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.

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.

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.

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.