Discussion of the structure of and options within the Mechanical Engineering curriculum; of the operation of Department, Faculty, University,...
An introduction to some of the basic methods and principles used by mechanical engineers. Material covered includes fundamentals of technical...
The relevance of materials to engineering practice. The microstructure of materials, crystallinity and crystal imperfections, glasses and amorphous...
A continuation of First Year calculus, focusing on calculus of scalar and vector functions of several variables. Both classical calculus techniques...
Frequency distributions; measures of central tendency; standard deviation and other measures of dispersion. Probability. Binomial, Poisson, normal...
Solution of ordinary differential equations. First and higher order differential equations. Nonlinear equations. Linear equations with constant and...
An introduction to the kinematics of particle and rigid body motion. Impulse-momentum equations. Work-energy methods and Euler's equations. Simple...
Concept of equilibrium, force analysis of structures and structural components, equilibrium of deformable bodies, stress and strain concepts,...
A general treatment of the behaviour of structural components from the study of stress and strain in solids. Topics include superposition, energy...
Phase equilibria, non-equilibrium behaviour, heat treatment of metals, diffusion, strengthening processes. Alloying, composite materials, cold and hot...
The microstructure of crystalline and amorphous materials including metals, polymers and ceramics. Elastic and plastic deformation in metals,...
The engineering science of energy. The scope and limitations of thermodynamics. Macroscopic approach to heat, work, energy and the First Law....
Number systems, logic gates, Boolean algebra. Karnaugh maps and combinational logic design. Sequential logic and state machines. Programmable Logic...
Review of circuit analysis. Basic electromagnetic theory. DC machines, synchronous generators, transformers, and induction motors. Introduction to...
A continuation of ME 201 and ME 203 in which both classical calculus techniques and the computer implementation of numerical methods are discussed....
Principles of the geometry of motion, Uniform and non-uniform motion, linkage, gears, cams. Synthesis and analysis of mechanisms. Consideration of the...