MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COURSE, B.S. (M.E.)
Offered in academic year 1939-40 to students who completed Junior requirements before September 1939
FOURTH YEAR | ||||
First Semester | ||||
| SUBJECT | Attendance Rec. | Hours Lab. | ||
| ME | 18 | Graphics & Structural Design | 3 | 3 |
| ME | 22 | Metallography | 0 | 3 |
| ME | 36 | Power Plants | 3 | 0 |
| ME | 37 | Applied Heat Power | 3 | 0 |
| ME | 50 | Mechanical Laboratory | 1 | 6 |
| Ind E | 14 | Staff Control | 1 | 2 |
| Ind E | 21 | Industrial Management | 5 | 0 |
| Ind E | 51 | Business Law | 1 | 0 |
| Co-operative Industrial Work | ||||
Second Semester | ||||
| ME | 18 | Graphics & Structural Design | 3 | 3 |
| ME | 22 | Metallography | 0 | 3 |
| ME | 36 | Power Plants | 3 | 0 |
| ME | 37 | Applied Heat Power | 3 | 0 |
| ME | 50 | Mechanical Laboratory | 1 | 6 |
| Ind E | 14 | Staff Control | 1 | 2 |
| Ind E | 21 | Industrial Management | 5 | 0 |
| Ind E | 51 | Business Law | 1 | 0 |
| Co-operative Industrial Work | ||||
SUBJECTS OF INSTRUCTION
in the
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
ME 1 Engineering Drawing and Descriptive Geometry.
The objective of this course is the development of the students’ ability and judgment in the field of engineering drawing. The work of the course is based upon case studies accompanied by short informal lectures upon modern commercial practice and upon the theory on which such practice is based. Emphasis is placed on speed, accuracy, neatness and on the techniques by which these are obtained.
The course includes study of and practice in lettering, line work, projection, conventions, tracing, sketching, shop standards, the use of notes, the reading of blue prints, the reading of layout drawings, pictorial representation, developments, and checking as applied to commercial engineering drawing.
Text: Freshman Engineering Drawing Notes.
ME 2 Engineering Drawing. Prerequisite ME 1.
The principles laid down in the previous year’s work are applied to a series of problems in structural drafting, concrete work, gear drawing developments, and welded steel work. Such additional work in descriptive geometry as is necessary for each drawing is given as the work develops. An opportunity is given to learn modern drafting practice, the way a drafting room is managed, and to develop the basis for future courses in design and engineering.
Text: Sophomore Engineering Drawing Notes.
ME 7 Shop Practice.
A course for sophomore mechanical students, given in two parts.
Part 1—Surveying and Machine Layout. Three hours a week for half a semester are devoted to laboratory work in machine layout. This includes surveys of existing equipment and exercises in establishing lines and elevations for setting machines and equipment.
Part 2—Machine Tools. Three hours a week for half a semester are devoted to a laboratory course in machine tool practice. Experiments are carried out in the machine shop and visits are made to industrial shops.
Text: Busse, “Surveying Notes”; “Shop Notes”, Turner, “Machine Tool Work”.
ME 10 Mechanisms. Prerequisites Math 21, Mech 20.
This course is essentially one of preparation for the succeeding work in machine design. It includes the study of links, bands and contact motion; of gears and gear teeth, epicyclic trains and cams. The recitations and lectures are supplemented by work in the drafting room where numerous problems are solved graphically.
Text: Schwamb, Merrill and James, “Elements of Mechanisms”.
ME 14 Machine Design. Prerequisites, ME 2, ME 10 and concurrent with Phys 30.
A course for senior mechanical engineering students. This course continues the work of the previous year in Mechanisms. It is outlined to place emphasis on the strength as well as the motion of machine elements and their final assembly into the complete machine. The theory of the graphic solutions of problems is developed and applied to the analysis of the stress in machines, including the effects of friction. Both theoretical and empirical methods are applied to the design of machines. Its purpose is to instruct students to attack problems in a direct and orderly manner. Three hours of lectures and recitations and three hours of drafting room work per week throughout the year.
Text: Faires, “Design of Machine Elements”, Fairman and Cutshall, “Graphic Statics”.
ME 16 Machine Design. Prerequisite, ME 2 and Concurrent with Phys 30.
A course in design for non-mechanical students. This course is subdivided into two parts. Part one deals with general design and is further divided into two sub-groups. The first part of this sub-group deals with what is commonly called Mechanisms and the second part deals with subject matter which is usually associated with Machine Design courses which should lead to the ability to proportion parts of machine elements. Part two is for the purpose of making the student acquainted with materials and their characteristics through microscopic examination. In this part of the work the student is required to examine not only steels but non-ferrous materials such as brasses and alloys of aluminum as well. This information coupled with that given in Course Phys 30 should acquaint the student with materials from any points of view and should make him conscious of the important part played by materials in design work.
Text: Hyland and Kommers, “Machine Design”.
ME 18 Graphics and Structural Design. Prerequisite, Phys 30.
The theory of graphic statics is developed. It is then applied to beams, columns, roof trusses, cranes, etc. The theory of re-enforced concrete is studied. Design problems on conveyers, foundations, cranes, chimneys and walls are worked out. A classroom and drafting room course for senior mechanical engineering students.
Text: Opdyke and Schweizer, “Graphic and Structural Design Notes”.
ME 20 Physical Metallurgy. Prerequisite, CH 11.
This course deals with the study of metals by means of microscopic examination. The subject is introduced by a discussion which aims to define a metal. This is followed by an explanation of metallic properties and the distinction between metals, non-metals, and metalloids. The standard equilibrium diagrams for binary alloys are then studied and include the liquid to solid and the solid to solid transformations that take place. This is followed by a detailed study of the iron, iron-carbon diagram. The effect on the microscopic structure due to the addition of a third element such as nickel, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, etc., is then studied.
The equilibrium diagrams of the copper-zinc and aluminum copper are then studied in detail.
In addition to these discussions the student is required to prepare for microscopic examination and to take photo-micrographs of such materials as cast iron, cold rolled steel, carbon steels, standard S. A. E. Steels such as nickel, nickel-chromium and molybdenum steels, brasses and aluminum alloys, etc.
Text: Van Wert, “Introduction to Physical Metallurgy”, Woldman, “Physical Metallurgy”, “Metallurgy Laboratory Manual”.
ME 22 Metallography. Prerequisite, ME 20.
This course consists of three hours a week of work in the Metallographic Laboratory. The subject matter includes the determination of critical points; calibration of thermo-couples; study of gas and electric heat treating furnaces, and the effect of heat treatment on steels, brasses and alloys of aluminum. The student is required to prepare specimens for microscopic examination to study them under the microscope and photograph them in order to determine whether or not he has secured the required structures in heat treatment. The change in such physical properties as hardness is also studied. This course emphasizes the fact that microscopic examination is a valuable adjunct rather than a purely laboratory procedure.
Text: Woldman, “Physical Metallurgy”.
ME 30 Thermodynamics. Prerequisites, Math 21, Phys 3.
A Junior Course for mechanical engineering students. The thermodynamic theory of gases and vapors is studied with respect to both source of energy and the methods of making it available. The subject matter includes a study of energy and its availability; the properties of gases and vapors; energy changes during expansions and compressions; the various ideal cycles for converting heat into work; and the general theory of the flow of fluids. A lecture, recitation and problem course.
Text: Barnard, Ellenwood, Hirshfeld, “Heat Power Engineering”, Vol. 1; Keenan and Keys, “Steam Tables”.
ME 31 Thermodynamics. Prerequisites, Math 21, Phys 3.
A Junior Course for non-mechanical engineering students. The thermodynamic theory of gases and vapors is studied with respect to both source of energy and the methods of making it available. The subject matter includes the properties of gases and vapors; energy changes during expansions and compressions; and the various ideal cycles for converting heat into work. A recitation and problem course.
Text: Faires, “Elementary Thermodynamics”; Keenan and Keys, “Steam Tables”.
ME 34 Heat Power. Prerequisite, ME 30.
This course consists of applying the principles of thermodynamics to heat power problems. The subject matter covered includes combustion, heat transfer, steam engine principles, air compressors, air engines and refrigeration. The laboratory work includes fuel and oil testing and studies and tests of instruments and apparatus used in heat power engineering and the flow of fluids.
Texts: Barnard, Ellenwood, Hirshfeld, “Heat Power Engineering”, Vol. 1, 2, 3; Shoop and Tuve, “Mechanical Engineering Practice”. Department Notes.
ME 36 Power Plants. Prerequisite, ME 34.
A course for senior mechanical engineering students. The subject matter consists of a study of modern practice in steam power plants and heating and ventilation systems. Boilers, feedwater heaters, condensers and other plant auxiliaries are studied. The economics of power generation is discussed. Individual problems are assigned on power plants design and on heating and ventilation systems.
Text: Barnard, Ellenwood, Hirshfeld, “Heat Power Engineering”, Vol. 2, 3; Severns, “Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning Fundamentals”.
ME 37 Applied Heat Power Engineering. Prerequisite, ME 30.
A course for senior mechanical engineering students given in two parts.
Part 1—Steam Turbines. Three hours a week for one semester are devoted to a thermodynamic study of turbines. Various types of turbines are examined; nozzle design problems are solved; velocity diagrams for impulse and reaction turbines are developed, and the characteristics and design features of turbines in general are studied.
Part 2—Internal Combustion Engines. Three hours a week for one semester are devoted to a study of internal combustion engines, including gas, gasoline and Diesel engines. The various air standard cycles are studied. Ignition, carburetors and injection mechanisms are discussed. The design features of the various engine parts are considered. Attention is paid to the cooling and lubrication systems.
Text: Barnard, Ellenwood and Hirshfeld, “Heat Power Engineering”, Vol. 1 and 2.
ME 50 Mechanical Laboratory. Prerequisite, ME 34.
A course for senior mechanical engineering students. The course consists of one hour of lecture and six hours of work in the experimental laboratory. Studies and tests are conducted on steam engines, turbines, condensers, boilers, gasoline and Diesel engines and hydraulic equipment. Air compressors and refrigeration units are examined and tested; the flow of fluids is studied; oils and fuels are tested.
Texts: Shoop and Tuve, “Mechanical Engineering Practice”; Department Laboratory Manual.
ME 55 Mechanical Engineering. Prerequisite, ME 31.
This course in heat power engineering is for students in chemical, civil and electrical engineering. Classroom theory is correlated with practice in the laboratory.
Part 1. Heat Power Engineering. Three hours a week of lectures, discussion and problems in applied thermodynamics and heat engines. The course covers study of fuels, combustion, boilers, feedwater, heat transfer steam engines and turbines, pumps, internal combustion engines, air compressors, and refrigeration.
Part 2. Mechanical Laboratory. Three hours a week. The experimental work in the laboratory includes test on steam engines and turbines; gasoline and diesel engines, pumps, and hydraulic equipment; fuel calorimetry and exhaust gas analysis.
Texts: Craig and Anderson, “Steam Power and Internal Combustion Engines”; Shoop and Tuve, “Mechanical Engineering Practice”; Laboratory Notes.
ME 90 General Aeronautics.
Recitations, lectures and trips to airports. Fundamental principles of aeronautics including a study of stability and control of airplanes. Description of modern aircraft. Air transportation in its engineering, traffic and economic aspects. Airplane maintenance.
ME 91 Airplane Construction.
Lectures, drafting and laboratory work. Analytical and graphical analysis of airplane parts. Materials used in airplane construction. Shop methods of construction.
ME 92 Airplane Engines.
Lectures and laboratory work. A study of airplane engines. Thermodynamics of internal combustion engines; mechanical design including power, fuel and carburetion. Laboratory testing of different types of airplane engines.