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Courses

ME220- Mechanics of Deformable Solids 2

A general treatment of the behaviour of structural components from the study of stress and strain in solids. Topics include superposition, energy theorems, theories of failure, elastic and inelastic analysis of symmetrical bending, torsion of circular members, columns and stability, and virtual work.

ME321- Kinematics and Dynamics of Machines

This course contains two major parts. First part focuses on the principles of geometries of motions in linkages and gears, velocity, acceleration and force analysis in mechanisms. The second part mainly focuses on vibration analysis, response to harmonic forces and shocks, base excitation, motion and force transmissibility and vibration isolation.

ME524- Advanced Dynamics

This course covers the concepts for dynamics of rigid bodies. Some of the topics covered are as follow: generalized coordinates, energy methods, Lagrange’s equation, virtual work, Hamilton’s principles, Hamilton-Jacobi theory, stability, Canonical transformations, viscous damping, Rayleigh’s dissipation function and gyroscopic systems.

ME610- Analytical Methods for Vibrations  

This course presents the principles relevant to understanding and modeling of vibrating systems. The systems may either be continuous or discrete with multiple degrees of freedom. The following topics of a general nature are first covered: principles of dynamics, strain energy, virtual work, the variational principle, and Lagrange's equation. Discrete-system topics covered are eigenvalue problems, modal analysis, natural modes of vibration, solution of the characteristic determinant, and approximate methods of solution, (e.g., using finite element methods). Continuous-system topics covered are formulation of the boundary value problem, vibration of rods and membranes, Rayleigh's integral method, the Rayleigh-Ritz method, and Galerkin's method. The course work includes computer algebra, computer simulation, and experiments in the laboratory.

Forth Year Design Projects

Supervising Eric De Jong for his work on TALN Pump Field Joint Test Fixture Design in summer 2009