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    This document provides information about the Experimental Mechanics I course for the Summer 2013-2014 term, including instructor and teaching assistant contact information, lecture and lab section details, course policies, grading structure, and lab report format. The course covers static and dynamic testing methods and requires students to complete weekly lab experiments in groups of 4. Lab reports are due the week following each experiment and constitute 80% of the overall grade, with the remaining 20% coming from pre-lab assignments. The prescribed lab report format includes abstract, introduction, experimental procedure, results, discussion, and conclusions sections.

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    MEM331 1

    MechanicalEngineeringandMechanics
    MEM331:ExperimentalMechanicsI
    Summer20132014(201345)
    InstructorandTeachingAssistantInformation
    Instructor CoInstructor/LabMgr
    Name AndreiG.Jablokow BrandonTerranova
    Office Randel151H AEL072D
    Email ajablokow@coe.drexel.edu bbt25@drexel.edu
    OfficeHours Byappointment,viaemail Byappt,viaemail

    TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant


    Name ReewanshuChadha StevePagano SatishRajaram BrianWisner
    Email Rc365@drexel.edu Sjp324@drexel.edu Ssr49@drexel.edu Bjw63@drexel.edu
    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 AEL072 13

    001 42706
    THURS07:0008:50PM
    THURS06:0006:50PM
    AEL072 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.

    MEM331 2

    4. Analyzeexperimentaldataandcorrelateexperimentalresultstotheoreticalmodels.
    5. Enhancetechnicalreportwritinganddatapresentationskills.
    CoursePolicies:
    Attendance
    Itisthestudentsresponsibilitytoattendlectureandusethecoveredmaterialinlabreports.
    Labattendanceismandatory.Ifyoumustmissalaboratoryforfamilyemergencyorillness,youmustarrange
    tomakeupthelabwiththeinstructororTAbeforethelaboratorybegins.Ifthesearrangementsarenot
    made,youwillnotbeabletomakeupthelaboratoryandwillreceiveazeroforthislaboratory.Therewill
    benomakeuplabsessions.
    LecturesareavailableonlineonDrexelLearn.
    Grading
    EachexperimenthasaPreLabthatmustbecompletedbeforethelabsession.ThePreLabassignment
    isintheLabManual.
    Labreportsmustbewrittenfollowingtheprescribedformat.Refertothesampleprovided.
    Labreportsareduetheweekafterthelabiscompleted.Theymustbehandedintothelaboratory
    instructoratthebeginningofthelabsession.
    Alabreportsubmittedaftertheduedatewilllose5pointsforeachdayitislate.
    Termgradeisbasedonlabreportscores(includesprelaboratoryassignmentsubmittedpriortoperforming
    experiment),classparticipation,andlectureattendance.Thereisnofinalexam.
    Overallgrade:100%experimentalcomponentwhichincludesthelaboratoryreports.
    Prelab(PL):20%; Experiment/LabReport(LR):80%.
    LaboratoryStructure:
    Foralllabsessionsstudentsaredividedintogroupsoffour(4)studentspergroup.
    Youkeepthesamegroupfortheentireterm.

    Thetablebelowindicatesthescheduleoflaboratoryactivitiesforthecoursesduration.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 7/318/1/2014
    7 TorsionLoadingexperiment 8/78/2014
    8 CentripetalForceexperiment 8/1415/2014
    9 BallisticPendulumexperiment 8/2122/2014
    10 NoLab 8/2829/2014

    MEM331 3

    MEM331LabReportFormat
    1. Abstract(5pts):Ashortdescriptionofwhatwasdoneandthemajorresult(s)andconclusion(s).The
    followingquestionsshouldbeansweredintheabstract:Whatwereyoutryingtofindoutbydoingthe
    experiment?Whatdidyoudointheexperiment?Whatwereyourresults?Asentenceortwoforeach
    questionisenough.
    2. Introduction(10pts):Thissectiontellsthereaderwhyyoudidtheexperiment.Itincludessomeorallof
    thefollowing:backgroundinformation,possibleresultsbasedontheory,and/oranexplanationofany
    difficultiesyouthoughtyouwouldencounterinitially.Whenthereaderfinishesreadingthe
    introduction,sheshouldknowwhattoexpectinthereport.
    3. ExperimentalProcedure(10pts):Thissectiondescribesyourprocedureinenoughdetailthatsomeone
    elsewithyourlevelofexperiencecouldrepeattheexperiment.Yourdescriptionmustbequantitative,
    suchastoinclude:thematerialsyouused,howtosetuptheexperiment,howtheexperimentwasrun.
    4. Results(20pts):Inthissectionyoupresentthedatafromyourexperiment.Youmayusetablesand/or
    figurestopresenttheresults,butyoushoulddescribeanyrelevantfeaturesoftheresultscompletely
    withinthetext,referringthereadertotheappropriatetableorfigureasnecessary.Keepinmindthat
    tablesareusefulwhenthereaderwantstoknowtheexactnumericalvalueofaresult,whilegraphsare
    usefulforshowingtrends.Bothtablesandfiguresshouldbenumberedsequentially,andeachshould
    haveadescriptivetitle.

    5. Discussion(25pts):Thisisthesectionwhereyouexplaintothereaderthesignificanceoftheresults
    youpresentedabove.Yourdiscussionwillincludesomeorallofthefollowing:comparisonbetween
    yourresultstoothersintheclass,evaluationofhowyourdatasupportorrefuteyouroriginal
    hypothesis,futureapplicationofinformation/skillslearned,andanalysisofpossiblesourcesoferror.
    6. Conclusions(10pts):Thisisabriefsummaryofthemainconclusion(s),generallyusedwhenthe
    Discussionsectionisparticularlylong.

    Tablesmaybepresentedinanyformatthatclearlydelineatesrowsandcolumnsfromeachother.
    Headingsshouldindicatetheunitsassociatedwithanyvalue.
    Figuresmayincludeanygraphicinformationsuchasdrawingsofexperimentalapparatus,andgraphsofthe
    dataacquiredduringexperiment.Thesameinstructionsapplytographsastotherestofyourreport:
    presentthematerialinthesimplestandclearestmannerpossible.

    TotalPointsforLabReport:80pts

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