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- EMA 307 Mechanics of Materials Lab, Spring09 (1) Sections: 013, 012, 011, 010, 009, 008, 007, 006, 005, 004, 003, 002, 001
- Catalog Description
- 307 Mechanics of Materials Lab. (Crosslisted with ME
307.) I, II, SS; 1 cr. Data processing,
tension/compression tests, creep stress concentrations,
fatique, fracture, composite materials,
combined stress, beam flexure, dynamic loads, buckling.
P: ME 306 or con reg, or EMA 306 or
con reg, or EMA 304 or con reg.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- See catalog description above.
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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Analytic geometry and integral calculus
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Static structural analysis
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Elementary strength of materials and structural analysis
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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Laboratory Manual on Mechanics of Materials, by R. Palsson & R. E. Rowlands, 1998 (Bob's Copy Shop).
- Course objectives
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Provide students with hands-on experience in measuring loads, deflections and strains, computer processing of the data and reporting the results in writing.
- Topics covered
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Computer data manipulation
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Tensile and compressive response of engineering materials
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Torsional response of engineering materials
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Time-dependant response of engineering materials
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Stress concentrations
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Fatigue
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Combined loading(stresses)
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Flexure of beams
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Impact loading
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Buckling
- Class/laboratory schedule
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One two-hour laboratory session per week
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of college-level mathematics and/or basic sciences and does provide experimental experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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Safety of engineering members under a variety of engineering environments
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course serves students in a variety of engineering majors. The information below describes how the course contributes to the college's educational objectives.
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This course primarily serves students in Mechanical Engineering and Civil & Environmental Engineering, and supports their lecture-type courses in mechanics/strength of materials.
- Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
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Written laboratory reports and short quizzes.
- Person(s) who prepared this description
