• ME 5446: Turbulence

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Basic notions, properties and scales in turbulent flows. Transport equations; Reynold's stresses, mixing and phenomenological theories. Turbulence dynamics; mean and fluctuating kinetic energy balances, vorticity and temperature fluctuations. Statistical description of turbulence; correlations and spectra, transport, isotropy and homogeneity. Shear flows; plane jets, wakes and boundary layers (including planetary). Turbulent diffusion. Identical to CHE 5446. Prerequisite: ME 5440.
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• ME 5448: Experimental Fluid Dynamics

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Provides an introduction to the design of fluid dynamics experiments. Specific instrumentation will be discussed and methods of analyzing and assessing data will be presented. Prerequisites: graduate standing.
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• ME 5450: Conduction & Radiation

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Applications of principles of heat transfer and thermodynamics to solution of steady-state and transient problems. Classical heat conduction theory. Radiation heat transfer theory. Prerequisite: MATH 4440 or concurrent registration.
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• ME 5452: Convection Heat Transfer

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Convection, including heat and momentum transfer. Boundary layer theory. Laminar and turbulent flows, steady and unsteady formulations including differential and integral descriptions. High velocity, compressible systems. Cross listed with CHE 5452. Prerequisite: ES 3360 or consent of instructor.
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• ME 5455: Combustion Eng

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  An introduction to the basic physics and chemistry of combustion engineering and its applications, including chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics and fuel oxidation mechanism, multicomponent conservation equations, laminar nonpremixed flames, droplet combustion, carbon particle combustion, and applications to modern IC engines, biomass and clean coal systems. Prerequisites: graduate standing.
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• ME 5461: CFD I

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  An introduction to the fundamental techniques and theory of computational fluid dynamics. Topics include discretization methods (finite difference, finite volume, and finite element methods), numerical stability, consistency and convergence, and solution techniques such as explicit, implicit and multigrid methods. The emphasis will be on modern techniques for compressible flows. Prerequisite: MATH 5310.
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• ME 5462: CFD II

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  A study of advanced techniques in modern-day scientific computing as applied to Computational Fluid Dynamics. These include unstructured mesh generation using Delaunay triangulation, searching and sorting techniques, and efficient data structures. Other topics cover efficient hardware implementation including cache-effects and parallel computing and sensitivity analysis for design optimization. Prerequisite: ME 5461.
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• ME 5470: Wind and Ocean Energy Engineer

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Introduction to the harvesting of wind and ocean energy, including discussions of the wind resource, wind turbine aerodynamics, blade materials, turbine dynamics, electrical systems, control systems, and energy storage. An overview of ocean energy capture systems is also presented. Dual-listed: ME 4470 Prerequisites: Graduate Standing
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• ME 5472: Continuum Mechanics

  4.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  The basic laws of the physical behavior of continuous media. Stress and deformation at a point; fundamental equations of balance of mass, momentum, and energy; second law of thermodynamics; curvilinear coordinate analysis. Applications to linear elasticity and fluid mechanics. Prerequisite: Graduate Standing
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• ME 5474: Energy Methods

  3.00 Credits

  University of Wyoming

  
  Introduction to variational calculus with applications in solid mechanics. The basic theorems of virtual work, minimum potential energy, and complementary energy are developed. Direct methods such as Castigliano's theorem as well as the approximate methods of Ritz and Galerkin are developed and used to obtain solutions for a variety of problems in solid mechanics. Prerequisite: ME 3010.
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