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Introduction to mechanical engineering. Demonstrations in Mechanical Engineering department laboratories. Practical work in the machine shop. Workshop safety. Lectures on ethics. Technical trips to various industrial sites.

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Introduction to computer aided drawing. Geometrical constructions. Orthographic drawing and sketching. Three dimensional drawings. Dimensioning principles. Sectioning and conventions.

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In this course, mainly it is aimed to provide students with geometrical tolerancing, surface symbols, the simplified, standard representation of common machine elements, CAD applications, working and assembly drawings, assembly modeling and CAD representations, animation, sheet metal drawing.

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Introduction. Casting. Powder metallurgy. Metal working; hot working and cold working processes. Chip removal processes. Non-traditional machining processes. Welding. Manufacturing systems and automation. Machine shop practices.

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Basic concepts and definitions. Properties of a pure substance. Equations of state. Work and heat. First and second laws of thermodynamics. Internal energy and enthalpy. Second law of thermodynamics. Availability. Power and refrigeration cycles. Gas and vapor mixtures. Thermodynamic relations.

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Idealizations and principles of mechanics. Important vector quantities, classification and equivalence of force systems. State of equilibrium. Elements of structures; trusses, beams, cables and chains. Friction. Elements of statics of fluids. Variational methods.

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Concept of stress: normal, bearing and shear stresses. Stress and strain in simple loadings: axial loading, pure torsion and bending. Thermal stresses. Deflection of beams: Integration, moment area and superposition methods. Statically indeterminate members. Combined loadings: Combined stresses, Mohris circle. Pressurized thin walled cylinders. Stability of columns.

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Kinematics and kinetics of particles and system of particles. Plane kinematics and kinetics of rigid bodies. Newtons second law of motion. Methods of work-energy and impulse-momentum.

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Laboratory work and its guidelines. Laboratory safety issues. Laboratory notebook keeping, report writing. Basic concepts in measurements, experiment planning, calibration, standards, experimental error and its analysis, uncertainty analysis. Data acquisition and processing. Analysis of experimental data. Displacement and area measurements. Pressure measurement. Flow measurement. Temperature measurement. Force, torque and strain measurements. The concepts of teamwork and leadership.

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Structure of engineering materials. Bonding, crystals, grains, imperfections. Mechanical properties. Tensile testing, impact testing, hardness. Plastic deformation, strain hardening, solution hardening, grain size effect, recrystallization. Failure of materials, fracture, fatigue, creep. Phase and phase diagrams. Fe-C phase diagram. Steels. Heat treatment of steels. Alloy steels. Cast iron. Non-ferrous alloys. Ceramics. Polymers. Composites. Some laboratory experiments will be carried out.

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Students are required to do a minimum of four weeks (twenty working days) summer practice at the shop floor of a suitable factory. The students are expected to practice on manufacturing processes such as machining, foundry work, metal forming, welding, non-traditional machining, heat treatment, finishing, etc. A report is to be submitted to reflect the work carried out personally by the student.

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Basic concepts, mobility, basic types of mechanisms. Position, velocity and acceleration analysis of linkages. Gear trains. Static and dynamic force analysis of mechanisms. Virtual work method. Modeling and elements of vibratory systems. Free and forced vibrations of single degree-of-freedom systems.

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Introduction. Strain hardening properties of metals. Theory of metal forming; formability, bulk deformation processes, sheet metal forming processes. Theory of metal cutting; cutting forces and energy requirement, tool life, machinability, tool materials, cutting fluids, surface quality, machining economics. Metrology and quality assurance. Some laboratory experiments will be carried out.

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Introduction and basic concepts. Modeling physical systems. Control system components. Transient response. Stability. Steady state response and error. Sensitivity. Basic control actions and controllers. Frequency response.

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Introduction. Fluid statics. Kinematics of fluid flow. Integral formulation of basic equations. Bernoulli equation. Similarity. Viscous flow. Introduction to Compressible fluid flow. Some laboratory experiments will be carried out. Introduction to turbo-machinery.

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Tolerances and allowances. Buckling. Stress and strain analysis in 3-D. Thick walled cylinders. Contact stresses. Strain Energy and Castigliano?s theorem. Factor of safety. Stress concentration. Static design criteria; theories of failure for ductile and brittle materials. Fatigue design criteria; stress-life diagram, fatigue under mean and combined stresses. Stresses in permanent joints; riveted joints, welded joints. Friction, wear and lubrication.

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Approximations and errors. Roots of equations. System of algebraic equations, eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Curve fitting, interpolation, least squares. Numerical differentiation and integration. Ordinary differential equations.

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1-D and 2-D steady heat conduction, extended surfaces. 1-D transient conduction. Dimensionless parameters, Reynolds analogy. External flow, empirical correlations. Internal flow correlations. Free convection. Forced convection. Heat exchangers. Radiative heat transfer. Boiling and Evaporation.

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Review of laboratory safety issues. Statistical analysis of experimental data. Probability distribution, normal and Gaussian distribution. Chi-square test. Method of least squares. Regression analysis. Graphical analysis and curve fitting. Laboratory notebook keeping and report writing. Experimentation, data collection and treatment within the subjects of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, vibrations and control. Written and oral presentation.

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At the end of this course, the students will be familiar with various types of organizations in which they are likely to work after graduation, get acquainted with practical and applied aspects of their theoretical mechanical engineering background, be able to have studied non-engineering departments and their relations with technical departments.
Students are required to do a minimum of four weeks (twenty working days) summer practice in a suitable factory, a power station, or an engineering design and consultancy office. They are expected to get acquainted with a real business environment by studying various managerial and engineering practices through active participation. A report is to be submitted to reflect the students contributions.

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Thermodynamic cycle analysis of gas exchange, compression, expansion and combustion processes with dissociation. Mechanism of combustion. Fuel and additive characteristics. Real cycles. Performance characteristics. Brief analysis of the fuel metering and ignition systems, exhaust emissions and control systems, heat transfer, friction and lubrication systems.

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Fundamentals of compressible fluid flow in inertial and rotating coordinate systems. Energy exchange between fluid and rotor, loss mechanisms. 3D, 2D and 1D representation of flow in turbomachinery. Pitch-line design principles. Three dimensional flow and radial equilibrium. Internal aerodynamics of blades and axial flow cascades. Preliminary design principles for axial and radial flow compressors and turbines. Loss and deviation correlations.

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Psychrometrics and elementary psychrometric processes. Simultaneous heat and mass transfer in external flows. Direct contact transfer devices. Heating and cooling coils-compact heat exchangers. Thermal comfort. Warm water heating systems. Cooling load calculations. Vapor compression refrigiration cycles.

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Energy demand and available resources in the world and in Turkey. Renewable sources: wind, wave, tide, geothermal, biogas and solar energy. Fossil fuels, combustion and combustion equipment. Steam generators. Atomic structure, nuclear reactions; decay, fusion and fission. Reactors. Environmental effects.

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Fundamentals of fluid mechanics. Fundamentals of thermodynamics. Introduction to compressible flow. Isentropic flow. Normal shock waves. Frictional flow in constant area ducts. Flow in constant area ducts with friction. Steady and two-dimensional supersonic flows.

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Review of basic laws of continuum. Variational and weighted residual methods. Element type. Interpolation function. Boundary conditions. Transformation and assembly of element matrices. Solution methods and accuracy. Examples from solid mechanics, heat transfer and fluid mechanics.

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Introduction and basic definitions. Modeling of physical system components. Modeling of physical systems. Linear graphs of one-port and two-port elements. State models of dynamics systems. Selection of state variables via system graph. Transfer functions and system response. Time response of first and second order systems. Higher order systems. System identification in time and frequency domain. Model reduction.

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Kinematic influence coefficients, equation of motion of single degree of freedom systems, analytical and numerical solution methods, rotating mass balancing, balancing of inertia variant machines, analysis of unbalance in multi-cylinder engines, effects of dry friction, force analysis and power flow in simple and planetary gear trains

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Experiments on a number of engineering systems. Preferably interdisciplinary team work. Report writing. Written and oral presentation

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Classification of steam generators. Water tube and fire tube boilers. Fuels and combustion. Thermal analysis of furnaces, superheater, economizer, air-preheater. Cooling towers. Description and calculation of different types of heat exchangers, condenser types, shell-and-tube, mixing-type, compact heat exchangers. Thermal stress. Problems of heat exchangers. Water purification.

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Introduction to synthesis, graphical and analytical methods in dimensional synthesis. Two, three and four positions of a plane. Correlation of crank angles. Classical transmission angle problem. Optimization for the transmission angle. Chebyshev theorem. Current topics in mechanism synthesis.

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Introduction and review of basic concepts in frequency response and root locus. Static error coefficients as regard to log-magnitude diagrams. Polar plots and Nyquist diagram. Nyquist stability criterion. Relative stability analysis. Closed-loop frequency response specifications. Constant M and N circles and Nichols charts. Design and compensation techniques.

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The role of NDT in quality assurance. Mechanical engineering applications of the most commonly used NDT methods such as ultrasonic, radiographic, liquid penetrant, magnetic particle, and eddy current. Concept of NDT suitable design. Testing of products according to NDT standards. Special purpose testing techniques and their working principles.

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Composite materials and their structural properties. Composite systems. Principles of manufacturing. Structural mechanics of laminated composites. Generalized Hooke\`s law. Classical lamination theory. Plane stress problems. Engineering applications. Design principles. Failure criteria and damage tolerance

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Classification of forming processes. Bulk and sheet metal forming processes. Working spaces of various processes. Product spectrum and properties, materials suitable for forming processes. Forming force and forming work computations. Design of forming tools: punches and dies, tool materials. Forming sequences. Process procedures: heat treatments, raw material preparation, lubrication, environmental issues. Principles of forming machines: hammers, mechanical presses and hydraulic presses, selection of forming machines. Economical aspects.

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This course acquaints students with all the phases of the design process through a term project with a final report and oral presentation.

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Basic applied concepts in mechatronic Components and instruments. Laboratory experiments on: identification and classification of mechatronic components, sensors and transducers, machine vision, actuating systems, information and cognitive systems, mechatronic instrumentation, evaluation of mechatronic systems.

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General concepts in nanotechnology; nanotechnology and the nanosciences; materials, structure and nanosurface; fabrication and characterization methods; engineering of nanosize superparamagnetic particles for use in magnetic carrier technology; nanomaterials applications; carbon-based nanomaterials; environmental and nanotechnology; and bionanotechnology and medical applications.

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Basic concepts in microfluidics and lab-on-a-chip technology, electrokinetic transport of fluids and particles inside microchannels and its application to microfluidics systems, fabrication techniques for microfluidic devices, fluid flow and heat transfer modeling at microscale, convective heat transfer in microchannels.

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Introduction. Basic exergy concepts. Elements of plant analyses. Exergy analyses of simple processes. Examples of thermal and chemical plant analyses. Thermoeconomic applications of energy.

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Nature of solar radiation. Calculation and measurement of insolation on horizontal and tilted planes. Transmission of solar radiation through glass and plastics. Flat-plate collector theory and performance of concentrating type collectors. Heat storage, use of solar energy for power production. Miscellaneous uses such as distillation, cooking, cooling. Laboratory practice on solar radiation.

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Conservation laws and boundary conditions, finite volume method for diffusion problems, finite volume method for convection-diffusion problems, solution algorithms for pressure-velocity coupling in steady flows, solution of discretization equations, finite volume method for unsteady flows, implementation of boundary conditions.

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Mathematical modeling of fuel cell thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, charge transport and mass transport. Performance of real and ideal fuel cells. 1-D fuel model. Fuel cell types and systems. Fuel environmental impact

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System level modeling of renewable energy system for a specific application; Solar and wind energy measurements and resource assessment; Meteorological data analysis; System level analysis of energy storage systems and energy demand; Net/Nearly-zero energy districts; Economic metrics for energy systems; Parametric and simulation studies; Post-processing and interpretation of results; Environmental aspects of renewable energy systems.

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Comparison of additive manufacturing(AM) with conventional manufacturing processes,basic of AM,software issues of AM technologies, photopolymerization processes,powder bed fusion processes,extrusion-based systems,printing processes,sheet lamination processes,beam deposition processes,direct write technologies,design for am,multi-materials in AM,future trends.

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Sources of error in numerical analysis. Interpolating polynomials. Difference tables. Lagrange and Chebyshev polynomials. Approximations by rational functions. Cubic splines. Least squares. Numerical differentiation and integration. Roots of equations. Systems of linear and non-linear equations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Power and Jacobi methods. Quadratic forms. (R)

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Ordinary differential equations. Euler, Runge-Kutta, multi-step, predictor-corrector methods. Boundary value problems. Matrix and shooting methods. Partial differential equations. Finite difference, Crank-Nicholson, Gauss-Seidel methods. (S)

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Advanced topics including passive, active and hybrid heating techniques. Thermal storage and solar ponds. Equipment in solar systems. Solar distillation and evaporation. Solar cooling and refrigeration. Solar pumping and irrigation. High temperature applications. Photovoltaics. Utilizations of other renewable energy resources; biomass, wind energy, etc.

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Review of ordinary differential equations: Series solutions; special functions (Bessel, Legendre, Fourier). Boundary and initial value problems (Sturm-Liouville). Laplace and Fourier transforms. Fourier integrals. Introduction to integral equations. Introduction to calculus of variations. Partial differential equations; separation of variables. Transformations.

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Robotics and robotic manipulators. Hartenberg-Denavit convention. Rotation matrices. Homogeneous transformations. Direct and inverse kinematics. 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 feedback.

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Generalized coordinates and Hamilton s principle. Boundary value problem. The eigenvalue problem and generalized orthogonality. Vibration of strings, bars and membranes. Variational methods in vibration of plates. Approximate methods. Classical and variational methods in conjunction with finite difference technique. Modal analysis and response of undamped continuous systems. (R/F)

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CAD/CAM system hardware and software. Computer graphics basics and theory in 2-D and 3-D. Data-base fundamentals. Numerical analysis as applied to CAD. Introduction to optimization theory and applications of multidimensional optimization algorithms to nonlinear engineering problems with constraints. Discussions on engineering problems solved using the CAD approach.

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Governing equations, waves, scalar conservation laws, the Reimann problem, conservation and other basic principles, the CFL condition, upwind and adaptive stencils, artificial viscosity, linear and nonlinear stability, basic numeral methods for scalar conservation laws (Lax-Friedricks method, Lax-Wendroff method, first-order upwind methods, Beam-Warming second-order upwind method), basic numerical methods for Euler equations (flux approach, flux vector splitting, reconstruction-evolution), implementation of boundary conditions, introduction to parallel computing.

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Basic concepts: Research, Research methodology, Scientific method, Logical thinking; Problem identification and hypothesis; Types of research methods; Project proposal; How to conduct a literature survey, how to design a study; How to analyze and present results of a study; How to prepare a manuscript; How the scientific publication system works, Conflict of interest; Plagiarism; Code of ethics in engineering; Research misconduct; Rights and responsibilities of engineers.

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