200 Level Courses
MECH 201. Introduction to Mechanical Engineering.
Credits: 2
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The practice of Mechanical Engineering: its scope and context. The role of Design. Introduction to the Design process. The role of engineering analysis and socio-economic factors in Design. Introduction to the individual mechanical engineering subjects and their role in Design. Case studies.
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MECH 210. Mechanics 1.
Credits: 2
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Static equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Beams, trusses, frames and machines. Concept of work and energy. Static equilibrium and stability.
- (2-1-3)
- Prerequisites: PHYS 101 or PHYS 131 or equivalent.
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MECH 215. Statics
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Static equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies. Beams, trusses, frames and machines. Concept of potential energy and virtual work. Static equilibrium and stability. Systems of forces, moments and couples. Static equilibrium and stability of particles and rigid bodies. Free body diagrams: 2D and 3D analysis. Structures: beams, trusses, joints, frames and machines. Concept of work and energy. Centers of mass, centroids, moments of inertia, and parallel-axis theorem. Static friction.
- Prerequisites: PHYS 101 or PHYS 131 or equivalent
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MECH 210.
- 3-1-5
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MECH 220. Introduction to Dynamics
Credits: 4
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Dynamics of particles and rigid bodies in planar and three-dimensional motion. Kinematics: coordinate systems, rotating frames of reference, rotational kinematics of rigid bodies, relative and absolute motion analyses. Kinetics: equations of motion, impulse-momentum principles and conservation of momentum, principle of work and energy and conservation of energy.
- (4-1-7)
- Prerequisites: MECH 210, MATH 262. Pre-/Co-requisite: MATH 263.
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MECH 240. Thermodynamics 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Thermodynamic systems and properties. First law of thermodynamics: energy, work and heat. State principle, p-v-T surfaces, phase equilibrium, ideal gas model. Second law of thermodynamics, entropy, exergy analysis. Energy analysis applied to steady and transient engineering systems including heat engines, refrigerators and heat pumps, air compressors.
- (3-1-5)
- Restrictions: Restricted to students in U1 or above.
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MECH 241. Fundamentals of Thermodynamics
Credits: 4
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Thermodynamic systems, properties, and state postulate. First law of thermodynamics: energy, work and heat. Properties of pure substances: phase change processes, property diagrams, property tables, and ideal gas model. Energy analysis of closed systems. Mass and energy analysis of control volumes: analysis of steady and transient engineering systems. Second law of thermodynamics: analysis of Carnot heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps. Entropy. Gas power cycles. Introduction to compressible flow.
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MECH 240.
- 4-2-6
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MECH 262. Statistics and Measurement Laboratory.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to probability: conditional probability, binomial and Poisson distributions, random variables, laws of large numbers. Statistical analysis associated with measurements; regression and correlation. Basic experimental laboratory techniques, including the measurement of strain, pressure, force, position, and temperature.
- (3-2-4)
- Corequisite: MATH 263
- Restriction: Open to U1 students or higher.
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MECH 265. Numerical Linear Algebra
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
An overview of numerical methods for linear algebra applications and their analysis. Problem classes include linear systems, least squares problems and eigenvalue problems. An overview of advanced techniques for solving large-scale linear algebra problems, as they typically arise in applications.
- Prerequisites: COMP 208, BIEN 203
- Corequisites: MATH 263
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MECH 290. Design Graphics for Mechanical Engineering.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to essential modern engineering design graphics skills. Basic knowledge of design graphics projection theory; perspective projections. Introduction to Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software and 3D parametric solid modeling techniques. Design for manufacturing and design for assembly methods. Standard geometric dimensioning and tolerancing techniques and their applications in the engineering drawings and engineering design.
- (2-3-4)
- Restrictions: Only open to U1 (Year 1) Mechanical Engineering students.
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MECH 292. Design 1: Conceptual Design.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction to design. Problem formulation, idea generation, feasibility study, preliminary design, design, analysis, design evaluation, project management, and optimal design.
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MECH 309. Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Numerical techniques for problems commonly encountered in Mechanical Engineering are presented. Chebyshev interpolation, quadrature, roots of equations in one or more variables, matrices, curve fitting, splines and ordinary differential equations. The emphasis is on the analysis and understanding of the problem rather than the details of the actual numerical program.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisites: MATH 263, MATH 271, COMP 208.
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MECH 314. Dynamics of Mechanisms.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
First principles of analysis; motion; position; displacement; velocity; acceleration; force; inertia and its effects. Kinematic and dynamic analysis of rigid bodies in pure rotation and in pin-connected systems; dynamic balance. Rigid bodies in rolling contact; planetary gear-trains. Bodies in sliding contact; lower and higher sliding pairs.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisite: MECH 220.
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MECH 315. Intermediate Dynamics
Credits: 4
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Single-degree-of-freedom systems; free vibrations; effect of damping; response to harmonic, periodic and arbitrary excitation. Lagrange's equations of motion. Vibrations of multi-degree-of-freedom systems. Continuous systems.
- (4-1-7)
- Prerequisites: MECH 220, MATH 271
- Pre-/Co-requisite: CIVE 207.
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MECH 321. Mechanics of Deformable Solids.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Modern phenomenological theories of the behaviour of engineering materials. Stress and strain concepts and introduction to constitutive theory. Applications of theory of elasticity and thermoelasticity. Introduction to finite element stress analysis method and its application to structural design of a machine element.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisite: CIVE 207
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MECH 331. Fluid Mechanics 1.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Physical properties of fluids. Kinematics and dynamics of fluid flow: stress in a continuum, rates of strain, rotation. Control volume analysis; conservation of mass, linear momentum and energy; Euler and Bernoulli equations; Flow measurement. Dimensional analysis and dynamical similarity. Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes and boundary layers.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisite: MECH 210. Pre/Co-requisites: MECH 220, MECH 240, MATH 271.
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MECH 332. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
Credits: 4
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Physical properties of fluids. Kinematics and dynamics of fluid flow: stress in a continuum, rates of strain, rotation. Control volume analysis; conservation of mass, linear momentum and energy; Euler and Bernoulli equations; Flow measurement. Dimensional analysis and dynamical similarity. Laminar and turbulent flow in pipes and boundary layers. Laminar and turbulent flow passed immersed bodies and external boundary layers. Introduction to turbomachines. Fundamentals of compressible flow.
- Prerequisites: MECH 241
- Corequisites: MECH 220, MATH 271
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MECH 331 or MECH 430.
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MECH 341. Thermodynamics 2.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Generalized thermodynamics relations. Real gas effects, gas tables, dense gas equations of state and generalized compressibility, enthalpy, and entropy charts. Vapour and gas power cycles (coal/nuclear power plants). Refrigerators and heat pumps. Psychrometry and air conditioning processes. Thermodynamics of reactive gas mixtures.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisites:MATH 264 and MECH 240
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MECH 346. Heat Transfer.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Basic concepts and overview. Steady and unsteady heat conduction. Fin Theory. Convective heat transfer: governing equations; dimensionless parameters; analogy between momentum and heat transfer. Design correlations for forced, natural, and mixed convection. Heat exchangers. Radiative heat transfer: black- and gray-body radiation; shape factors; enclosure theory. Thermal engineering design project.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisites: (MECH 240 and MECH 331 and MATH 271) or (BREE 301 and BREE 305 and BREE 319) or (MECH 332 and MATH 271)
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MECH 360. Principles of Manufacturing.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Theory and practice of modern manufacturing processes: machining, forming, and casting. Producing parts using computer assisted tools from CAD to CNC machining followed by measurement of part quality. Hands-on machining of parts.
- (3-3-3)
- Prerequisites: MECH 289 or MECH 290. Pre-/corequisite: CIVE 207.
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MECH 362. Mechanical Laboratory 1.
Credits: 2
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Experiments will be performed in four areas:
MECH 240 Thermodynamics,
MECH 315 Vibrations,
MECH 331 Fluid Mechanics 1, and
MECH 346 Heat Transfer. Students should sign up to do experiments in one or more areas the term following the completion of one or more of the above courses. Students will not formally register for this course until the term in which they will complete all of the experiments.
- (0-3-3)
- Prerequisite: MECH 261 or MECH 262 or BREE 216
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MECH 383. Applied Electronics and Instrumentation.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Discrete and integrated components, both analogue and digital. Characteristics of passive elements. Semiconductors, amplifiers, filters, oscillators, modulators, power supplies and nonlinear devices. Introduction to digital electronics. Transducer/signal conditioner interfacing considerations.
- (3-2-4)
- Prerequisites: MECH 261 or MECH 262, MATH 263.
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MECH 390. Computer Aided Design
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
Introduction of the essential modern engineering design graphics skills and knowledge. Basic design graphic projection theory and perspective projections. Technical drawing and drafting skills. Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software skills and 3D parametric solid modelling techniques. Introduction of design for manufacturing as well as design for assembly methods and their application to improve the design. Introduction of standard geometric dimensioning and tolerancing techniques to apply in the engineering graphics drawings and engineering design problem.
- Prerequisites: MECH 292
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken or are taking MECH 290.
- 3-3-3
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MECH 393. Design 2: Machine Element Design.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Engineering)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
The design of machine elements for strength requirements in consideration of various methods of manufacture. Synthesis of mechanical systems to fulfill performance requirements, following the engineering design process. Static and fatigue failure prevention. Students form groups to work on a design project.
- (3-1-5)
- Prerequisites: (MECH 289 or MECH 290) and CIVE 207.
- Corequisites: MECH 360 and MECH 292 and MIME 260.
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