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.