Students must have a command of the theoretical background in thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer in order to compare experimental observations to theoretical expectations.

Textbook:

None

References:

E. Doebelin, Measurement Systems, McGraw-Hill, 1990.

G. Tuve and L. Domholdt, Engineering Experimentation, McGraw-Hill, 19xx?

Course Objectives: It is the instructor's intention to...

teach students how to use and select instruments for the measurements of some of the fundamental variables of thermodynamics, fluid mechanics and heat transfer.

teach students how to use those instruments when studying entire energy conversion systems.

teach students how to develop the habits and skills necessary to effectively perform an experiment.

provide an opporunity for the students to observe and experience events previously encountered only in theoretical classes and to bring them into a synthesized body of knowledge.

Course Outcomes: Students must...

use a variety of sensors to measure different physical quantities and understand the principles upon which the sensors are based.

identify the properties of a sensor; learn how to read them from a spec sheet of how to measure them in the lab; determine which properties are most relevant to a specific measurement/experiment.

design a data sheet; collect, record and check the data.

perform the necessary data analysis to deduce the performance of a system based on the measurements of the relevant thermo-fluid dynamic quantities. Discuss the results and draw meaningful conclusions.

present the results in well-organized laboratory reports and oral presentations, including the use of effective tables and charts.

work effectively in a team.

NEEP 371 meets twice weekly for two-hour laboratory sessions.

The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.