MAE 593E - Intermediate Materials Science I – Modern Physical Metallurgy

Pre-req: MATH 155, MAE 320 Hours: 3 Semester Generally Offered: Spring Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140201 Visit Course Web Site Investigation of topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses.

MAE 615 - Nonlinear Analysis in Engineering Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Special topics in nonlinear analysis of various types of engineering systems. Various numerical approximate, and analytical techniques chosen to suit the needs and interests of advanced graduate students. MAE 621 - Advanced Thermodynamics 2 Pre-req: MAE 521 or Consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Thermodynamics of multicomponent inert and reacting systems; equilibrium analysis; introduction to irreversible processes involving diffusion and chemical kinetics; application of concepts to heterogeneous systems. MAE 622 - Robot Mechanics and Control Hours: 3 Kinematic and dynamic behavior of industrial robot manipulators; formulation of equations of motion for link joint space and end effector Cartesian space; path planning and trajectory motion control schemes. MAE 623 - Conduction Heat Transfer Pre-req: MAE 423 or Consent Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site Analytical and numerical solutions of steady and non-steady heat conduction problems in one, two, and three dimensional bodies; solution of linearized equations; applications include extended surfaces, moving surfaces, moving heat sources, and instrumentation techniques. MAE 624 - Convection Heat Transfer Pre-req: MAE 423 or Consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Laminar and turbulent flows in forced and free convection systems; external and internal flows with application to heat exchanger design; introduction to aerodynamic heating. MAE 625 - Radiation Heat Transfer Pre-req: MAE 423 or Consent Hours: 3 Classical derivation of black body radiation laws; gray body and non-gray analysis; radiant properties of materials, radiant transport analysis, specular-diffuse networks, gas radiation, thermal radiation measurements; analytical, numerical solutions, and study of selected publications. MAE 631 - Gas Dynamics Pre-req: MAE 336 or equivalent Hours: 3 Nonsteady gas dynamics and shock interactions; compressible flow theory in subsonic, transonic, and supersonic regimes, and their numerical treatment. MAE 633 - Computational Fluid Dynamics Pre-req: MAE 532 or equivalent Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site Finite difference methods; convergence and stability; Navier-Stokes equations; discretization methods; grid distribution; solution of difference equations; pressure coupling; application to conduction/convection, boundary layers, and recirculating flows; introduction to general purpose CFD codes. MAE 635 - Turbomachinery Pre-req: MAE 320 or Consent Hours: 3 Flow problems encountered in design of water, gas, and steam turbines, centrifugal and axial flow pumps and compressors, design parameters. MAE 637 - Multiphase Flows Pre-req: MAE 331 Hours: 3 Syllabus Particle dynamics including particle-particle and particle-surface interactions; fluidized bed concepts; mathematical models and numerical methods as applied to multiphase flows; design and instrumentation pertaining to multiphase units. MAE 640 - Continuum Mechanics Pre-req: MAE 242 and MAE 243 Hours: 3 Mathematical preliminaries including index notation; analysis of stress; analysis of deformation; fundamental laws, field equations, and constitutive equations; application to fluids and solids. MAE 641 - Theory of Elasticity Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Cartesian tensors; plane stress and plane strain; 2-D problems in Cartesian and polar coordinates; stress and strain in 3-D; general theorems; torsion of noncircular sections. MAE 642 - Intermediate Dynamics Pre-req: MAE 242 Hours: 3 Newtonian and Lagrangian mechanics. Dynamics of discrete systems and rigid bodies analyzed utilizing Newtonian and Lagrangian formulations. MAE 643 - Inelastic Behavior of Engineering Materials Pre-req: MAE 543 or Consent Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site Characterization and constitutive relations of engineering materials; nonlinear elasticity, plasticity, viscoelasticity, and creep; numerical implementation. MAE 644 - Fracture Mechanics Pre-req: MAE 641 Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site Linear-elastic and elastic-plastic fracture mechanics; fatigue, dynamic, and creep crack growth; fracture mechanics models for composite materials. MAE 645 - Energy Methods in Applied Mechanics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Variational principles of mechanics and applications to engineering problems; principles of virtual displacements, minimum potential energy, and complementary energy, Castigliano’s theorem, Hamilton’s principle. Applications to theory of plates, shells, and stability. MAE 646 - Advanced Mechanics of Composite Materials Pre-req: MAE 446 or Consent Hours: 3 Semester Generally Offered: Spring Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140201 Syllabus Manufacturing, testing, and diagnostics of composite materials. Anisotropic plates with cutouts. Inelastic behavior of polymer matrix composites. Analysis of advanced composites such as metal matrix, ceramic matrix, and textile. MAE 648 - Experimental Stress Analysis Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site Strain gage techniques and instrumentation; stress analysis using optical methods such as photoelasticity and interferometric techniques; NDE and NDT or problems involving stress analysis. MAE 649 - Microscopy of Materials Pre-req: ChE 366 or Consent Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site Optical and electron microscopic principles and techniques. Sample preparation methods. Microstructures of engineering materials. Laboratory demonstrations and experiments. MAE 650 - Mechanical Metallurgy Pre-req: MAE 244 or Consent Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site Elastic behavior and plastic theory. Dislocation theory. Strengthening mechanisms and fracture. Mechanical properties from materials testing including tension, torsion, fracture toughness, fatigue, and creep. MAE 652 - Advanced Kinematics of Mechanisms Pre-req: MAE 452 or Consent Hours: 3 Analytical synthesis of mechanisms with up to five accuracy points; Burmester curve theory and path curvature theory; force and moment balancing of mechanisms; computer-aided dynamic analysis of mechanisms and inverse dynamic analysis. MAE 653 - Advanced Vibrations Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Dynamic analysis of multiple degree-of freedom discrete vibrating systems; Lagrangian formulation; matrix and numerical methods; impact; mechanical transients. MAE 654 - Advanced Machine Design Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Design for extreme environments, material selection, lubrication and wear, dynamic loads on cams, gears, and bearings, balancing of multiengines and rotors, electromechanical components. MAE 656 - Advanced Computer Aided Design Hours: 3 Semester Generally Offered: Summer Visit Course Web Site Engineering System Design based on design optimization techniques with applications using Pro/Mechanica and ANSYS Workbench 11. Old Web site (MAE 375): http://spline.mae.wvu.edu/Courses/mae656/public_html/index.html MAE 660 - Feedback Control in Mechanical Engineering Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Emphasis on design of control systems using classical, frequency domain, and time domain methods; advanced mathematical modeling of physical systems, compensation, stabilization, pole placement, state estimation; extensive use of computerized design tools, especially Matlab. MAE 663 - Instrumentation in Engineering Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Theory of instrumentation suitable for measuring rapidly changing force, pressure, strain, temperature, vibration, etc.; computerized acquisition, analysis, and transmission of data; methods of noise reduction. MAE 687 - Materials Engineering Hours: 3 A study of materials engineering fundamentals emphasizing semiconductor, polymer, metal, and ceramic/cementitious material systems. Mechanical and physical properties, theoretical aspects, testing, design criteria, manufacturing, and economics of material systems. Laboratory testing and evaluation. (Equivalent to CE 387, CHE 387, EE 387, EM 387, and IMSE 387.) MAE 691 - Advanced Topics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Investigation of advanced topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. MAE 693 - A-Z. Special Topics. I, II, S. Hours: 1-6 Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140201 A study of contemporary topics selected from recent developments in the field. MAE 693C - Cardiovascular Biomechanics Hours: 3 Semester Generally Offered: Fall Enrollment Restriction: College of Engineering and Mineral Resources CIP Code: 140201 Visit Course Web Site The scope of this course is to study the cardiovascular system, which consists of the heart, vasculature, and blood and their responses to complex stimuli. Topics include circulation and tissue mechanics, mechanics of steady and unsteady flow models, mechanics of the left ventricular function. Also, we will discuss selected topics in cardiovascular biomechanics such as: the physical principle of circulation, heart morphology and mechanics, mechanical adaptation of normal and disordered vasculature, blood flow in arteries, micro- and macro-circulation, wall shear stresses and active remodeling of blood vessels, mechanics of aneurysm growth and rupture, and hypertension. MAE 693F - Fluid Transients in Systems Pre-req: ? Hours: 3 Visit Course Web Site ? MAE 694 - Seminar Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Seminars arranged for advanced graduate students. MAE 695 - Independent Study Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Faculty supervised study of topics not available through regular course offerings. MAE 697 - Research Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-15 Research activities leading to thesis, problem report, research paper or equivalent scholarly project, or a dissertation. MAE 721 - Fundamentals of Combustion Pre-req: MAE 321 or MAE 426 Hours: 3 Syllabus Thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, and diffusion of reacting gases; laminar and turbulent flames; flame stability and ignition. MAE 731 - Fundamentals of Turbulent Flow Pre-req: MAE 532 or Consent Hours: 3 Syllabus Basic experimental data. Application of semi-empirical theories to pipe, jet and boundary layer flow. Turbulent heat and mass transfer. Statistical theory of turbulence and recent applications. MAE 733 - Perfect Fluid Theory Pre-req: Consent Hours: 3 Conformal mapping including Schwarz-Christoffel and Joukowski transformations. Inviscid flows over airfoils, spheres, cones, wedges, and bodies of revolution. MAE 735 - Hydrodynamic Stability Theory Pre-req: MAE 532 or MAE 733 or Consent Hours: 3 Response of flow field to disturbances; classical instability mechanisms; inviscid centrifugal instabilities; inviscid parallel shear flow stability; viscous boundary layer stability, the Orr-Sommerfield equation; Rayleigh-Benard flow; introduction to nonlinear stability theory. MAE 741 - Theory of Elasticity 2 Pre-req: MAE 641 Hours: 3 Complex variable methods, stress couples, nonlinear elasticity, numerical methods, potential methods, boundary value problems, various special topics. MAE 742 - Advanced Dynamics Pre-req: MAE 642 or Consent Hours: 3 Analytical mechanics. Stability of autonomous and nonautonomous systems considered and analytical solutions by perturbation techniques introduced. Hamilton-Jacobi equations developed. Problems involving spacecraft, gyroscopes, and celestial mechanics studied. MAE 743 - Theory of Elastic Stability Pre-req: MAE 641 Hours: 3 Stability of discrete mechanical systems, energy theorems, buckling of beams, beam columns, and frames, torsional buckling, buckling of plates and shells, special topics. MAE 744 - Theory of Plates and Shells Pre-req: MAE 543 or Consent Hours: 3 Classical and modern theories of plates; dynamic response, nonlinear effects, and exact and approximate solutions of plates; application to rectangular and circular plates; membrane shells; shells with bending stiffness. MAE 760 - Advanced Topics in Control Theory Pre-req: MAE 660 or MAE 465 Hours: 3 State feedback through eigenstructure assignment; Observers and Kalman filters; multiple-model adaptive estimation and control; parameter estimation; direct and indirect model-reference adaptive-control algorithms; introduction to neural networks. MAE 790 - Teaching Practicum Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-3 Supervised practice in college teaching of College of Engineering and Mineral Resources. Note: This course is intended to insure that graduate assistants are adequately prepared and supervised when they are given college teaching responsibility. It will also present a mechanism for students not on assistantships to gain teaching experience. MAE 791 - Advanced Topics Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 Investigation of advanced topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses. MAE 795 - Independent Study Hours: 1-6 Faculty supervised study of topics not available through regular course offerings. MAE 797 - Research Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-15 Research activities leading to thesis, problem report, research paper or equivalent scholarly project, or a dissertation. MAE 798 - Thesis or Dissertation Pre-req: Consent Hours: 2-4 Note: This is an optional course for programs that believe that this level of control and supervision is needed during the writing of their student’s reports, thesis, or dissertations. MAE 799 - Graduate Colloquium Pre-req: Consent Hours: 1-6 For graduate students not seeking course work credit but who wish to meet residence requirements, use the University’s facilities, and participate in its academic and cultural programs. Note: Graduate students not actively involved in course work or research and entitled, through enrollment in his/her department’s 799 or 899 Graduate Colloquium, to consult with graduate faculty, participate in both formal and informal academic activities sponsored by his/her program, and retain all of the rights and privileges of duly enrolled students. Grading is S/U; colloquium credit may not be counted against credit requirements for master’s programs. Printer Friendly Version