دليل المواد | الشئون الأكاديمية

Mechanical vapor compression refrigeration cycle (single-stage and multi-stage), compressors, condensers, evaporators and metering devices, selection and balancing equipment, absorption refrigeration systems, refrigeration of foods, cold store construction and refrigeration load, refrigeration systems.

Energy conservation measures and energy auditing, energy analysis tools, indoor air quality, building envelope, efficient lighting, fenestration and shading devices, efficient HVAC systems, heat recovery systems, thermal energy storage systems, cogeneration systems, compressed air systems, water management, building energy code.

Nature and availability of solar energy, spectral distribution of solar radiation, solar angles and solar radiation on horizontal and tilted surfaces, transmission through transparent media and absorption by opaque surfaces, flat plate collectors, solar concentrates, solar water heating systems (design using f-chart method), solar cooling systems, energy storage systems, other applications.

The application of the principles of thermodynamics and transport phenomena to the analysis of power plants systems and its component: Special emphasis on the conventional steam power plants, gas turbines power plants, and co-generation power desalting plants used in Kuwait.

The application of the principles of thermodynamics and transport phenomena to the analysis of Desalination systems by distillation (evaporation and condensations) and by membrane processes with special emphasis on the Multi Stage Flash (MSF), and Reserve Osmosis Desalting methods to desalt seawater in combination, conventional steam power plants, gas turbines power plants, and co-generation Power desalting plants used in Kuwait.

Compressible Flow. Unsteady-flow problems. Kinematics of fluid flow. Boundary layer flows. Turbomachines. Fluid Power control

An introduction to chemical thermodynamics, chemical kinetics, reacting systems, detonation and deflagration, laminar and diffusion flames, droplet evaporation and burning, combustor applications and design considerations, pollutant emissions and control.

Two-dimensional Incompressible Inviscid Flows. Potential Flows. Incompressible, Compressible and Supersonic Flows over Airfoils and Finite wings. Elements of Airplane Performance and Design.

Jet Propulsion: Compressible Flow, Shock wave, Sonic, Subsonic and Supersonic speed, Rayleigh and Fanno flow. Jet Engine Components (diffuser, compressor, combustor, turbine and nozzle). Jet Engine performance: Energy and Exergy. Ramjet, turbojet, turbofan and rocket.

Review of properties of engineering materials. Structure and Deformation. Stress-strain relationships. Principles of elasticity, plasticity and viscoelasticity. Failure criteria. Fracture, fatigue and creep. Failure of machine elements.

Principles of reinforcement and matrix materials, mechanics and mechanical properties. failure analysis and strength, design with composites.

The course covers the various fundamentals of corrosion in metals theories with emphasis on the following topics: Corrosion and society, Forms of corrosion including aqueous corrosion, dissimilar metal corrosion, selective attack, crevice corrosion, pitting corrosion, erosion corrosion, intergranular corrosion, stress corrosion cracking and corrosion fatigue. It will introduce methods of corrosion testing and prevention.

Introduction to applied elasticity, thermoelasticity, energy methods, torsion, unsymmetrical bending, failure criteria, shear center, curved beams, beams on elastic foundation, bending of plates and shells, elastic stability.

Material discontinuities, management and evaluation of non-destructive evaluation (NDE), visual inspection and basic test methods, vision and optical sensors, fundamental methods of NDE, liquid penetrant methods, magnetic particle tests, ultrasonic methods (immersion and contact), radiography inspection and other advanced methods of NDE.

A systems engineering approach to robot dynamics and control. Fundamentals of pose and orientation, trajectories, mobile ground and aerial vehicles, navigation and localization, manipulator arm kinematics, velocity relationships, along with introduction to applied dynamics and control.