TAM 538: TURBULENCE
Instability and origins of chaotic motion in fluid flow; Reynolds averaging and statistical description of turbulence, correlations and spectral dynamics of homogeneous turbulence, anisotropic flows, coherent structures, inhomogeneous turbulences, transport modes, and large-eddy simulations.
Prerequisite: TAM 532. 4 graduate hours.
TAM 537: EXPERIMENTAL FLUID MECHANICS
Methods and techniques for measurement and analysis of data used in experimental fluid mechanics: signal processing, electronics, and electro-optics; fluid mechanical properties; experimental signal processing; random data and signal analysis; analog and digital data processing; dynamic similarity, self-preservation; pressure measurement, thermal anemometry, and laser-Doppler velocimetry; flow visualization, particle-image velocimetry.
Lecture/lab format. Prerequisite: TAM 531 or TAM 532. 4 graduate hours.
TAM 532: VISCOUS FLOW
Dynamics of flow in which viscosity is significant or dominant, and the development and use of theorical and numerical tools for practitioners of modern fluid mechanics; physics of viscous layers that arise in both high-and low-Reynolds-number flows; dimensional analysis, exact solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations; jets and wakes; microhydrodynamics; fluid stability; and an introduction to turbulence.
Prerequisite: TAM 435 or equivalent: MATH 380, MATH 385, MATH 386 or MATH 441. 4 graduate hours.
ME 310: FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUID DYNAMICS
Introduction to fluid mechanics with coverage of theory and applications of incompressible viscous and inviscid flows, and compressible high-speed flows.
ME 597: INDEPENDENT STUDY
Independent study of advanced problems related to mechanical engineering. May be repeated in the same term or in separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 12 hours.
ME 470: SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT
Students are required to solve an actual, real-world design problems; to develop, evaluate, and recommend alternative solutions; and to satisfy realistic constrains that include most of the following considerations, economic; environmental; sustainability; manufacturability; ethical; health and safety; social; and political.
Prerequisite: Senior Standing in Mechanical Engineering. 3 undergraduate hours.