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 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING
Dr. Ted Thiede
Associate Professor of Physics and Engineering
ME 310: Engineering Experimentation I
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CATALOG
DESCRIPTION:		 An instrumentation laboratory to provide the student with an understanding of the characteristics and application of instrumentation related to basic measurements in mechanical engineering.  Design and planning of experiments.  Uncertainty analysis.  Principles and application of technical writing and information retrieval.  Lecture, two hours; laboratory, two hours.  Prereq: Engineering statnding, CS 221 and ME 330. 
ASSIGNMENTS:
  1. Weekly laboratory exercises  (45% of grade)
  2. Exams (30%)
  3. Final Examination  (25% of grade)
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Specific details on course policy can be found in the course syllabus
Those enrolled in the course (user me.310) can review course notes and schedule
After you've read the chapter and answered the review questions, you may want to check them against  my answers to the review questions .
Chapter 2,  3,  4,  6,   8,  10,  14 homework problems that I've had time to solve are here.
If you would like you can view some pictures of  students in action and new equipment  
TOPICS: Dimensions and units 
Generalized measurement system 
System response 
Uncertainty analysis 
Statistical analysis of experimental data 
Basic electrical measurements 
Basic meters 
Signal conditioning components 
Electrical sensing devices 
General data acquisition system 
Analog to digital conversion 
Displacement and area measurements		 Pressure measurements 
Fluid flow 
Fluid velocity 
Flow visualization 
Temperature measurement 
Thermal property measurement 
Transport property measurement 
Force and torque 
Stress and strain 
Motion, vibration and sound measurement 
Radiation measurement 
Air pollution sampling and measurement
 
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Last updated Aug 2002. ©Murray State University, 2002 
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