MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (MESA) , KNUST 1 ME 195 Engineering Technology I, (0, 5, 2) Introductory lectures on industrial safety and hygiene. Metrology: standard systems and uses of conventional measuring instruments. Familiarisation tour of mechanical engineering laboratories. Equipment identification in the laboratories. Electrical wiring systems. Domestic and industrial set ups. Foundation, cement/sandstone mixes, steel reinforcement concrete foundations and columns. Land surveying, parallelism, use of theodolite for machine installation. Bench work: filing, marking out, tool grinding. Machine tools: drilling and shaping. Writing of simple technical reports. ME 196 Engineering Technology II, (0, 5, 2) Study of hand tools, fitting tools, and power tools. Machine building exercises. Lathe work and milling machine work: exercises to involve working drawings and use of metrology instruments. Welding: gas and electric arc welding exercises. Sheet metal work: bending and rolling exercises. Writing of simple technical reports. ME 295 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I, (0, 3, 1) Practical sessions in ME 255 Strength of Materials I, ME 281 Mechanical Engineering Materials I, ME 251 Fluid Mechanics I, and Technical reports and Power point presentations. ME 296 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II, (0, 3, 1) Practical sessions in ME 262 Theory of Machines I, ME 270 Manufacturing Technology, ME 266 Thermodynamics I , and Visit to local manufacturing industries. Technical reports and Power point presentations. ME 395 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory III, (0, 3, 1) Practical sessions in ME 363 Automatic Control I, ME 361 Theory of Machines II, and ME 365 Thermodynamics II, ME 355 Strength of Materials II. Technical reports and Power point presentations. ME 396 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory IV, (0, 3, 1) Practical sessions in ME 366 Heat Transfer, ME 352 Fluid Mechanics II, and ME 362 Dynamics of Machinery. Technical reports and Power point presentations. DETAILS OF SYLLABUS MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (MESA) , KNUST1
ME 195 Engineering Technology I, (0, 5, 2)
Introductory lectures on industrial safety and hygiene. Metrology: standard systems and uses of conventional measuring
instruments. Familiarisation tour of mechanical engineering laboratories. Equipment identification in the laboratories.
Electrical wiring systems. Domestic and industrial set ups. Foundation, cement/sandstone mixes, steel reinforcement
concrete foundations and columns. Land surveying, parallelism, use of theodolite for machine installation. Bench work:
filing, marking out, tool grinding. Machine tools: drilling and shaping. Writing of simple technical reports.
ME 196 Engineering Technology II, (0, 5, 2)
Study of hand tools, fitting tools, and power tools. Machine building exercises. Lathe work and milling machine work:
exercises to involve working drawings and use of metrology instruments. Welding: gas and electric arc welding exercises.
Sheet metal work: bending and rolling exercises. Writing of simple technical reports.
ME 295 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory I, (0, 3, 1)
Practical sessions in ME 255 Strength of Materials I, ME 281 Mechanical Engineering Materials I, ME 251 Fluid Mechanics
I, and Technical reports and Power point presentations.
ME 296 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory II, (0, 3, 1)
Practical sessions in ME 262 Theory of Machines I, ME 270 Manufacturing Technology, ME 266 Thermodynamics I , and
Visit to local manufacturing industries. Technical reports and Power point presentations.
ME 395 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory III, (0, 3, 1)
Practical sessions in ME 363 Automatic Control I, ME 361 Theory of Machines II, and ME 365 Thermodynamics II, ME 355
Strength of Materials II. Technical reports and Power point presentations.
ME 396 Mechanical Engineering Laboratory IV, (0, 3, 1)
Practical sessions in ME 366 Heat Transfer, ME 352 Fluid Mechanics II, and ME 362 Dynamics of Machinery. Technical
reports and Power point presentations.
DETAILS OF SYLLABUS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (MESA) , KNUST2
FLUID MECHANICS
ME 251 Fluid Mechanics I, (3, 0, 3)
Fluid and its properties. Fluid Statics. Kinematics and Dynamics of fluid flow. Introduction to steady incompressible flow in
pipes, ducts and open channels.
ME 352 Fluid Mechanics II, (3, 0, 3)
Similarity and Dimensional analysis. Theory of hydraulic machinery: turbines. Pumps, fans and compressors. Application
of the energy. Momentum and moment of momentum equations to practical fluid flow problems.
ME 454 Pneumatics and Hydraulics, (3, 1, 3)
Components of hydraulic and pneumatic control systems. Design, maintenance and safety of hydraulic and pneumatic
circuits and systems.
ME 451 Fluid Mechanics III, (3, 1, 3)
Ideal fluid flow: Velocity potential and stream function. Flow over immersed bodies: Boundary layer growth and separation.
Drag and lift on two- and three- dimensional bodies. One-dimensional compressible flow of a perfect gas in a duct. Plane
and oblique shock waves.
ME 452 Turbo machinery, (3, 1, 3)
Theory of Gas Turbines and Compressors. Impulse and Reaction machines. Blade theory and velocity triangles.
Design of: Turbines, compressors, fans, pumps and their characteristics.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (MESA) , KNUST3
THERMODYNAMICS AND ENERGY SYSTEMS
ME 266 Thermodynamics I, (2, 0, 2)
Energy, heat and work. First and second law of thermodynamics and corollaries. Application to liquids, vapours and gases.
Perfect gases. Property tables. Flow and non-flow processes. Analysis of ideal vapour and gas power cycles.
ME 365 Thermodynamics II, (3, 0, 3)
Thermodynamic analysis of engineering systems for the production of power and transfer of heat. Vapour power plant
components and cycles. Refrigeration cycles. Reciprocating expanders and compressors. Gas turbines and jet propulsion.
Mixtures of perfect gases and psychrometrics. Reactive mixtures. Combustion.
ME 366 Heat Transfer, (3, 0, 3)
Fundamentals of conduction, convection and radiation heat transfer. Applications to design of heat exchangers including
solar collectors.
ME 465 Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, (2, 2, 3)
Fundamentals of air conditioning and refrigeration. Practical refrigeration cycles, water refrigerators, absorption
refrigerators, gas refrigeration cycles, fundamentals properties of air and water vapour mixtures. Psychrometric chart and
processes. Simple air conditioning systems. Air conditioning and refrigeration design project.
ME 468 Renewable Energy Conversion, (2, 1, 2)
Renewable energy and their convection to fuels, heat and work. Characteristics and availability of solar radiation. Thermal
design of flat plate collectors and application to air heating, water heating, distillation, etc. Photo-voltaic Conversion, sizing
of PV components for DC and AC loads. Wind energy conversion, biomass conversion, ocean thermal energy conversion,
tides and wave energy conversion. Project on applications of CAD packages for design and simulation.
ME 467 Internal Combustion Engines, (3, 1, 3)
Fuels and combustion. Air standard cycles. Engines types and their working principles. SI and CI engine characteristics.
Criteria of performance for SI and CI engines. Engine emissions and air pollution. Gas turbines and their applications.
Introduction to the design of reciprocating internal combustion engines.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (MESA) , KNUST4
PRODUCTION ENGINEERING
ME 270 Manufacturing Technology, (2, 2, 3)
Introduction to manufacturing. Mechanical and physical properties of materials. Casting and moulding processes (metals
and plastics). Fundamentals of welding: arc and resistance welding. Oxy-fuel gas welding, and solid state welding
processes. Material removal processes. Machining operations (turning, drilling, boring. etc.) and related machine tools
(including elements, structure, feed movement, methods of handling and controlling work pieces), assembly processes.
Support functions in manufacturing (Metrology, Production planning control, Inventory control, Manufacturing and capacity
requirement planning, etc.). Introduction to computer aided manufacturing.
ME 477 Production Engineering I, (3, 1, 3)
Types of Production and manufacturing systems: job, batch, flow-line, group technology, cellular manufacturing, computer
integrated manufacturing, transfer lines, etc. Tolerance considerations in manufacturing. Machining errors and analysis.
Quantitative treatment of product quality and its assurance. Production planning and control. Automated Quality Control.
ME 478 Production Engineering II, (3, 1, 3)
Tool design methods. Tool making practices and tool materials and heat treatment. Jig and fixture design. Design of drill
bushings and clamps. Design of press and forming tools. Design of material handling systems. Design of inspection
gauges. Metal finishing techniques.
DRAWING
ME 159 Technical Drawing, (1, 3, 2)
Introduction to drawing instruments and material. Geometrical construction. Principles of tangency. Loci of points.
Projections- classification based on distance of the source and number of views. Practicing with both free-hand sketching
and drawing instruments.
ME 160 Engineering Drawing, (1, 3, 2)
Methods of development. Intersection of surfaces. Sectioning. Dimensioning. Tolerances. Fits. Detail and Assembly
drawings.
ME 259 Applications of Computer Graphics, (1, 2, 2)
Computer drafting with AutoCAD. Application to the following: Technical Surface finish, measurement, methods of
examination and specification, hardening, joints and weld forms, specification of weld.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (MESA) , KNUST5
MACHINE DESIGN
ME 174 First Year Design Project, (0, 5, 2)
The development of ingenuity and resourcefulness in new and pioneering designs, investigations, conceptual designs or
copy designs of existing engineering systems of interest to the department. The steps between the initial conception of a
design need and the completion of a marketable product. Individual, small group projects or visits to industrial plants.
ME 274 Second Year Design Project, (2, 1, 2)
Principles of mechanical engineering design. Design of machine members under static and fatigue loads. Application to
individual and group projects.
ME 373 Machine Design I, (2, 2, 3)
Design of machine elements: shafts, axles, joints, fasteners, bearings, springs and power screws. Introduction to CAD.
ME 374 Machine Design II, (2, 1, 2)
Design of machine elements: clutches, couplings, brakes, belts, wire ropes and chain drives. Design for manufacture,
machining, forming and cost reduction. Design of machine systems. Design for assembly and applications. Introduction
to CAD/CAM.
ME 471 Machine Tools Design, (3, 1, 3)
Introduction: The role of machine tool building in modern industry. Brief history of machine tools. Basic trends in the
development of modern machine tools. Classification of metal cutting lathes. Basic dimensions and dimensional series of
lathes. The concept of transmissions. Kinematics of Machine Tools, Design and Manufacture of Machine Tools.
ME 472 Machine Shop & Factory Design, (2, 1, 2)
Introduction to machine shop and factory design, industrial plants, planning, processing and layout, contract procedures,
industrial ventilation, lamination, quality and quantity, lighting design and economics. Sound, noise and ultrasonic noise
control and applications. Accidents prevention, mechanical guarding in machine design, electrical equipment,
occupational hazard and fire protection.
ME 473 CAD/CAM, (2, 2, 3)
The design process and the role of CAD. Techniques for geometric modelling. Principles of computer graphics. Finite
element modelling. Design databases. Standards for computer-aided design. Artificial intelligence and Expert systems.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING STUDENTS’ ASSOCIATION (MESA) , KNUST6
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
ME 391/2 Industrial Engineering and Ergonomics, (2, 1, 2)
The same course is offered for different groups of students in the first semester and second semesters as ME 391 and ME