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  • ME 401: Advanced Fluid Dynamics

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    Development of application of Navier-Stokes equations, estimation of drag and lift, isentropic flow, normal and oblique shock waves, Fanno and Rayleigh flow, turbomachinery, introduction to computational fluid dynamics, application of CFD software. Prerequisite: ES 206.
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  • ME 402: Robotic Arms

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    This course is an introduction to robotics with an emphasis on kinematics and dynamics of robotic arms. The Space Shuttle arm and the Mars Rover arms will be analyzed. Topics include forward and inverse kinematics, trajectory generation, interpolation, and position sensing. Students will complete a project where they program a robotic arm and/or robotic welder. Prerequisite: ES 204.
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  • ME 403: Thermal Power Systems

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    Availability and evaluation of thermodynamic properties. The thermodynamics of compressible flow. Thermodynamic power and refrigeration cycles and systems; psychometrics and environmental control; mixtures of ideal gases; introduction to combustion; internal combustion engines, gas turbines, fuel cells; and direct energy conversion. Design and optimization of power systems and climate control with applications to land vehicles, robotics, aircraft, and spacecraft. Prerequisites: ES 305, MA 345.
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  • ME 404: Mechatronics

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    This course includes the application of microprocessors to robotic systems with control. This course emphasizes the integration of aerospace, mechanical, electrical, and computer systems in robotics. Design and integration of microcontrollers, actuators, motors, power systems, and sensors are studied with significant group-oriented design experiments. Highlevel graphical programming is introduced. Simple autonomous algorithms such as line tracking, edge detection, and path planning are examined with and without feedback control. Prerequisites: EE 401, ME 306.
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  • ME 405: Vehicle Power Systems

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    Modern analytical approach to the design and performance analysis of advanced internal combustion engines. Study of thermodynamics, fluid flow, combustion, and heat transfer. Engines for various vehicles are compared (such as the conventional internal combustion engine, the rotary or Wankel), for competition applications and long-life requirements such as traction engines for rail applications. Fuels and combustion, exhaust flows, emission and air pollution, fuel cell systems, hybrid vehicles. Ideas from aerospace technologies are implemented, such as jet engines and gas turbines for powering vehicles, and mass transit. Also, future technologies such as magnetically levitated and very high-speed mass transit systems are analyzed. Application of course techniques to engine research projects. Prerequisite: ES 305.
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  • ME 406: Robotics II

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    This course studies the applications and design of robotic systems. Particular emphasis is placed on aviation and space applications of robotics. Typical robotic motion is investigated as well as the requirements for control systems for the needed accuracy, repeatability, and stability. Sensors such as position, force, and acceleration are explored and the signal conditioning circuits and analog-to-digital conversion required for interfacing these sensors. Activating devices such as electric motors, linear actuators, and other motion devices are analyzed. Systems are modeled and control laws are developed. Software for computer-generated control laws are studied. Prerequisite: ME 302.
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  • ME 407: Preliminary Design of Robotic Systems with Laboratory

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    4 Credits Mechanical design principles are developed and applied for robotic applications. The topic is selected and approved by the Mechanical Engineering Department. Principles of conceptual and detailed mechanical design, and component design, manufacture, and production are covered. A complete system is designed, resulting in a complete set of specifications, supporting analysis, drawings, and performance report. For senior undergraduate students only. Prerequisites: ME 306, ME 400.
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  • ME 409: Vehicle Aerodynamics

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    Aerodynamic forces on land vehicles. Design requirements for lift, drag, stability, and safety for passengers. Cars, high-performance vehicles, commercial, and motorcycles. Noise control, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Engines for various vehicles are compared (such as the conventional internal combustion engine, the rotary or Wankel), for competition applications and long-life requirements such as traction engines for rail applications. Fuels and combustion, exhaust flows, emission and air pollution, fuel cell systems, hybrid vehicles. Ideas from aerospace technologies are implemented, such as jet engines for powering vehicles and the use of computational fluid dynamics codes to predict the aerodynamic performance of such vehicles. Also, future technologies such as magnetically levitated and very high-speed mass transit systems are analyzed. Prerequisites: ES 201, ES 204, ES 206, ES 305.
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  • ME 410: Advanced Machine Design

    2.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    Design and analysis of mechanics system, for fluctuating loading. Fatigue analysis. Application of design fundamentals to mechanical components, and integration of components to form systems. Fatigue failure of systems. Mechanical design of such systems as bearings, transmission gears, springs, joints, brakes, and clutches. Indeterminate systems. Prerequisites: ES 320, ME 304.
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  • ME 413: Preliminary Design of High Performance Vehicles with Laboratory

    3.00 Credits
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

    4 Credits Mechanical design principles are developed and applied for high performance vehicles. The topic is selected and approved by the Mechanical Engineering Department. Principles of conceptual and detailed mechanical design, and component design, manufacture, and production are covered. A complete system is designed, resulting in a complete set of specifications, supporting analysis, drawings, and performance report. For Senior undergraduate students only. Prerequisites: ME 303, ME 400.
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