SYLLABUS
ME 314/514 Experimental Measurements and Instrumentation
4 credit hours
WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Menart, Room 125 RC, Phone 775-5145
E-mail: james.menart@wright.edu
WEB SITE: http://www.cs.wright.edu/people/faculty/jmenart/
materials are located here.
Homework solutions, laboratory write-ups, and other
CLASS TIME AND LOCATION: M 12:15 – 1:20 p.m., W 12:15 – 1:20 p.m., F 12:15 – 1:20 p.m., Room 155 RC
LAB TIME AND LOCATION: M 9:45 – 10:50 a.m. or W 4:10 – 5:50 p.m., Room 122 RC
OFFICE HOURS:
M 4:00 - 5:00 p.m.,
W 1:30 - 2:30 p.m.,
or by appointment
2007 - 09 CATALOG DATA: ME 314/514: Experimental Measurements and Instrumentation. (Credits 4)
Techniques, equipment, and measurement procedures used by Mechanical
Engineers. Writing lab reports, performing data acquisition, and applying statistics
to experimental data. Prerequisites: ME213, MTH 235, and EE301.
TEXTS: Figliola, R. S. and Beasley, D. E, Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements, 4th Edition, Wiley,
2006.
REFERENCES:
Beckwith, T. G., Marangoni, R. D., and Lienhard, J. H., Mechanical Measurements, 6th Edition,
Prentice Hall, 2007.
Dunn, P. F., Measurement and Data Analysis for Engineering and Science, 1st Edition, McGraw
Hill, 2005.
Doebeln, E. O., Measurement Systems: Application and Design, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill,
2005.
Holman, J. P., Experimental Methods for Engineers, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2001.
GOALS: Strengthen student’s ability to perform experimental work including setting up experiments, running
experiments, and working with the experimental results. Students will learn data acquisition, data
reduction, data accuracy, data precision, instrument response, and statistics. Students will be exposed to a
number of measurement tools used by Mechanical Engineers. In addition, the student’s skill at writing
lab reports will be improved.
PREREQUISITES: Incoming students are expected to have knowledge of:
I. Differential Equations
II. Newton’s Law
III. Electrical Circuits
IV. Computer Programming
TOPICS COVERED IN COURSE:
I.
Experimental procedures
II.
Writing a lab report
III. Data acquisition
IV. Response of measurement equipment
V.
Data reduction techniques
VI. Probability and statistics as Applied to Experiments
VII. Electrical Measurement devices
VIII. Motion and force measurement devices
IX. Strain measurement devices
X.
Pressure measurement devices
XI. Temperature measurement devices
HOMEWORK: Homework will be assigned in class and on most occasions is due one week after it is assigned.
Late homework will receive a 50% grade reduction and late homework that is a duplicate copy of
the posted solutions will receive an 80% grade reduction. Students may work together on their
homework, but each student must contribute to the process and individually write out their
solution. Use of the solution manual is not allowed for homework until after the due date.
Problems should be done such that there is a Given, Find, and Solution. The Given should
contain all the information stated in the problem in abbreviated form. Many times it is best to
make a sketch of the problem and place the given information on this sketch. Do not recopy the
problem statement! The Find section should briefly state the quantities being sought. Lastly, the
Solution section should contain an orderly display of how you solved the problem. The solution
should be such that it is easy for someone else to understand how you deduced your answers. All
important equations should be written out in symbolic form, as well as showing the substitution
of numbers into the equation. Assumptions should be clearly stated and any additional figures
required should be shown. Put a box around your final answers. The use of commonly used
symbols to state the Given, Find, and Solution information is encouraged.
EXPERIMENTS:
The experiments will be designed such that the students have to perform them. It is hoped that
I can arrange the labs so that each person has their own equipment. It may take more than the
2 hour lab section to finish the required experiment. The student will be able to come into the
laboratory on their own to finish the experimental work. There will be some kind of
laboratory write-up on every experiment.
EXAMS: One midterm and one final will be given. On a test the student is responsible for the material in the
lecture sessions as well as the laboratory sessions. Thus each individual student is responsible for what
occurs in the lab. All exams are to be the student’s own work and no collaboration is allowed.
ATTENDANCE: Performance of every lab is required.
GRADING: The grading for the course is as follows:
Pretest - 5%
Homework - 10%
Midterm - 15%
Final - 25%
Formal Lab Reports - 30%
Informal Lab Reports - 15% undergraduate students
- 10% graduate students
Independent Experiment - 5% graduate students
The student will be awarded the highest grade according to the following scale:
A - 90% or more of the total points
B - 80% or more of the total points
C - 70% or more of the total points
D - 60% or more of the total points
F - less than 60% of the total points
GRADUATE STUDENTS:
In addition to the course work described above, students taking the course for
graduate credit will also be required to design and execute an experiment to
demonstrate one of the principles learned in class. The experiment must be cleared
with the instructor by the 5th week of class. This experiment will count for 10% of
their informal lab report grade.
ACADEMIC INTEGRETY: All work in this course must be completed in a manner consistent with WSU Policy
or Code of Academic Responsibility and Conduct. Violation of this code will result
in a penalty to be determined by the instructor to fit the gravity of the offense and the
circumstances of the particular case. The instructor may: 1) fail the student for the
particular assignment or test, 2) give the student a failing grade in the course, 3)
recommend that the student drop the course, or 4) bring the case in front of the
University Student Honesty or Discipline Committee.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
PERIOD DATE
TOPIC
Week 1
1
2
3
Lab
1/7
1/9
1/11
No Lab
Basic Concepts of Measurements
Basic Concepts of Measurements
How to Write a Lab Report
Week 2
Lab
LabView Orientation
4
5
6
1/14
1/16
1/18
PRETEST, Data Acquisition
Week 3
7
8
9
Lab
1/21
1/23
1/25
No Lab
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday – No class
Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Measurement Systems
Static and Dynamic Characteristics of Measurement Systems
Chapter 2
Chapter 2
Week 4
10
11
12
Lab
1/28
1/30
2/1
Data Acquisition
Measurement Systems Behavior
Measurement Systems Behavior
Measurement Systems Behavior
Handout
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Week 5
13
14
15
Lab
2/4
2/6
2/8
Fourier Transforms
Statistics
Statistics
Statistics
Handout
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Week 6
16
17
Lab
2/11
2/13
Dynamic Response
Uncertainty
Uncertainty
Handout
Chapter 5
Chapter 5
2/15
EXAM - I,
Week 7
19
20
21
Lab
2/18
2/20
2/22
Statistics and Uncertainty Lab
Analog Electrical Devices
Temperature
Temperature
Week 8
22
23
24
Lab
2/25
2/27
2/29
Temperature Measurement
Temperature
Strain
Strain
Week 9
25
26
27
Lab
3/3
3/5
3/7
Strain Measurement
Pressure,Velocity, and Flow
Pressure,Velocity, and Flow
Pressure,Velocity, and Flow
Week 10
28
29
30
Lab
3/10
3/12
3/14
Pressure Measurement
Force and Displacement
Force and Displacement
Force and Displacement
Final
3/19
FINAL EXAM, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m., Chapters 1-12, Appendix A, Room 155 RC
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ASSIGNED READING
Data Acquisition
Data Acquisition
Chapter 1
Chapter 1
Appendix A
Handout
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Chapter 7
Handout
Chapters 1, 7, 2, 3, 4
Handout
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 8
Handout
Chapter 8
Chapter 11
Chapter 11
Handout
Chapters 9 and 10
Chapters 9 and 10
Chapters 9 and 10
Handout
Chapter 12
Chapter 12
Chapter 12