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ME410 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SYSTEMS LAB.

Course Objectives

This course aims to get the seniors with the mechanical engineering major familiarized with the experimental approach in various fields of mechanical engineering while focusing on the fundamental concepts of measurement techniques. In the lectures, topics like statistical treatment of experimental data and some background material on measuring devices will be covered along with seminars from the industry. Laboratory experiments are expected to provide a hands-on environment to the students for their familiarization with some common instrumentation as well as their use in conducting a series of predesigned experiments. It is also one of the objectives of this course to make students to work as a team collectively on conducting experiments, processing experimental data obtained and presentation of the results of their experiments in a formal technical reporting format.

Course Content

The need for experiments. Experimental procedure. Professional Safety. Generalized measurement system. Report writing. Error treatment. Uncertainty. Frequency distribution. Expected value, standard deviation. Presentation of experimental results. Plotting data. Curve fitting, linear regression. Experiment design. Dimensional analysis. Laboratory experiments.

Course Learning Outcomes

• To be acquainted with experimental approach to a system in mechanical engineering in general and to experience laboratory practice.
• To be acquainted with laboratory practice on a fluids engineering system and to practice experimentation and measurement techniques.
• To be acquainted with laboratory practice on a thermal engineering system and to practice experimentation and measurement techniques.
• To be acquainted with laboratory practice on a control engineering system and to practice experimentation and measurement techniques.
• To be acquainted with laboratory practice on experimental mechanics and to practice experimentation and measurement techniques.
• To be acquainted with laboratory practice on experimental manufacturing engineering and metrology and to practice experimentation and measurement techniques.
• To be acquainted with laboratory practice on an energy system and to practice experimentation and measurement techniques. Learning and using the Jargon of experimentation.
• Information on error analysis and applying to experimental work. Information on statistical methods related to engineering experimentation and applying to experimental work.
• Practice on team work. Practice on written presentations.
• Knowledge and practice on report writing. Knowledge of basic instrumentation and measurement techniques.
• Practical experience on basic instrumentation and measurement techniques.
• Ability to understand and apply data acquisition techniques.
• Ability to understand and apply data analysis methods and software.

Program Outcomes Matrix