MTE381 Fluid Mechanics and Machinery Lab 3 lecture hours per week, (3+0) 3 units Prereq: GES251 Co- req: MTE311
Viscosity measurement by means of Redweed's and Saybolt's viscometer. Fluid flow measurements: Coefficient of discharge for venturimeter, orificemeter, nozzle meter, weirs. Flow through pipes: Pipe friction in laminar and turbulent flow regimes. Pitot tube experiments on viscous flow and boundary layer theory. Experiment on fluid machinery: Pumps, jet pumps, blowers, and compressors
- Teacher: Ayad Abdalla
MTE371 Thermodynamics Principles and Applications Lab 3 lecture hours per week, (3+0) 3 units Prereq: GES122,GES201 Co- req: MTE301
Heat pump. Bomb calorimeter. Marcet boiler. Transient Heat Transfer (Lumped Systems). Thermal conductivity. Solar Collector Efficiency. Steam Power Generation (Rankine or Organic Rankine). Tube and Shell Heat Exchanger NTU effectiveness. Refrigeration and Heating Cycle. Saturation Pressure/Temperature Measurements. Determination of “Quality of a Saturated Mixture”. Free and Forced Convection Heat Transfer. Thermal Radiation. Conduction Heat Transfer with axial and radial cylindrical modules. Performance Test on a Air –Conditioner
MTE362 Electrical Actuators Lab 3 lecture hours per week, (3+0) 3 units Coerequisite: MTE331
Transformer characteristics. Testing and operational characteristics of DC motors. Testing and operational characteristics of alternators. Testing and operational characteristics of induction motors. Modeling and simulation of electrical machines using Simulink with extnernal mechanical loads.
- Teacher: Mohammed Nouri
MTE331 Electrical Actuators 4 lecture hours per week, (4+8) 12 units Prerequisite: MTE221
Magnetic circuits; single-phase and three-phase transformers: Principles, analysis, performance characteristics and testing; electromechanical energy conversion; principles and classification of DC generators; DC motors: analysis, performance characteristics, starting, testing and speed control; synchronous motors: analysis, performance characteristics, applications, starting, and testing; three-phase induction motors: analysis, performance characteristics, testing, starting and speed control; single-phase induction motors; special types of motors: stepper motors, universal motors, reluctance motors, burshless DC motors.
- Teacher: Ahmed Taher
IME351 Manufacturing Technology - 3 lecture hours per week, (3 + 6 )= 9 Units.
Prerequisites: IME211.
Fundamentals and principles of major manufacturing processes: casting, bulk deformation, sheet metalworking, powder metallurgy. Processing of polymers, ceramics, glass, rubber and composites. Metal cutting: cutting conditions, forces, temperatures, tool life, surface finish, coolants. Cutting tool materials. Principles, tools and process capabilities of basic machining operations: turning, milling, drilling, planning, shaping, boring, broaching. Gear manufacturing. Abrasive operations: grinding, finishing operations. Non-traditional processes. Basics of joining and assembling. Fusion and solid-state welding. Essentials of computer numerical control.
- Teacher: Elhaj Ahmed
MTE311 Fluid Mechanics and Machinery 4 lecture hours per week, (4+8) = 12 Units. GES251.
Fluid Mechanics: fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid flow concepts and the basic equations, dimensional analysis and dynamic similitude, viscous effects(flow through pipes, boundary layers, forces on immersed bodies). Multi-dimension flow of in viscid fluid: Equation of motion rotational and irrotational flows, potential plane flows; conformal mapping, flow nets. Basic principles of compressible fluid flow: perfect gas relations, isentropic flow shock wave, adiabatic flow with friction in conduits, frictionless flow through ducts with heat transfer. Turbo machinery: elementary cascade theory, theory turbo machinery, impulse and reaction turbines, pumps and blowers. Hydraulic pumps: pump classification. Theory of centrifugal pump: theoretical head, theoretical characteristics curves. Pump performance: losses in pumps, characteristics curves, pump operation, suction condition and cavitation's, pump system: system head curves, operating point, capacity control. Hydraulic turbines: analysis and design of pelton wheel, radial flow and axial flow turbines, turbine performance. Computer programmers are used in solving some problems specially design problems.
- Teacher: Elhaj Ahmed
MTE301 Thermodynamics Principles and Applications 4 lecture hours per week, (4+8) = 12 prerequisite GES122,GES201.
Introduction, Thermodynamic Properties, Properties of pure simple substances, Thermodynamic Processes , Work and Heat, First Law, Enthalpy, Internal Energy, Specific Heat, Conservation of Mass, First Law Analysis for a Closed System, First Law Analysis for an Open System, Common Open Systems, Forward and Reverse Heat Engines, Reversibility , Entropy and Entropy Generation, Second Law of Thermodynamics for Closed Systems , Second Law Analysis of Open Systems, Power and Refrigeration Cycles, Steady-State Heat Conduction, Convection Heat Transfer, Thermal Radiation
- Teacher: Ahmed Bufares