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department Engineering: Mechanical and Aeronautical (X) |
Lecture—1 hour. Description of the field of mechanical engineering with examples taken from industrial applications, discussions of the practice with respect to engineering principles, ethics, and responsibilities. (P/NP grading only.)—I.
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Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: Mathematics 16A or 21A (may be taken concurrently). Structured programming in C for solving problems in engineering. Introduction to MATLAB and comparison study of C/C++ with MATLAB. Not open for credit to students who have completed course 124.—I. (I.) Cheng
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Lecture/discussion—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 4 with grade of C or better, Physics 9A. Modern manufacturing methods, safety, manufacturing instructions, computer-aided manufacturing and their role in the engineering design and development process.—I, II. Yamazaki, Schaaf
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Internship. Prerequisite: lower division standing; approval of project prior to period of internship. Supervised work-study experience in engineering. May be repeated for credit. (P/NP grading only.)
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Prerequisite: consent of instructor; lower division standing. (P/NP grading only.)
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Lecture—4 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 103 and 105. Restricted to Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering/Materials Science Engineering majors. Inviscid incompressible flow, compressible flow, thermodynamic relations, ideal gas mixtures, psychrometrics, reacting mixtures and combustion.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—1.5 hours. Prerequisite: course 106; open to Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Science & Engineering and Mechanical/Materials Science Engineering Majors only. Experiments to illustrate principles of thermal-fluid systems. Statistical and uncertainty analysis of data; statistical design of experiments; measurement devices; Experiments involving thermodynamic cycles, combustion, compressible and incompressible flows. Only two units of credit for students who have previously taken Chemical Engineering 155A; only one unit of credit for students who have taken Chemical Engineering 155B; only two units of credit for students who have taken Civil and Environmental Engineering 141L.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture—2 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 100, Engineering 104, (both may be taken concurrently), and course 107A. Experiments to illustrate principles of mechanical systems. Theory of measurements; Signal analysis; Demonstration of basic sensors for mechanical systems; Experimental project design; Experiments involving voltage measurement; strain gauges, dynamic systems of 0th, 1st and 2nd order. Only two units of credit for students who have previously taken Biomedical Engineering 111; only one unit of credit for students who have previously taken Biological Systems Engineering 165.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 171. Introduction to the static and dynamic stability characteristics of transportation vehicles with examples drawn from aircraft, high-performance automobiles, rail cars and boats. Laboratory experiments illustrate the dynamic behavior of automobiles, race cars, bicycles, etc.—III. (III.) Hubbard
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Lecture—2 hours; discussion—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 102, and Mechanical Engineering 106. Introduction to space systems design including space project organization, requirements definition and specification, concepts formulation, system tradeoffs, subsystem design. Prototype space mission concepts are presented and a multidisciplinary mission design is developed that considers all relevant architecture elements. Offered in alternate years.—I. Joshi
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: Engineering 45 and 104; Mechanical Engineering 50 (may be taken concurrently). Principles of engineering mechanics applied to mechanical design. Theories of static and fatigue failure of metals. Design projects emphasizing the progression from conceptualization to hardware. Experimental stress analysis and mechanical measurements using strain gages.—I, III. (I, III.) Ravani
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 150A. Principles of engineering mechanics applied to the design and selection of mechanical components. Design projects, which concentrate on conceptual design, engineering analysis, methods of manufacture, material selection, and cost. Introduction to Computer-Aided Design.—II. (II.)
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: courses 107B, 150A. Methods of statistical analysis with emphasis on applications in mechanical design and manufacturing. Applications include product evaluation and decision making, stress-strength interference, probabilistic design, systems reliability, and fatigue under random loading.—II. (II.) Hull
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 5 or Engineering 6 and 102. Principles of computer-aided mechanism design. Computer-aided kinematic, static, and dynamic analysis and design of planar mechanisms such as multiple-loop linkages and geared linkages. Introduction to kinematic synthesis of mechanisms.—II. (II.) Cheng
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Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 100, 102, course 50. Mechatronics system concept and overview, control system design overview, control software architecture, control hardware architecture, microcontroller and interface technology for mechatronics control, sensor for mechatronics systems, actuator drives.—III. (III.) Yamazaki
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 106. Introduction to combustion kinetics; the theory of pre-mixed flames and diffusion flames; turbulent combustion; formation of air pollutants in combustion systems; examples of combustion devices which include internal combustion engines, gas turbines, furnaces and waste incinerators; alternative fuel sources.—III. (III.) Kennedy, Shaw
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 106. Modern power plants for electric power generation and cogeneration. Thermodynamic analysis of different types of power plants using various fuels. Design studies of specific power plants.—II. Hoffman
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Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 103 and 105. Fundamentals of internal combustion engine design and performance. Future needs to adapt to environmental concerns, and the feasibility of better alternatives in the future.—I. (III.) Dwyer
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Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 5 or Engineering 6, 103 and 105. Conduction, convection, and radiation heat transfer. Computational modeling of heat transfer in engineering. Applications to engineering equipment with the use of digital computers.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.) Baughn
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Lecture—3 hours; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: Engineering 100 and 102, upper division standing. Modeling of dynamic engineering systems in various energy domains. Analysis and design of dynamic systems. Response of linear systems. Digital computer simulation and physical experiments.—I, II, III. Karnopp, Margolis
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Lecture—3 hours; discussion—1 hour. Prerequisite: course 171, Engineering 100. Classical feedback control; block diagrams; control systems performance specifications; steady state errors; rise and settling times; root locus; PID controllers; control design with Bode and Nyquist plots; stability; phase and gain margin; lead and lag compensators; state variable feedback controllers.—I, II, III. Farouki, Eke
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Laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: courses 150B, 165, and 172, consent of instructor, senior standing in Mechanical Engineering. Performance of practical mechanical engineering projects which include one or more of the following: analysis, design, development and evaluation of mechanism engineering system. (Deferred grading only, pending completion of sequence.)—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Laboratory—6 hours. Prerequisite: course 184A in a previous quarter from the same instructor; consent of instructor. Performance of practical mechanical engineering projects which include one or more of the following: analysis, design, development, and evaluation of a mechanical engineering system.—I, II, III. (I, II, III.)
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Lecture—1 hour; laboratory—3 hours. Prerequisite: course 150A, 165, senior standing in Mechanical Engineering or Aeronautical Science and Engineering. Capstone mechanical engineering design course; the mechanical engineering design process and its use in the design of engineering systems. (Deferred grading only, pending completion of sequence.)—I-II, II-III. (I-II, II-III.)
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Lecture/discussion—1 hour biweekly; laboratory—3 hours biweekly. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. Directed group study of selected topics with separate sections in (A) Fluid Mechanics Laboratory; (B) Thermodynamics Laboratory.—II, III. (II, III.)
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