MECH220 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I
| Course Code: | 3650220 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (2.00 - 2.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 5.0 |
| Department: | Mechanical Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Undergraduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. EŞREF EŞKİNAT |
| Offered Semester: | Spring Semesters. |
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the student will learn:
- basics about experimental apparatus
- uncertainty in experimental analysis
- methods to identify and eliminate "bad" experimental data points
- statistical tools to analyze experimental uncertainty
- presentation skills about technical reporting and writing
- how a measurement electrically occurs
- techniques for length, area, pressure, temperature and stress measurement
- sample and population mean and standard deviation
- probability, normal distribution, chi-quare, student's t-test
- least square methods and curve fitting
- group work
Course Content
Laboratory work and its guidelines. Laboratory safety issues. Laboratory notebook keeping, report writing. Basic concepts in measurements, experiment planning, calibration, standards, experimental error and its analysis, uncertainty analysis. Data acquisition and processing. Analysis of experimental data. Displacement and area measurements. Pressure measurement. Flow measurement. Temperature measurement. Force, torque and strain measurements. The concepts of teamwork and leadership.
Course Learning Outcomes
Having successfully completed this course, the student will be able to:
- Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems involving experimental apparatus.
- Estimate mean and standard deviation of a sample data to analyze experiment uncertainty.
- Apply chi-square and student’s t tests.
- Apply method of least squares to develop equations from experimental data and evaluate the accuracy with which equations predict experimental data.
- Present the results of engineering experiments, make and support conclusions from these experiments in clear and concise reports.
- Use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice involving experimental setup and experimental data analysis.
- Describe and use different measurement techniques for length, pressure, temperature and stress measurements.
Program Outcomes Matrix
| Level of Contribution | |||||
| # | Program Outcomes | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Ability to establish the relationship between mathematics, basic sciences and engineering sciences with engineering applications | ✔ | |||
| 2 | Ability to find and interpret information | ✔ | |||
| 3 | Ability to follow the literature and technology related to his/her topic of interest | ✔ | |||
| 4 | Recognition of the need to keep oneself up to date in his/her profession | ✔ | |||
| 5 | Possession of written and oral communication skills | ✔ | |||
| 6 | Ability to conduct team work (within the discipline, inter-disciplinary, multi-disciplinary) | ✔ | |||
| 7 | Ability to produce original solutions | ✔ | |||
| 8 | Use of scientific methodology in approaching and producing solutions to engineering problems and needs | ✔ | |||
| 9 | Openness to all that is new | ✔ | |||
| 10 | Ability to conduct experiments | ✔ | |||
| 11 | Ability to do engineering design | ✔ | |||
| 12 | Awareness of engineering ethics, knowledge and adoption of its fundamental elements | ✔ | |||
| 13 | Ability to take societal, environmental and economic considerations into account in professional activities | ✔ | |||
| 14 | Possession of pioneering and leadership characteristics in areas related to the profession | ✔ | |||
0: No Contribution 1: Little Contribution 2: Partial Contribution 3: Full Contribution