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Drexel MEM 331 Course mannual
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MEM331 1
MechanicalEngineeringandMechanics
MEM331:
Experimental
Mechanics
I
Summer20132014(201345)
InstructorandTeachingAssistantInformation
Instructor CoInstructor/ LabMgr
Name AndreiG.Jablokow BrandonTerranova
Office Randel151H AEL072D
Email [email protected] [email protected]
OfficeHours Byappointment,viaemail Byappt,viaemail
TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant
Name
ReewanshuChadha
Steve
Pagano Satish
Rajaram Brian
Wisner
Email [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
OfficeHours Byappt,viaemail Byappt,viaemail Byappt,viaemail Byappt,viaemail
LectureandRecitationSections
Section CRN Time Room Number
Lecture A 40247 MON02:00 02:50 Randel121 95
Lab/Recitation 061 40248 FRI08:00 09:50 AEL072 17
062 40249 FRI10:00 11:50 AEL072 17
063 40250 FRI12:00 01:50 AEL072 17
064 42457 FRI02:00 03:50 AEL072 16
065 42458 THURS02:00 03:50 AEL072 17
066
42459
FRI 04:00 05:50 AEL
072 13
001 42706THURS07:0008:50PM
THURS06:0006:50PMAEL072 16
Designation: Required
CatalogDescription: Coversstatics,mechanicsofmaterial,anddynamictestingmethods,includingsensorsand
dataacquisition,straingaugesandexperimentalstressanalysis,tensionandcompression,
torsion,bending,testingofmechanisms,andsimulationofdynamicsystems.
Prerequisites: MEM230,MEM238(CoRequisite)
Textbook(s)andotherrequiredmaterial:
Laboratorymanuals,prelabs,andothernecessaryhandoutswillbeavailablefordownload.
CourseObjectives:
1. Familiarizethestudentwithlaboratorytestingequipmentusedinexperimentalmechanics.2. Uselaboratoryequipmenttodemonstratethemechanicalbehaviorofcommonengineeringmaterialsand
mechanisms.
3. Developcomputerbasedmodelstodescribethetheoreticalbehaviorofmechanisms.
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4. Analyzeexperimentaldataandcorrelateexperimentalresultstotheoreticalmodels.5. Enhancetechnicalreportwritinganddatapresentationskills.
CoursePolicies:
AttendanceItisthestudentsresponsibilitytoattendlectureandusethecoveredmaterialinlabreports.
Labattendance
is
mandatory.
If
you
must
miss
alaboratory
for
family
emergency
or
illness,
you
must
arrange
tomakeupthelabwiththeinstructororTAbeforethelaboratorybegins.Ifthesearrangementsarenot
made,youwillnotbeabletomakeupthelaboratoryandwillreceiveazeroforthislaboratory.Therewill
benomakeuplabsessions.
LecturesareavailableonlineonDrexelLearn.
Grading EachexperimenthasaPreLabthatmustbecompletedbeforethelabsession.ThePreLabassignment
isintheLabManual.
Labreportsmustbewrittenfollowingtheprescribedformat.Refertothesampleprovided. Labreportsareduetheweekafterthelabiscompleted.Theymustbehandedintothelaboratory
instructoratthebeginningofthelabsession.
Alabreportsubmittedaftertheduedatewilllose5pointsforeachdayitislate. Termgradeisbasedonlabreportscores(includesprelaboratoryassignmentsubmittedpriortoperformin
experiment),classparticipation,andlectureattendance.Thereisnofinalexam.
Overallgrade:100%experimentalcomponentwhichincludesthelaboratoryreports.Prelab(PL):20%; Experiment/LabReport(LR):80%.
LaboratoryStructure:
Foralllabsessionsstudentsaredividedintogroupsoffour(4)studentspergroup.
Youkeepthesamegroupfortheentireterm.
Thetable
below
indicates
the
schedule
of
laboratory
activities
for
the
courses
duration.
This
scheduleissubjecttochange.
LaboratorySection061/062/063/064/065/001
Week Experiment Date
1 BridgeExperiment 6/2627/2014
2 NoLab 7/34/2014
3 AxialLoadingexperiment 7/1011/2014
4 BendingofBeamsexperiment 7/1718/2014
5 CombinedLoadingexperiment 7/2425/2014
6
NoLab
7/31
8/1/2014
7 TorsionLoadingexperiment 8/78/2014
8 CentripetalForceexperiment 8/1415/2014
9 BallisticPendulumexperiment 8/2122/2014
10 NoLab 8/2829/2014
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MEM331LabReportFormat
1. Abstract(5pts):Ashortdescriptionofwhatwasdoneandthemajorresult(s)andconclusion(s). Thefollowingquestionsshouldbeansweredintheabstract:Whatwereyoutryingtofindoutbydoingthe
experiment?Whatdidyoudointheexperiment?Whatwereyourresults?Asentenceortwoforeach
questionisenough.
2. Introduction(10pts):Thissectiontellsthereaderwhyyoudidtheexperiment.Itincludessomeorallthefollowing:backgroundinformation,possibleresultsbasedontheory,and/oranexplanationofany
difficultiesyouthoughtyouwouldencounterinitially.Whenthereaderfinishesreadingthe
introduction,sheshouldknowwhattoexpectinthereport.
3. ExperimentalProcedure(10pts):Thissectiondescribesyourprocedureinenoughdetailthatsomeonelsewithyourlevelofexperiencecouldrepeattheexperiment.Yourdescriptionmustbequantitative
suchastoinclude:thematerialsyouused,howtosetuptheexperiment,howtheexperimentwasrun
4. Results(20pts):Inthissectionyoupresentthedatafromyourexperiment.Youmayusetablesand/ofigures
to
present
the
results,
but
you
should
describe
any
relevant
features
of
the
results
completely
withinthetext,referringthereadertotheappropriatetableorfigureasnecessary.Keepinmindthat
tablesareusefulwhenthereaderwantstoknowtheexactnumericalvalueofaresult,whilegraphsa
usefulforshowingtrends.Bothtablesandfiguresshouldbenumberedsequentially,andeachshould
haveadescriptivetitle.
5. Discussion(25pts):Thisisthesectionwhereyouexplaintothereaderthesignificanceoftheresultsyoupresentedabove.Yourdiscussionwillincludesomeorallofthefollowing:comparisonbetween
yourresultstoothersintheclass,evaluationofhowyourdatasupportorrefuteyouroriginal
hypothesis,futureapplicationofinformation/skills learned,andanalysisofpossiblesourcesoferror.
6. Conclusions(10pts):Thisisabriefsummaryofthemainconclusion(s), generallyusedwhentheDiscussionsectionisparticularlylong.
Tablesmaybepresentedinanyformatthatclearlydelineatesrowsandcolumnsfromeachother.
Headingsshouldindicatetheunitsassociatedwithanyvalue.
Figuresmayincludeanygraphicinformationsuchasdrawingsofexperimentalapparatus,andgraphsofthe
dataacquiredduringexperiment.Thesameinstructionsapplytographsastotherestofyourreport:
presentthematerialinthesimplestandclearestmannerpossible.
TotalPointsforLabReport:80pts