Fluid mechanics and thermodynamics applied to turbomachines; dimensionless performance characteristics; momentum and energy equations; thermodynamics...
Topics will include: Derivation of equations of motion for incompressible fluids; exact solutions for laminar flows; stability and transition;...
This course provides an overview of, and hands-on experience in, the numerical modelling of fluid flows. Finite volume, finite difference and finite...
Introduction and review of work done in earlier courses; basic equations for one-dimensional compressible flow; isentropic one-dimensional flow;...
This is a course in mechatronic systems design.
The course will focus on the integration of facilities (machine tools, robotics) and the automation protocols required in the implementation of...
This course will cover the following topics in the field of robotics: historical development; robot components (sensors, actuators, and end effectors,...
The primary objective of this course is to introduce students to the dynamic behaviour of rotating machinery (but other machinery classes will also be...
Students working in teams will be required to "conceive and design" a product, system or process using the knowledge and skills acquired in earlier...
This course provides an opportunity for students to work individually on an engineering research project with staff members of the Department. The...
This course is intended to enable team projects that started in MECH 460, to continue to the "implement and operate" phases of the design cycle....
This course is for students registered at a university outside Canada who wish to do a term at Queen's to satisfy the requirements of their home...
This course provides advanced instruction and practice in technical communication and project management for multidisciplinary engineering projects....
Concept of computational design including the choice of the objective function, equality and inequality constraints, and analysis methods;...
This course focuses on the elastic-plastic deformation of metals as it relates to the fabrication of stock materials, the manufacture of components...
This course introduces the microstructure-property-processing relationships needed to understand the applicability of polymers to engineering design....
This course deals with material-environment interactions. Aqueous corrosion, anodic and cathodic processes and passivity; atmospheric corrosion;...
Composite materials have emerged as important engineering materials over the past 30 years. Composite materials display unique behaviour at all...
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the relationship between composition, defect structure and electrical and thermal properties of...
The course deals with processing, structure and properties of advanced ceramics possessing a combination of properties not found in other classes of...