Bachelor of Engineering & Management

Design synthesis, fundamental principles of standard design elements, mechanical and fluid power elements, formal mechanical design drawing requirements, component specification and optimization.

Three lectures, One Tutorial; first term
Prerequisite: Registration in Level II of any Mechanical Engineering program or Honours Art Program

Kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Analysis of planar mechanisms. Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis methods. Motion with respect to a rotating frame reference. Work, energy and momentum principles.

Three lectures, plus one unit comprising of tutorials or lectures devoted to applications at the discretion of the instructor; first term
Prerequisite: Registration in Level II of any Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics Engineering program
Antirequisite: CIV ENG 2A03, 2Q04, ENGINEER 2Q04, MECH ENG 2QR4

Kinematics and dynamics of particles and rigid bodies. Analysis of planar mechanisms. Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis methods. Motion with respect to a rotating frame reference. Work, energy and momentum principles.

Three lectures, plus one unit comprising of tutorials or lectures devoted to applications at the discretion of the instructor; first term
Prerequisite: Registration in Level II of any Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics Engineering program
Antirequisite: CIV ENG 2A03, 2Q04, ENGINEER 2Q04, MECH ENG 2QR4

Singularity functions, generalized Hooke's law; shear stress, shear flow in beams; shear centre. Biaxial and unsymmetrical bending, analysis of indeterminate beams and frames using energy methods, impact loads. Buckling of compression members. Introduction to yield criteria.

Three lectures, One Tutorial; second term
Prerequisite: ENGINEER 2P04 or MECH ENG 2P04

A general introduction, encompassing the wide field of activities from iron and steel making through casting, rolling, forging, to cold forming, metal cutting, welding, bonding, electrical machining, surface treatment, mechanical handling, assembly, cleaning, packaging.

Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite: Registration in any Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering program, or, registration in Level II or IV of the Manufacturing Engineering Technology program.
Cross-Lists(s) MAN TECH 4MT3

An introductory course in numerical analysis covering such topics as numerical differentiation, integration, curve-fitting and the solution of differential equations and systems of linear equations and non-linear equations.

Four lectures; first term
Prerequisite: Registration in any Mechanical Engineering program

Fluid properties and statics, conservation laws, applications of the continuity, momentum and energy equations, dimensional analysis and similarity, boundary layer flow, internal and external flows.

Three lectures, one tutorial (two hours); first term
Prerequisite(S): Both MATH 2M03 and 2MM3 (or 2M06), or both MATH 2Z03 and 2ZZ3, or both MATH 2PO4 and 2Q04; and registration in any Mechanical Engineering program

Application of the laws of conduction, convection and radiation to problems in heat transfer. Steady and transient conduction in solids. Laminar and turbulent convection. Radiation heat transfer processes. Boiling and condensation heat transfer.

Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite: MATH 2M03 (or 2M06), or MATH 2Z03, and MECH ENG 2W04

Application of mechanical engineering principals to biomechanics problems including cellular biomechanics, hemodynamics, circulatory system, respiratory system, muscles and movement and skeletal biomechanics.

Three lectures, One Tutorial; first term
Prerequisites: MECH ENG 2Q04; 3A03; 3O04; or permission of the department

Introduction to experimental and computational biomechanics including biomechanical testing concepts and application of finite element methods in simulations of biomechanical structures/systems.

Three lectures; second term

Fundamentals of metal removing processes, including mechanics and tribological aspects of material removal. Application of theory to the practice of machining processes such as turning, milling, drilling and grinding.

Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite: MECH ENG 3C03

Integration of mechanical engineering with electronics and computer control. Sensors, actuators (including pneumatic and hydraulic), modelling using building block and state space methods, model-based control, programming of PLCs with practical demonstrations.

Three lectures; second term
Prerequisite: MECH ENG 4R03, SFWR ENG 3DX3 or ECE 3CL4 and registration in any Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or Electrical Engineering program; or permission of the department.

Computational Methods for Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer covering: concepts of modelling and numerical analysis, governing equations of thermo-fluid problems, finite-difference discretization methods. Use of commercial computational software for solving thermo-fluid problems.

Three lectures; One Tutorial (one and one-half hours); second term
Prerequisite: MECH ENG 3F04

Fundamental theory and practical applications of robotic manipulators and mobile robots. Equations of motion, robot dynamics and statics, motion planning, introduction to machine vision, basics of robot programming.

Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite: ENGINEER 2Q04 or MECH ENG 2Q04 and registration in any Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronics Engineering program; or permission of the department

Transient and steady state vibration of single- and multi-degree of freedom systems. Free and forced vibrations of single and multiple degree-of-freedom mechanical systems, transient response, damping and vibration isolation.

Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite: ENGINEER 2Q04 or MECH ENG 2Q04

Introduction to internal and external laminar and turbulent incompressible flows. Topics include turbulent boundary layers, aerodynamics and convective heat transfer.

Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite: MECH ENG 3O04 or CHEM ENG 3O04; and registration in any Mechanical Engineering or Chemical Engineering program

Theory of the finite element method, element derivation, solution procedures. Applications to static and dynamic mechanical systems using a finite element package.

Three lectures, one tutorial; first term
Prerequisite: Registration in Level IV or V of any Mechanical Engineering program

Re-examination of laws of thermodynamics, analysis using second law of thermodynamics, multicomponent systems, psychrometry, HVAC systems, combustion systems, steam power systems and micro-nano systems.

Three lectures; first term
Prerequisite: MECH ENG 2W04
Antirequisite: MECH ENG 3D03

Solid modelling theory, part creation, assemblies and rigid bodies, mechanism simulation, B-Splines, data exchange, CNC machining and inspection. Major project using computer laboratory facilities.

Three lectures, one lab (one hour); second term
Prerequisites: Registration in Level IV or above of any Mechanical Engineering program or Mechatronics Engineering program