EMA 510: Experimental Stress Analysis

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EMA 510 - Experimental Stress Analysis

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510 Experimental Stress Analysis. I; 3 cr. Application of the techniques of experimental mechanics to analysis and design of machine components and engineering structures. Use of brittle coatings, strain gages, and optical methods of stress, strain and deformation analysis. P: EMA 214, 304, or 306/307.

Course Prerequisite(s)

See catalog description above.

Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills

Undergraduate strength (mechanics) of materials course.

Textbook(s) and/or other required material

Dally and Riley, Experimental Stress Analysis, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1978.

Course objectives

To train students in the modern methods of measuring strains (stresses), displacements, etc. While sufficient analytical background is provided, the emphasis is on the experimental methods and associated instrumentation. Course serves mainly students in mechanics, and civil, mechanical, metallurgical and mining, and agricultural engineering.

Topics covered

Stress, strain at a point, equilibrium, compatibility, Mohr's circle. (6 classes)
Brittle coatings, analysis and applications. (4-8 classes)
Mechanical, optical and electronic deformation measurement. (4 classes)
Statistical data analysis and averaging errors. (2 classes)
Electrical resistance strain gages, characteristics, circuit analysis and associated instrumentation. (10 classes)
Analog, digital and computer data acquisition and reduction. (4 classes)
Transducer design, fabrication and application. (4-6 classes)
Photoelastic principles, applications, model fabrication and data reduction. (9-12 classes)

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Date last modified: 03-Aug-2007
Date created: 31-Mar-1999
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