1993 Catalog Data: 14:650:349 Mechanical Engineering Measurements Laboratory (1 cr)

Laboratory experience in use of instrumentation.

Corequisite: 650: 350

Coordinator: V. Sernas, Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Goals:

This course reinforces the material taught in 650:350 by providing the students with hands-on laboratory experience. The students are exposed to experimental apparatus, data collection and analysis, and the fundamentals of good report writing.

Laboratory Experiments:

Laboratory groups sizes are limited to 4 students per group, with one Teaching Assistant supervising 2 working groups.

1. RC Circuit Response - work with RC circuits as high and low frequency filters, use of oscilloscope and function generator. Short report required.
2. Temperature Measuring Sensors - use of a variety of temperature measurement devices, including thermometers, thermocouples, and thermistors. Short report required.
3. Strain Measurement - use of strain gages to determine the state of strain in an object subject to various loading conditions. Full engineering report required.
4. Temperature Sensor Response - study response of thermometers and thermocouples to step changes in the environment temperature. First order systems. Full engineering report required.
5. Pressure Measurement - work with Bourdon gage, and diaphragm pressure transducer to study transient pressures in an air tank. Use of PC controlled data acquisition system. Short report required.
6. Fluid Flow Measurement - calibration of Venturi meter, rotameter, and turbine meter by timed water weighing method. Full engineering report required.

ABET category content:

Engineering science: 1 credit or 100%