Material Science course is an important topic of mechanical and energy engineers as it is based on chemistry concept and it helps to better understand all concepts around Engineering Materials and Metallurgy for the purpose of engineering materials applications in different designs..
Objectives of the module:
- Understanding the importance of Materials science for Mechanical Engineering.
- Be familiar with major classes of Engineering materials
- Be familiar with important types of atomic structure in materials.
- Be familiar with structural defects in materials
- Understand definitions of major materials properties
- Understand the use of standard material test methods
- Understand the techniques to select material based on properties needed for its optimum performance.
Notice: The module is followed by MEE2264 (Engineering Materials & Metallurgy) in the second Trimester.
MEE2164 provides a foundation of knowledge for this later Semester
Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids either in motion (fluid dynamics) or at rest (fluid statics). Both gases and liquids are classified as fluids, and the number of fluid engineering applications is enormous: breathing, blood flow, swimming, pumps, fans, turbines, airplanes, ships, rivers, windmills, pipes, missiles, icebergs, engines, filters, jets, and sprinklers, to name a few. When you think about it, almost everything on this planet either is a fluid or moves within or near a fluid.
The essence of the subject of fluid flow is a judicious compromise between theory and experiment. Since fluid flow is a branch of mechanics, it satisfies a set of well-documented basic laws, and thus a great deal of theoretical treatment is available. However, the theory is often frustrating because it applies mainly to idealized situations, which may be invalid in practical problems. The two chief obstacles to a workable theory are geometry and viscosity. The basic equations of fluid motion are too difficult to enable the analyst to attack arbitrary geometric configurations. Thus this course will concentrate on flat plates, circular pipes, and other easy geometries. The viscosity increases the difficulty of the basic equations, although the boundary-layer approximation found by Ludwig Prandtl in 1904 has greatly simplified viscous-flow analyses. Second, viscosity has a destabilizing effect on all fluids, giving rise, at frustratingly small velocities, to a disorderly, random phenomenon called turbulence.
The theory of turbulent flow is crude and heavily backed up by experiments, yet it can be quite serviceable as an engineering estimate. This course is limited to an introduction to boundary layer and turbulence.
Often the experimental data provide the main source of information about specific flows, such as the drag and lift of immersed bodies. Fortunately, fluid mechanics is a highly visual subject, with good instrumentation, and the use of dimensional analysis and modeling concepts is widespread. Thus experimentation provides a natural and easy complement to the theory. You should keep in mind that theory and experiment should go hand in hand in all studies of fluid mechanics. This course will cover in detail the concepts of dimensional analysis and similitudes too.
The aims of this module are to enhance knowledge and understanding of electrical power engineering fundamentals as well as power electronic converters and their application in power systems. It will also help to provide students with the skills and techniques necessary to analyze and synthesize electrical circuits / power electronic circuits utilizing modern power electronic devices. Lastly, it will help to have knowledge and understanding of different analyses done on power system like Power flow analysis, faults analysis and stability analysis
The course is intended to teach students about various aspects of the design process, firstly through a series of topics covering different principles of design, and secondly through an extended design project where these principles can be put into practice. An important aim is to integrate their theoretical knowledge into the design of a final product.
The course aims to provide the basics of Elementary Fluid Mechanics as applied to Engineering practice. It covers Fluid Statics and the basic equations of Fluid Dynamics, continuity, energy (Bernoulli) and momentum, with application mainly to non-viscous flow and incompressible flow. It also introduces Dimensional Analysis, a tool with many applications to Fluid Mechanics and other technical sciences.
The course aims to provide students with the fundamental principles of mechanisms in general, but the emphasis being put on plane mechanisms. It covers the determination of degree of freedom of simple plane mechanisms. It covers the kinematic analysis of a four link mechanisms, belt, gear, chain and cam drives. The course also covers the friction brakes and clutches.