UMASS Lowell - ME 22.302
Mechanical Engineering Lab I SPRING 2006

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University of Massachusetts Lowell
ME22.302 Mechanical Engineering Lab
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Updated 1/22/07 12:15pm

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NOTICES ON PRELAB are posted here.
The prelab portion of Lab 1 thru 5 contain reference to the first edition of the textbook. The corresponding material in the second edition of the textbook is found in the PDF file with
Pre-Lab Revisions
END PRELAB NOTICES

This page contains material that has been already handed out in class or is only available in electronic format. Most of the material here has been prepared in Adobe PDF format.
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    Class Syllabus is contained here
    Lab Groupsare defined here - if there is a mistake please email me
    Final Presentation Topics are defined here - presentations scheduled for 5/2 and 5/4
    Lab Safety Sheet is located here and must be signed by each student
    Report Template is here and must be used for reports
    AUTOVOTE FORM is located here. This must be signed by the individual student and placed in a sealed envelop and submitted along with your report when it is handed in

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Report Writing Guidelines and Documentation Guidelines are identified here
    Report Writing Information (updated 1/7/06) with guidelines for generation of technical reports
    Report Writing Information (updated 1/7/06) - power point presentation of document above and a voice annotated brief overview is available - Report Writing Guidelines overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Documentation Guidelines (updated 1/7/06) for documenting logbooks and computer files and a voice annotated brief overview is available - Documentation Guidelines overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Formal Report Example can be used as a guide of a typical formal report
    Memo Report Example can be used as a guide of a typical memo report
    Logbook Example illustrates a few pages from a typical experiment

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    Class Schedule and related topics will be posted here when available

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    Numerical Integration contains slides used in class and a voice annotated brief overview is available - Numerical Methods overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Numerical Integration contains some old notes that were scanned from a previous year's class
    Plot Trendline in EXCEL
    EXCEL RMS example in zip file for download (11mb) and a voice annotated overview is available - Excel RMS example overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Lab 1 Writeup
    EXCEL files in zip file

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    Integration / Differentiation Exercises are contained in this ZIP file for MATLAB 6.5 and for MATLAB 7.0 to help further your understanding of noise, drift, bias and other factors that will affect any processing of measured data. Answer the questions posed in the assignment. This is to be handed in as a homework assignment (like a prelab). Fill in the assessment form and hand it in with the assignment by February 28th IN CLASS. (Please hand this in as a separate package from the Regression Exercise)
    Regression Exercises are contained in this ZIP file for MATLAB 6.5 and for MATLAB 7.0 to help further your understanding of least squares fitting of measured data. Answer the questions posed in the assignment. This is to be handed in as a homework assignment (like a prelab). Fill in the assessment form and hand it in with the assignment by February 28th IN CLASS. (Please hand this in as a separate package from the Integration/Differentiation Exercise)

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    Signal Types notes contains the powerpoint presentation covered in class and a voice annotated brief overview is available - Signals overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Filtering notes contains the powerpoint presentation covered in class and a voice annotated brief overview is available - Filtering overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Lab 2 Writeup and a voice annotated executive summary of the lab is available - QEE Executive Summary overview needs Flash Plugin loaded

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    PC Data Acquisition contains the powerpoint presentation handed out in class and a voice annotated brief overview is available - PC Acquisition overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Lab 3 Writeup and a voice annotated executive summary of the lab is available - PC Acquisition Executive Summary overview needs Flash Plugin loaded

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    Accelerometer notes contains the powerpoint presentation covered in class and a voice annotated brief overview is available - Accelerometer overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    LVDT notes contains the powerpoint presentation covered in class and a voice annotated brief overview is available - LVDT overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Lab 4 Writeup and a voice annotated executive summary of the lab is available - LVDT & Accelerometer Executive Summary overview needs Flash Plugin loaded
    Accelerometer Data Sheet
    Structcel Accelerometer Data Sheet. Please note that your accelerometers are slightly different with 1V/g nominal sensitivity

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    Strain notes contains the powerpoint presentation covered in class
    Lab 5 Writeup and a voice annotated executive summary of the lab is available - Strain Gage Executive Summary overview needs Flash Plugin loaded

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    Fluid Flow Lab 6 Writeup
    Pressure Measurement notes to supplement the class lecture

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    Heat Transfer Lab 7 Writeup
    Thermocouple Coefficients Table from 2001 labs
    Temperature Measurement notes to supplement the class lecture

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    The Labview Project Labview Project identifies the tasks to be performed.
    Please make sure that you remember to include your Labview VI
    If it is not included then a full assessment of your VI cannot be made.
    LabVIEW notes are available here
    LabVIEW Writeup and - a voice annotated executive summary of the class presentation is available -
    LabVIEW Introduction Executive Summary overview (needs Flash Plugin loaded)

    The following voice annotated notes discuss the use of individual tools for specific tasks needed for the project


      LabVIEW Change Controls identifies how to create and/or modify controls (needs Flash Plugin loaded)
      LabVIEW Change Indicators identifies how to create and/or modify indicators (needs Flash Plugin loaded)
      LabVIEW While Loop identifies how to insert user controlled STOP (needs Flash Plugin loaded)
      LabVIEW ADD identifies how to add signals together (needs Flash Plugin loaded)
      LabVIEW MERGE identifies how to merge frequency signals together (needs Flash Plugin loaded)
      LabVIEW FFT identifies how to insert Spectral Analysis FFT Express VI (needs Flash Plugin loaded)
      LabVIEW Filter identifies how to insert Filter Express VI (needs Flash Plugin loaded)


    There is some reference material available - a MATLAB GUI on Fourier Series and related documentation may help with better understanding the generation of these Fourier Series representations.
    Fourier GUI for MATLAB 6.5 or Fourier GUI for MATLAB 7.0
    These can be considered like a prelab - but no prelab write up is required
Codes and Standards are a way of life for an engineer. Here is an introduction to this
    ASME_Into_to_Codes_and_Standards_1028
    ASME_CODES_STANDARDS_FOR_STUDENTS_5134
Here are some additional links to material I found on the internet covering various aspects of statistics
    Statistics information using Excel - developed by Chris Malone - Winona State University
    Statistics information - Statistics Internet Library
    More statistics information - Online Statistics Textbook
    NIST Engineering Statistics Handbook - Online Resource

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