Course and Class Information
This Page is for students currently enrolled in classes taught by Dr. Abata.
Interesting (and perhaps necessary) Reading
Elements of Successful Study in Engineering
Guideposts in the Search for Personal Quality
Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis
ME211 Thermodynamics I and ME312 Thermodynamics II
Common Material
View or Download Steam Tables (Excel file)
Properties of Water in Excel Calculator
Using EES (Engineering Equation Solver)
7. The Second Law and the Concept of Entropy
ME211 Thermodynamics I
Guide to Two Phase Property Tables
Friday Assignment Before My First Exam
The First Law for the Open System
Generalized Form of the First Law
Exam 2 Sample Examination (note this was a take home exam, Fall, 2011)
Conservation of Mass - study notes
The First Law for the Open System - study notes
The Second Law and the Concept of Entropy - study notes
Study Problems Chapters 5, 6, and 7
Supplemental Problems for ME 211
1 - Units, Mass, Force, Systems
6 - Open System Incompressible Flow Analysis
Additional Problems Designed for FE Exam from Schaums Thermodynamics 2nd Ed.
ME312 Thermodynamics II
Compressible Flow - Useful Equations
Exergy Example 1 (closed system analysis)
Exergy Example 2 (open system, steady state analysis)
Feedwater Heater Problems 10-45 and 10-46
Servel and Ammonia Absorption Refrigeration
Psychrometric Chart (jpg file)
Psychrometric Chart - Various Processes
ME313 Heat Transfer
Formula Sheet - First Hour Exam
Formula Sheet - Second Hour Exam
Formula Sheet - Final Exam (Note: Formulas and information not on this sheet will be provided on the exam)
PowerPoint presentations for ME313 are available on the F drive at F:/Dept/ME/Abata/ME313
ME331 Fluid Mechanics
Formula Sheet - First Hour Exam
PowerPoint presentations for ME331 are available on the F drive at F:/Dept/ME/Abata/ME331
ME419 Thermal Systems Design
Design Problems from Previous Years
Solution to Problem 14-1 in Stone
Knock and Engine Variables (Heywood, prob 9.6)
Thermodynamics of the Emptying Process
Gasoline Consumption Information for Jeep Wrangler
Rolling and Drag Resistance Data for Jeep Wrangler
Rolling and Drag Resistance Data for Ford Taurus
Rolling and Drag Resistance Data for Saturn Vue
Problem 2.12 McDonald and Magande
Selected PowerPoint Presentations - Current
Chap 6: Exhaust Emissions - Part 1
Chap 6: Exhaust Emissions - Part 2
Chap 7: Intake and Exhaust Tuning
Selected PowerPoint Presentations - Archived
Air Pollution and Engine Emissions
ME460 Fuels and Combustion
Journal Article: Why Is There So Much Oil in the Middle East?
ME110 Intro to Mechanical Engineering
Guide to Installing SolidWorks
Assignment 3
Engineering Ethics Assignment 1
Engineering Ethics Assignment 2
PowerPoint presentations and Additional Course Information for ME110 are available on the F drive at F:/Dept/ME/Ash/ME110
EM331 Fluid Mechanics
Elger Textbook Edition 10 to Edition 9 Equivalent Problems: Chap 1-5; Chap 6-10, Chap 11-16
The Assignment for Friday
