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MAE 5603 Stability of Structures Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

MAE 5673 Mechanics of Fracture, Contact and Friction Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

Description: Stability is a fundamental problem in solid mechanics, which is crucial to the safety of structures against collapse. The theory of stability is of great importance for structural engineering, aerospace engineering, nuclear engineering, etc. Elastic and non-elastic theories of stability will be discussed for structures such as columns, frames, thin-walled beams, plates and shells. Energy methods for discrete and continuous structures will also be discussed. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5633 Advanced Thermal Energy Systems Analysis Prerequisites: MAE 3223 and MAE 3233; Graduate Standing or Consent of Instructor. Description: This course will develop the tools required to design, analyze, and improve advanced thermal energy systems. There will be an emphasis on practical understanding of components, system integration, and system design. Some topics included are; improvements to the vapor compression cycle (for refrigeration and heat pump applications); compressor and heat exchanger analysis; heat-driven vapor compression cycles; waste-heat recovery topics including Organic Rankine Cycles (ORC) and expander analysis. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr

Description: Rigorous derivation and presentation of the equations of fracture mechanics, contact and friction. Equations of solid mechanics and mathematical preliminaries, elastic stress field near a crack tip, stress intensity factors, fracture toughness, Griffith solution and J- integral, elastic-plastic fracture, fatigue, Dugdale model and cohesive zone laws, experimental techniques in fracture mechanics, contact mechanics, friction modeling. More advanced topics and projects will be chosen from interfacial crack growth, subsonic and intersonic dynamic fracture, rate- and state-dependent friction laws, fracture and friction at the small scales (nanomechanics), and finite-element analysis using commercial packages. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5683 Thermodynamics and Thermostatistics of Materials Prerequisites: ENSC 3313 or equivalent. Description: Notions of energy, entropy, equilibrium, macrostates, and microstates and their relation to material processes and properties. Deriving material properties from equations of state: Maxwell relations. Statistical thermodynamics: predicting material properties from microstates. Partition function. Phase transformations. Thermodynamics of surfaces and defects. Electrochemistry. Same course as MSE 5683. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture

Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5693 Phase Transformations in Materials Prerequisites: Graduate standing or consent of instructor.

MAE 5653 Refrigeration Prerequisites: MAE 3223.

Description: Thermal engineering of refrigeration and heat pump systems, vapor compression systems, absorption refrigeration cycles, cryogenics, compressors, heat exchangers, flow control devices, laboratory simulators and measurements, socio-economics and environmental impact of systems and refrigerants. A general-purpose computer software program is used for analysis and design of several refrigeration systems and components. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture

Description: Principles of phase transformations in material. Structure of materials, phase diagrams, diffusion, solidification, and diffusional and diffusionless transformations will be covered. Recent developments in materials research relevant to phase transformations. Same course as MSE 5693. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr

Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr MAE 5663 Advanced Finite Element Analysis Prerequisites: MAE 5563 or consent of instructor.

MAE 5703 Optimization Applications Prerequisites: Graduate standing.

Description: A survey of various methods of unconstrained and constrained linear and non-linear optimization. Applications of these methodologies using hand-worked examples and available software packages. Intended for engineering and science students. Same course as CHE 5703, ECEN 5703 & IEM 5023. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr

Description: Development of three-dimensional isoparametric solid elements using Lagrange and serendipity family of elements, solution of three-dimensional thermoelasticity problems, linear time dependent problems, variational formulation and computer implementation of structural dynamics analysis using implicitly operators, implementation of three-dimensional diffusion and heat transfer analysis, solution of a nonlinear system of equations, and finite element analysis using commercial software packages. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Mech & Aerospace Engr