Finite element theory for mechanical components and systems, failure theory in design, computer based design. Credit may not be received for both INDE 4334 and MECE 4334 . Applications of analytical, experimental and computational techniques in open-ended problems supplied by industry and faculty. Thermal-Fluids Laboratory Cr. Experimental methods to study dynamic response of structures and process systems.
Course includes design of control systems and modification of laboratory hardware.
Fracture of Structural Materials Cr. Methods of materials characterization for fracture resistant or fracture safe design. Introduction to Continuum Mechanics Cr. Vector and tensor analysis, kinematics of deformation, stress, the balance laws of physics, and basic constitutive theory with applications to elastic solids and viscous fluids. Fundamentals of Acoustics Cr.