ME 501 Microstructure and Mechanical Properties (3-0) 3

Deformation types. Dislocation mechanics. Deformation by slip and twinning. Fracture in common engineering materials; brittle and ductile fractures. Grain size, solute atom and precipitate strengthening mechanisms in metals. Ceramics and their microstructure. Composites’ microstructures and mechanical properties.

ME 511 Numerical Methods in Mechanical Engineering (3-0) 3

Overview of Basic Numerical Methods. Types of Partial Differential Equations. Boundary and Inıtial Conditions. Discretisation process by Finite Differences. Explicit and Implicit Methods. Alternating Direction Implicit Method. Multigrid and Multilevel Methods. General Formulation of Weighted Residual Methods. Finite Volume Method. Finite Element Method and Interpolation. Sturm-Liouville Equation. Spectral Method.

ME 515 Finite Element Analysis in Solid Mechanics (3-0) 3

Hybrid-mixed formulation. Beam elements, plate elements, flat-shell elements. Modelling of laminated composites. Small-strain large deflection problems, rigidplastic large deformation problems, large elastic-plastic deformation problems.

ME 521 Advanced Thermodynamics (3-0) 3

Power generation, maximum power conditions. External and internal irreversibilities. Advanced steam-turbine and gas-turbine cycles. Solar power. Extraterrestrial power plants. Refrigeration. Liquefaction. Magnetic refrigeration. Thermodynamics design: Heat exchangers. Thermal energy storage. Mass exchanger.

ME 523 Heat Conduction (3-0) 3

Heat Conduction Fundamentals. The Separation of Variables in the Rectangular, Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinate Systems. The use of Duhamel’s Theorem. One Dimensional Composite Medium.

ME 571 Kinematic Analysis of Mechanisms (3-0) 3

Introduction to modern kinematic analysis. Analytical representation of motions. Euler-Savary equation. Curvature theory. Instantaneous invariants and higher accelerations. Cams. Three dimensional mechanisms. Intermittent mechanisms.

ME 502 Mechanical Properties of Materials (3-0) 3

Elasticity and plasticity theories. Yielding criteria for ductile materials. Plastic deformation of single and polycrystalline materials. Dislocation mechanics. Strengthening mechanisms in metals, ceramics and in their composites. Failure mechanisms and fracture. Fatigue and creep behavior and testing of engineering materials.

ME 504 High Strain Rate Mechanical Behavior of Materials (3-0) 3

Elastic and plastic stress waves Shock waves and their production. High strain rate testing methods. Plastic deformation at high strain rates. Constitutive equations for metals. Mechanics and microstructure of adiabatic shear band formation. Failure and fracture associated with dynamic loading. Civilian and military applications of high strain rate phenomena.

ME 506 Nondestructive Testing Methods (3-0) 3

The importance of Nondestructive Testing in quality assurance. Nondestructive determination of imperfections in materials. The techniques of the commonly used NDT methods such as ultrasonic, radiographic, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle and eddy current testing. Application of nondestructive testing of specific problems of industry.

ME 512 Analytical and Numerical Methods for Phase Change Problems (3-0) 3

Introduction to Phase Change Problems. Exact solution of the problems. Integral Method of Solution. Introduction to Numerical Solution Methods. Temperature Formulation and Enthalpy Formulation. Case Studies.

ME 522 High Temperature Materials (3-0) 3

Introduction. Phase equilibrium diagrams of binary, ternary and multicomponent systems. Use of such diagrams for service performance analysis of ceramic materials. Phase assemblage determination by the use of DahI's method. High temperature corrosion of refractory ceramics. Thermal properties of refractory non-oxides like SiC, graphite, etc.

Forced convective heat transfer in laminar and turbulent boundary layer flows is studied, as well as internal and external flows with arbitrary variations of surface temperature and heat flux. Exact and approximate formulations using similarity solutions, separation of variables, integral methods and superposition are investigated. The topics of turbulent transport processes, Reynolds analogy, and empirical results; high velocity flow; heat exchanger, and free convection are also addressed.

Fundamental concepts. Mathematical preliminaries. Fundamental equations of flow. Analysis of motion. Analysis of forces, stresses. Equations of flow theorems. Incompressible potential flow.

Theory and design of hydraulic and pneumatic control systems and components, their applications. PressureAlow relationships for hydraulic and pneumatic valves. Valve configurations. Valve operating forces. Closed loop systems. Control and measurement of pressure, flow speed, position, force and other quantities. Application of basic principles to component and system design.

Combustion theory and practice. Chemical kinetics governing combustion reactions, reaction of droplets and particulate dispersions. Mechanisms and properties of mixing-controlled and reaction-controlled flames. Influence of temperature, extent of mixing and equivalence ratio on combustion efficiency. Radiative heat transfer in combustion systems. Current trends and advanced combustion methods, radiant, heat recirculating, fluidized bed and Coanda burners. Introduction to analysis of combustion processes and combustion technology for gaseous, liquid and solid fuels. Application to furnaces, fluxed-bed, fluidized-bed and suspension burning boilers.

ME 542   Fundamentals and Applications of Hydrogen Energy (3-0) 3

Hydrogen Production Techniques : Steam reforming of hydrocarbons, Partial oxidation, solar generation of hydrogen from water : Photovoltaic cell plus electrolyzer1 Photoelectrochemical cells, Photobiological systems, Photodegradation systems. Hydrogen usage as fuel in internal combustion engines, in steam generation for steam turbines and in fuel cells. Hydrogen storage techniques: Gas storage, Liquid storage, Storage in porous media. Hydrogen safety.

ME 544 Passive Solar Systems (3-0) 3

Types of passive solar systems. Elements of passive solar systems. Thermodynamic and Economical analysis of passive solar systems. Examples of applied passive solar systems in the World.

ME 548 Thermal Solar Power Plants (3-0) 3

Types of thermal solar power plants. Calculation of thermal solar power plants. Thermodynamic analysis of thermal solar power plants in the World. Economic analysis of thermal solar power plants.

ME 550 Wind Power (3-0) 3

Theory of wind turbines. Theory of wind streams. Types of wind turbines. Design of wind turbines. Wind farms. Economic analysis of wind power plants. Technical potentials.

ME 552 Energy Environmental Systems (3-0) 3

Fuel cycles for conventional and non-conventional energy resources, relationships between environmental impacts and the conversion or utilization of energy, measures of system and process efficiency, detailed study and analysis of coal-based energy systems including conventional and advanced power generation, synthetic fuels production and industrial processes, mathematical modeling of energy environmental interactions and tradeoffs, their dependency on technical and policy parameters, methodologies for energy and environmental forecasting, applications to issues of current interest.

ME 574 Principles of Robotics (3-0) 3

Robotics and robotic manipulators. Hartenberg-Denavit convection. Rotation matrices. Homogeneous transformations. Direct and inverse kinamatics. Jacobian matrix. Velocity and acceleration analyses. Dynamic force analysis via Newton-Euler formulation. Motion equations via Lagrangian formulation. Trajectory planning. Independent joint control Control with computed torque method. Compliant motion control. Hybrid control with position and force feedbacks.

ME 576 Computer Control of Machines (3-0) 3

Computer organization: Binary logic1 instruction and data processing. Computer interfacing : Digital-to-analog conversion, analog-to-digital conversion interrupt interfacing. Sensors for computer control. Command generation in machine control: Use for linear and cubic polynomials and spline functions, open-loop position control of step motors.

ME 597, ME 598   Research Seminar (0-2) Non-Credit

A seminar must be given by each student on his research area which is graded by academic member of staff on a passed/failed basis. The topic of the seminar can be decided by student and his supervisor.

A research topic which can be experimental and/or theoretical has to be pursued. It should fulfill the requirements set by lzmir Institute of Technology Graduate Program.

Graduate students as a group or a Ph.D. student choose and study advanced topics under the guidance of a faculty member normally his/her advisor.