Course Descriptions

Planar Kinematics of a rigid body, moments of inertia, ad angular acceleration, rigid body translation: force and acceleration, work, energy, mechanical vibrations, damped and undamped vibrations, Basics of mechanics of materials, mechanical properties, force and stress, axial loading, torsion, Shear, bending, torsion and combined stress, Mohr’s circle, deformation, statistically indeterminate systems, buckling of columns

It is realized in an industrial corporation which conducts automotive engineering applications like “manufacturing and assembly processes” in its structure for minimum 20 workdays during summer vacation. Students report the activities performed in corporation according to a format determined by Mechanical Engineering Department. The language of the report is Turkish. Foreign students and/or the activities performed abroad, the language of training report is English. This is a Pass/Fail type of activity and students will not be given a letter grade.

HSS Elective-I

Matrices, matrix addition, matrix and scalar multiplication, algebraic properties of matrix operations, special types of matrices, solving linear systems, elementary row and column operations, echelon form of a matrix, Gauss and Gauss-Jordan method, elementary matrices and finding the inverse of a matrix by using elementary operations, real vector spaces, definition, subspaces, span and linear independence, basis and dimensions, homogeneous systems, rank of a matrix, linear spaces with inner product, definition of the inner product, Gram-Schmidt process, orthogonal complements, linear transformation and their matrix representations, kernel and range of a linear transformation, matrix of a linear transformation, determinants, definition and properties of determinants, cofactor expansion, finding inverses by using cofactors, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, characteristic polynomial and equation of a matrix, eigenvalues and eigenvectors, diagonalization of symmetric matrices.

Basic topics in probability, probability axioms, sample space, conditional probability, counting methods, discrete random variables, probability mass function, families of discrete random variables, expectations, function of a random variable, variance and standard deviation, continuous random variables, distribution function, probability density function, expected values, families of continuous random variables, the normal distribution, pairs of random variables, joint distribution function, marginals, joint probability function, functions of two random variables, variance, covariance and correlation concepts.

Fundamentals and concepts of thermodynamics. Applications of first and second laws of thermodynamics to closed systems and flow processes. Thermodynamics property tables and charts. Power cycles. Fundamentals of heat transfer. Conduction, convection and radiation. Applications of knowledge of thermodynamics and heat transfer to design and analysis of automotive and mechatronics systems

Illustration of “narration” and its types; writing and communication modes; exemplified by masterspieces chosen from Turkish and world literature; exercises in effective writing and public speech.

Fundamentals of mechanical design. Machine components and their applications. Welded, brazed and riveted joints. Shaft-hub connections. Threaded joints and power screws. Pins, knuckles, shafts, springs, couplings and clutches. Lubrication theory and its applications. Sliding and rolling bearings. Gears and gear drives. Spur, helical, bevel and worm gear mechanisms. Belting and chain drives.

Introduction to automotive manufacturing. . Production techniques used in automotive industry, applications specific to automotive industry. Basic manufacturing processes: sheet metal forming, welding, plastic forming, machining, casting ,powder metallurgy, etc. Manufacturing lines, quality control. Production reporting

Fundamental principles of fluid mechanics and their application to engineering problems. Fluid statics. Fluid flow concepts. Control volume analysis. Conservation equations and applications. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Viscous flow. Laminar and turbulent flows. Internal and external flow applications. Hydraulics and pneumatics: hydraulic pumps, air compressor and pressure regulation, actuators, process control pneumatics.