University of Windsor - Graduate Calendar, 1998-2000

Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. graduate programs in Mechanical Engineering are administered by Mechanical and Materials Engineering upon the advice of its Graduate Studies Committee for Mechanical Engineering. Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. programs are offered in the areas of Manufacturing Automation and Thermo-Fluids. Within the Manufacturing Automation area, a graduate student may concentrate upon Automotive Manufacturing Engineering by the selection of appropriate courses and the choice of the research topic.

14.3.1 COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Course requirements for the Ph.D. and M.A.Sc. programs in Mechanical Engineering will be selected from the courses listed below and related courses in other programs. A student's course program will be formulated in consultation with the advisor and requires approval of the Graduate Studies Committee for Mechanical Engineering and the Chair of the Program Graduate Committee.

With the permission of the advisor and Department Head, Mechanical Engineering courses with numbers greater than 449 and related to the graduate field of study may be taken for graduate credit. Not more than a total of six term hours of credit shall be allowed for the undergraduate courses offered by any department.

92-501. Transport Phenomena
Rate equations for mass, momentum, and heat transfer. Governing conservation equations for mass, momentum, and heat transfer. Dimensional analysis and design equations. Typical engineering process applications. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-502. Theory of Viscous Fluids
Laminar flow. Navier-Stokes equations with exact and approximate solutions, approximate solution of the boundary layer by momentum theorem. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-503. Turbulent Flow
General turbulence theories, wall turbulence and free turbulence. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-505. Energy Transfer
Application of advanced analysis techniques to problems in the areas of conduction, diffusion, free and forced convection, boiling, condensation and radiation. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-506. Thermal Systems Design
Advanced systems design requiring the application of economics, heat transfer, simulation and optimization. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-507. Experimental Techniques in Flow Measurements
A course covering the theory of flow and velocity measurement. Emphasis will be placed on hot wire instruments and turbulence measurements. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-508. Advanced Fluid Dynamics
Applications and limitations of ideal fluid flow theory. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-509. Multiphase, Multicomponent Flows
A thorough treatment of the basic techniques for analyzing one-dimensional multiphase, multicomponent flows in order to predict flow regimes, pressure drop, etc. Practical applications in fluidization, sedimentation and boiling heat transfer. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-512. Automated Inspection
Measurement techniques in manufacturing and production industries, statistical quality control, optical metrology, machine vision and inspection. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-513. Experimental Stress Analysis
An introduction and analysis of deflection-strain-stress measurements using mechanical, electrical and optical methods. (3 lecture, 3 laboratory hours a week.)

92-514. Mechanical Vibration
Vibration of lumped parameter and continuous systems. Exact and approximate methods of solution, stability and self-excited vibration. Non-linear vibration of single degree of freedom systems. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-516. Industrial and Motor Vehicle Noise
Hearing damage risk criteria and in-plant noise regulations; determination of permissible exposure levels due to continuous and intermittent noise. Measurement of machine noise and standard procedures. Fundamentals of noise control. Characteristics and levels of motor vehicle and traffic noise; motor vehicle noise control legislation and standard procedures for measurement. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-517. Automated Machining
Fundamentals of metal cutting processes, machine tool condition monitoring, and cutting process monitoring. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-522. Engineering and the Environment
Man and his environment; evaluation of biosphere; ecological balances; pollution and environment; impacts of engineering activities on the environment—land, air, water, vegetation and other living beings; criteria, standards, and goals; environmental factors to be considered in the engineering designs. Consideration and discussion of typical examples. (3 lecture hours a week.)

92-590. Directed Special Studies
A special course of studies with content and direction approved by the student's chief advisor. Although there may not be formal lectures, the course will carry the weight of three lecture hours.

92-796. Major Paper

92-797. Thesis

92-798. Dissertation

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