MECH&AE 296B

High-Temperature Mechanical Design

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)

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Review of elasticity and continuum thermodynamics, multiaxial plasticity, flow rules, cyclic plasticity, viscoplasticity, creep, creep damage in cyclic loading. Damage mechanics: thermodynamics, ductile, creep, fatigue, and fatigue-creep interaction damage. Fracture mechanics: elastic and elastoplastic analysis, J-integral, brittle fracture, ductile fracture, fatigue and creep crack propagation. Applications in design of high-temperature components such as turbine blades, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, connecting rods. Design project involving CAD and FEM modeling.

Letter grading.

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Requisites

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Requisite: course 156A or equivalent.

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MECH&AE 156A
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MECH&AE 296B

MECH&AE 156AAdvanced Strength of Materials
- MECH&AE 82Mathematics of Engineering
  - MECH&AE M20Introduction to Computer Programming with MATLAB
  - MATH 33ALinear Algebra and Applications2 more beneath
- MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials

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