015001 - PLANTS AND ENVIRONMENT

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 0 0 0
Credit points
2.0

Prerequisites: ( 015904 - INTRODUCTION TO AGROBIOLOGY )or
( 074144 - INTRODUCTORY AGROBIOLOGY )or
( 134078 - CELL BIOLOGY FOR FOOD ENG. AND BIOTECH. )

the importance of plants. genetic and environmental regulation of plant development. toxicity, transport, metabolism and plant storage of a biotic pollutants such as salinity, heavy metals and organic molecules from soils and irrigation water. use of plants for remediation of environmental pollution. use of transgenic plants.
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015007 - APPLIED MECHANICS 1

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 3 2 0 0
Credit points
4.0

Overlapping courses: 014103 - INTRO.TO ENGINEERING MECHANICS
034028 - SOLID MECHANICS 1
074131 - APPLIED MECHANICS 1

Force and moment systems, free body diagram, equilibrium of systems in plane and space. Distributed forces, center of gravity and moment of inertia. Friction. Principle of virtual work. shear, axial-force and bending moment diagram. Definition of stress and strain, stresses transformation, principal stresses. constitutive laws of engineering and biological materials. Failure criteria. an introduction to elasticity, plasticity and viscoelasticity.
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015008 - APPLIED MECHANICS 2

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 3 2 0 0
Credit points
4.0

Prerequisites: ( 015007 - APPLIED MECHANICS 1 )or
( 074131 - APPLIED MECHANICS 1 )
Overlapping courses: 014104 - STRENGTH OF MATERIALS 1
034029 - SOLID MECHANICS 2
074132 - APPLIED MECHANICS 2

Stress and strain associated with tension, compression, shear and torsion. Stress-strain relations. Normal and shear stress in bending, combined stresses. Elastic deformation in bending. Failure theories. Statically indeterminate problems of beams and frames. Energy methods. Uniaxial buckling. Contact stresses. Selected topics in applied elasticity.
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015009 - TECHNICAL DRAWING IN AGRICULTURAL ENG.

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 0 3 0
Credit points
3.0

Overlapping courses: 034004 - ENGINEERING DRAWING
074134 - TECHNICAL DRAWING IN AGRICULTURAL ENG.
084155 - COMPUTERIZED ENGINEERING DRAFTING
104908 - ENGINEERING GRAPHICS 1A

Principles of descriptive geometry: projection of points, lines, planes and curves. Exonometry. Description of parts, views and three-dimensional presentations. Technical drafting using commercial computer programs. Three-dimensional modeling using wire-frame and solid techniques. Drafting of parts, dimensions, assembly, surface and cross sections, drawings of manufactured parts, and free-hand drawings. Standards and interpretation of drawings.
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015010 - WORKSHOP ON COMPUTERIZED DRAWING - AGR.

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 0 0 3 0
Credit points
1.0

Prerequisites: ( 015009 - TECHNICAL DRAWING IN AGRICULTURAL ENG. )or
( 074134 - TECHNICAL DRAWING IN AGRICULTURAL ENG. )
Overlapping courses: 074070 - WORKSHOP ON COMPUTERIZED DRAWING - AGR.

Commercial programming of computerized drawing ( cimetron). Construction and machinery drawing. Three dimensional (model) drafting of parts creating projections, measurements, work in layers, axis systems, duplication and displacement, transfer from wire-frame to surfaces. Drafting of object composed of a number of parts and production file creation. Computation of solid dimensions out of a drawing. Illustrating the relation between the computed drawing and the F.E.M. analysis program. Note: it is compulsory for students to take a course that includes a project in machinery or building/soil in conjunction with this course.
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015011 - DYNAMICS

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 3 2 0 0
Credit points
4.0

Prerequisites: ( 015007 - APPLIED MECHANICS 1 )or
( 034028 - SOLID MECHANICS 1 )
Overlapping courses: 034010 - DYNAMICS
074008 - DYNAMICS

Kinematics and dynamics of particle, equations of motion, impulse and momentum, work and energy, a system of particles, kinematics and dynamics of rigid bodies, the inertia tensor. Euler's equations, the gyroscope.
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015012 - VIBRATIONS

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 1 0 0
Credit points
2.5

Prerequisites: ( 015011 - DYNAMICS )or
( 074008 - DYNAMICS )
Overlapping courses: 034011 - THEORY OF VIBRATION
074009 - VIBRATIONS

Harmonic motion, vibrations of a system with one degree of freedom, equations of motion for two or more degrees of freedom and their solution, vibrations of non-rigid systems. Lagrange's equations, engineering applications.
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015013 - SOIL MECHANICS IN AGRICULTURAL ENG.

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 1 2 0
Credit points
3.0

Prerequisites: ( 014103 - INTRO.TO ENGINEERING MECHANICS )or
( 015007 - APPLIED MECHANICS 1 )or
( 074131 - APPLIED MECHANICS 1 )
Overlapping courses: 014409 - GEOMECHANICS
074018 - SOIL MECHANICS IN AGRICULTURAL ENG.

Problems in soil mechanics related to agricultural engineering. Soil types, classification, permeability and seepage. Effective stress, stress distribution, compressibility and consolidation, shear strength, stability of slopes, lateral earth pressure, bearing capacity, soil vehicle/tillage interaction. Included: seven laboratory experiments.
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015014 - HYDR.& PNEUMATIC POWER & CONTROL SYSTEMS

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 1 2 0
Credit points
3.0

Overlapping courses: 074035 - HYDR.& PNEUMATIC POWER & CONTROL SYSTEMS

Components of hydraulic systems. Analysis of actuating and control systems. Dynamic aspects of system operations. Fundamentals of design and usage.
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015015 - CONVEYING EQUIPMENT

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 1 0 0
Credit points
2.5

Prerequisites: ( 015007 - APPLIED MECHANICS 1 )or
( 034015 - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN 1 )
Overlapping courses: 074038 - CONVEYING EQUIPMENT

Principles of conveying of bulk and packed materials: design principles of belt, chain and screw conveyors, pneumatic conveying, lifts, feeders, dust collectors, design of conveying and handling systems for bulk solids.
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015017 - EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 2 1 0 0
Credit points
2.5

Prerequisites: ( 014409 - GEOMECHANICS )or
( 015013 - SOIL MECHANICS IN AGRICULTURAL ENG. )
Overlapping courses: 074040 - EARTHMOVING EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS

Development of equipment and methods in earthmoving as a factor in civil engineering, agricultural and mining projects. Properties of moved soil and rock. Power and forces for excavating and earth hauling. Machine components and their performance: diesel engines, power-trains, tracks and tires. Equipment application and production: rippers, excavators and shovels. Levelling equipment. Principles of soil compaction, selection of rollers. Mass-haul diagrams and their interpretation. Machine loading and handling analysis in equipment operation and earth-works. Safety in earthmoving.
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015018 - PROJECT OF MACHINE ELEMENTS 12

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 0 3 0 0
Credit points
2.0

Prerequisites: ( 015010 - WORKSHOP ON COMPUTERIZED DRAWING - AGR. and
034015 - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN 1 )
Overlapping courses: 034018 - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT 2
034371 - DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING PROJECT
074044 - PROJECT OF MACHINE ELEMENTS 12

Design of a driving station which includes: electric motor, reduction gear, or variator, belt drive or chain drive, clutches, frame.
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015019 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTROL

LectureTutorial LaboratoryProject/Seminar
Weekly hours 3 2 1 0
Credit points
4.0

Prerequisites: ( 044099 - LAB. IN EE and
044109 - INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING and
104131 - ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS/H and
104218 - PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS/H )
Overlapping courses: 074061 - INTRODUCTION TO CONTROL

Linear systems, single input/single output and linearization. Open-loop dynamic response. Laplace transform and transfer functions. Stability analysis and criteria. Introduction to analog simulation. Root locus design technique. Frequency response (Bode, Nyquist) - compensation network synthesis. P-Pi-Pid - controllers. State space description of dynamic systems. State feedback. State reconstruction.
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