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Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering (MAE)
MAE 5513 Stochastic Systems Prerequisites: ECEN 3513 and 4503 or STAT 4033 or MAE 4053 or MAE 4063 or consent of instructor. Description: Theory and applications involving probability, random variables, functions of random variables, and stochastic processes, including Gaussian and Markov processes. Correlation, power spectral density, and non-stationary random processes. Response of linear systems to stochastic processes. State-space formulation and covariance analysis. Same course as ECEN 5513. Previously offered as MAE 6063. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5523 Estimation Theory Prerequisites: MAE 5513 or ECEN 5513. Description: Stochastic model development, parameter estimation and state estimation. The linear model, model order determination, least squares, estimation, maximum likelihood estimation, Bayesian estimation. Gaussian random vectors, estimation in linear and Gaussian models, state estimation, the Kalman filter, prediction and smoothing. Same course as ECEN 5523. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5533 Theory of Elasticity Prerequisites: MAE 3323 or consent of instructor. Description: Basics of tensor calculus, field equations (strain- displacement, compatibility, equilibrium, and constitutive relation), solution of plane elastrostatics problems in cartesian and polar coordinates, potential function formulation, introduction to 3D problems. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr
MAE 5563 Finite Element Methods Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor. Description: Introduction to the finite element method in mechanical engineering. Numerical and mathematical formulations including an introduction to variational methods. Computer applications in solid mechanics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5573 Continuum Mechanics Prerequisites: Graduate standing of consent of instructor. Description: Principles governing the mechanics of a continuum. Tensor calculus. Strain and kinematics of deformation. Conservation laws, stress and equilibrium. Constitutive equations of elastic, viscoelastic, and plastic solids. Solving boundary value problems. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5583 Corrosion Engineering Prerequisites: ENSC 3313 or equivalent. Description: Modern theory of corrosion and its applications in preventing or controlling corrosion damage economically and safely in service. Same course of MSE 5583. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr
MAE 5593 Theory of Viscoelasticity Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.
Description: Advanced stress analysis in solids exhibiting time-dependent behavior. Material characterization and thermodynamic foundation of the constitutive behavior of time-dependent materials such as polymers, solid propellants and metals near their melting points; time-temperature; superposition principle for thermo-rheologically simple materials; correspondence principle for linearly viscoelastic and associated linearly elastic solutions; integral formulation for quasistatic boundary value problems; treatment of time-varying boundary conditions such as moving boundaries and moving loads; linearly viscoelastic stress waves and approximate methods of linearly viscoelastic stress analysis. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr
MAE 5543 Modern Materials Prerequisites: ENSC 3313.
Description: Properties, applications and recent innovations of structural engineering materials. Metals, ceramics, polymers and composites considered. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture
Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5553 Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics Prerequisites: MAE 4333 or consent of instructor.
Description: Fracture processes in engineering materials including design considerations, failure avoidance and predictability. Fatigue processes and high-strength, toughness-limited materials. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr
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