MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
800 Elementary Steam Engineering. [Hancock.]
Lectures 1-2, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Descriptive and experimental study of steam and gas engines,
steam turbines, condensers, feed-water heaters, feed pumps and injectors.
Steam boilers. The properties of steam; the steam engine
indicator, calorimeters, and separators. Engine testing and the computation
of power and efficiency. Weekly problems for private solution.
For illustration and practice free use is made of the steam
equipment of the laboratory and of the university power plant.
[Required, Fall, in Courses I (4); II, III, V (2); IV (3).]
801 Steam Power Plants. [Hancock.]
Lectures 1-2, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
In the previous course a general knowledge has been obtained of
steam equipment, each piece of apparatus having been considered as
a separate unit. Here is studied the interrelation and arrangement
of this apparatus for the production of power. The fundamental
problem of power generation by the use of steam at a minimum cost
is treated as thoroughly as may be in the time allotted. Weekly exercises
and problems for private solution add to the interest and
value of the course.
[Required, Winter, in Courses I (4); II, III, V (2); IV (3).]
802 Machine Design. [Hancock.]
Lectures 1-2, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Straining actions in machine elements; friction, lubrication, and
efficiency; riveted fastenings, screws and screw fastenings; keys,
cotters, and force fits; axles, shafting, and couplings, journals and
bearings; belt and rope transmissions; toothed gearing, spur, and
bevel wheels. Problems for private solution involving analysis and
design of machine elements are assigned each week.
[Required, Spring, in Courses II, III, V (2); IV (3).]
803 Internal Combustion Engines. [Hancock.]
Lectures 9-10, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
A study of the thermal problems of internal combustion engines,
gas producers, air compressors and motors, hot air engines, etc.,—
all the familiar heat motors using gases as the vehicle for the transfer
of heat. Weekly exercises and problems.
[Required, Fall, in Course II (4).]
804 Steam Engines and Turbines. [Hancock.]
Lectures 9-10, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
A study of the thermal problems of steam engines and turbines,
refrigeration, etc.,—the familiar apparatus in which vapors serve
as the vehicle for the transfer of heat. Weekly problems and exercises.
[Required, Winter, in Course II (4).]
805 Engine Design. [Hancock.]
Lectures 9-10, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
A study of the mechanical problems involved in the design of the
engines, motors, etc., which have been studied in the two previous
courses from the standpoint of thermodynamics. Inertia effects,
stresses in and strength of parts, balancing, governing, etc. Weekly
exercises and problems.
[Required, Spring, in Course II (4).]
806 Kinematics of Machines. [Hancock.]
Lectures 12-1, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
A study in familiar machines of the applications of plane, spheric,
and screw motions. The course is largely devoted to valves and
valve gears, straight line motions, cams, toothed wheels, and screw
gears. Graphic methods for the solution of problems are employed
and the work is almost wholly on the drawing board, where finished
plates are produced.
[Required, Fall, in Course II (4).]
807 Locomotive Engineering. [Hancock.]
Lectures 12-1, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
A study of the locomotive as an important type of steam power
plant; one in which there are problems of acute interest, many unsolved,
and which are receiving a large share of attention from engineers.
The course is meant to study the locomotive as it is now
and to outline in a measure, some of its deficiencies and its possibilities.
The problems of inertia effects, balancing, tractive force,
track and train resistances, hauling capacity, etc., are treated in lectures;
a clear physical conception is gained by careful examination
and study of the machine itself, and for a knowledge of its history
and present development general reading and reports are required.
[Required, Winter, in Course II (4).]
850 Steam Laboratory. [Hancock and Assistant.]
Hours 3-6, Tuesday, Thursday.
Practice at the Lighting and Power Plant in the operation and
care of boilers, engines, generators, pumps, feed-water heaters, et
cetera; in the steam laboratory with steam and gasoline engines,
condensers, separators, calorimeters, indicators; steam fitting and
testing steam lines.
[Required, Fall, in Courses II, III, IV, V (3).]
860 Inspection. [Hancock.]
Hours 5 hours a week by appointment.
This course marks the beginning of a systematic effort to make use
of all the industrial equipment within easy reach for the purposes of
illustration and study. Inspection tours will be arranged from time
to time, and serious study and investigation will be made. This
should constitute a very interesting and valuable part of engineering
instruction.
[Optional for 908, Fall, in Courses II, III (4).]
