linearization techniques. Laplace
transformation and transfer functions.
Transient and frequent response.
Stability theory. Control of singleinput,
single-output systems. Types
of controllers and their design employing
root locus. Design of state feedback
controllers. Pole placement and state
observer design, Prerequisites:
MMAE 305, PHYS 300. (3-0-3)
MMAE 444
Design for Manufacture
The materials/design/manufacturing
interface in the production of industrial
and consumer goods. Material and
process selection; process capabilities;
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modern trends in manufacturing.
Life cycle engineering: competitive
aspects of manufacturing; quality, cost,
and environmental considerations.
Prerequisite: MMAE 485 or equivalent.
(3-0-3)
MMAE 445
CAD/CAM with Numerical Control
Computer graphics in engineering
design and CAD software and hardware.
Numerical control of machine tools
by various methods. Prerequisite:
CS 105, MATH 252. (3-0-3)
MMAE 451
Finite Element
Methods in Engineering
Principles of minimum potential energy
of structures-stiffness matrices, stress
matrices and assembly process of global
matrices. The finite element method
for two-dimensional problems:
interpolation functions, area coordinates,
isoparametric elements, and problems
of stress concentration. General finite
element codes: data generation and
checks, ill-conditioned problems, and
node numbering. Prerequisite: MMAE
304 or MMAE 303. (3-0-3)
MMAE 452
Aerospace Propulsion
Analysis and performance of various
jet and rocket propulsive devices.
Foundations of propulsion theory.
Design and analysis of inlets, compressors,
combustion chambers, and
other elements of propulsive devices.
Emphasis is placed on mobile power
plants for aerospace applications.
Prerequisites: MMAE 311, MMAE
312.(3-0-3)
MMAE 464
Physical Metallurgy
Principles of solid state phase transformations
in metals and alloys with
extensive reference to the significance
of the principles in the context of commercial
alloy systems. Strengthening
mechanisms in metals and alloys and their
relationship to phase structure. Creep
mechanisms and resistance. High temperature
structural materials. Oxidation
and corrosion resistance. Prerequisites:
MMAE 271, MMAE 361. (3-0-3)