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EMAE 285 Mechanical Engineering Measurements
Fall Semester
Techniques and devices used for experimental work in mechanical and aerospace engineering. Lecture topics include measurement systems, errors and uncertainty, digital data acquisition, sensors and actuators, measurement laboratories, and report writing. Hands-on laboratory experiences include measurements in solid mechanics, dynamics, and fluid and thermal sciences, which are summarized in lab reports. Recommended preparation: EMAE 181, EMAE 251, EMAE 252 and ECIV 310.
EMAE 401 Mechanics of Continuous Media
Fall Semester
This subject will cover the foundations of continuum mechanics: Vector and tensor calculus; Stress and traction, finite strain, and deformation tensors; Kinematics of continuous media; general conservation and balance laws; Material symmetry groups and observer transformation; Constitutive relations with applications to solid and fluid mechanics problems.
EMAE 450 Advanced Engineering Analysis
Spring Semester
This course is intended to equip students with tools for solving mathematical problems commonly encountered in mechanical, fluid and thermal systems. The course covers topics related to analytical and computational approaches to problems categorized in a variety of ways including: 1. Linear versus nonlinear problems 2) finite degrees of freedom v. infinite degrees of freedom, 3) equilibrium v. propagation v. eigenvalue problems, 4) direct formulations v. indirect formulations 5) analytical v. numerical solutions.
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