170: MAE Experimental Techniques Fall 2010
Faculty Prof. Farhat Beg 471, EBU-II 858-822-1266 [e-mail] Office hours:Thursdays, 1-2:30 pm Technical Staff Mike Watson 137 EBU-II [e-mail] Teaching Assistants Rahul Kapadia Chad Loftis Kevin Mandich William Rudwall Nick Busan 137 EBU-II [e-mail] e-mail [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] Steve Roberts 137 EBU-II [e-mail] office hours Wed., 1-2 pm, 273, EBU 2 Mon., 12-1 pm, 312, EBU 2 Fri., 2-3 pm, 126, EBU 2 Mon., 12-1 pm, 213, CMMR Prof. Renkun Chen 261, EBU-II 858-822-7980 [e-mail] Office hours: Tuesdays 3:30-5:00 pm
Unless otherwise noted, TA office hours will be held in the lab LabVIEW Lecture Specialist Chad Loftis
Lab. TA sections Sections in( ) Tuesday
ROOM 126 (A01) Rahul 9:00-11:50 AM (A02) Will 1:00-3:50 (A03) Will (A04) Will 9:00-11:50 AM 1:00-3:50 PM
ROOM 312 (B01) Chad (B02) Chad (B03) Kevin (B07) Chad (B04) Byung (B05) Byung 9:00-11:50 AM 1:00-3:50 PM 9:00-11:50 AM 1:00-3:50 PM 9:00-11:50 AM 1:00-3:50 PM
Wednesday Thursday
(A05) Rahul 9:00-11:50 AM (A06) Kevin 1:00:30-3:50 PM (A07) Cancelled (A08) Rahul 8:00-10:50 AM
Friday
(B06) Byung 9:00-11:50 104 5:00 6:50
9:00 AM pm
Lectures
Peterson Hall 110 &
Labs
Tuesday Fridays, 126 EBU-II and 312 EBU -II
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http://mae170.ucsd.edu/ A.J. Wheeler and A.R. Ganji, Introduction to Engineering Experimentation, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2003. This is a recommended text, it is not mandatory. Two copies in the S&E library reserves. Website Textbook This class will teach the basics of data collection and analysis, using a number of laboratory instruments and computer-based data acquisition. National Instruments LabVIEWTMlanguage will be used for data collection and processing. Treatment of uncertainty in experimental data and succinct, accurate presentation of results in written reports will be emphasized. There are 8 labs (1st-8thweek), 9thweek is for practice and make-up labs, and 10th week is for Lab Practical Final exam
Description
Assignments
(each week = 9% x 8 labs = 72%) (Lab quiz- closed book, no notes) + One-page pre-lab. report + Assessment by TA/staff of your work/lab. Notebook + LabView VI + Lab. report
Grading
Midterm I = 8% Lab Practical final = 10% Midterm II exam =10% The prelab. report (1/2 1 page, should be typed) should consist of a brief outline in your own words, of the aims and procedures of that particular lab.
Week 1: In lab. Lab. Quiz (25%) Questions on basic circuits (Worksheet + Motivational questions on website) to be handed in Lab session in Week 2 Week 2: In lab. Prelab. writeup (15%), Lab. Quiz (25%), Continuous Assessment (15%), To be handed in Lab session in Week 3: Lab. Report (30%), LabView VI (15%) Weeks 3-5: In lab. Prelab. writeup (10%), Lab. Quiz (20%), Continuous Assessment (15%), To be handed in Lab session the week after lab.: Lab. Report (40%), LabView VI (15%), Weeks 6-8: In lab. Prelab. writeup (10%), Lab. Quiz (10%), Continuous Assessment (10%), To be handed in Lab session the week after lab.: Lab. Report (60%), LabView VI (10%)
Exams: Midterm 1: Monday, October 25, 6-6:50 pm Midterm 2: Monday, November 29, 5-6:30 pm There may be pop-quizzes during lectures No written final exam. Lab practical exam during regular lab sessions in 10th week.
Faculty office hours: Your first line of defense is generally the TA. Rahul Kapadia ([e-mail]) is the head TA. If your TA isnt able to help you, try Rahul. If this doesnt help, please contact the faculty. Email the faculty who gave the lecture that week for questions about the lab. Please also copy the other faculty in your email. For ALL email communication please put MAE 170 in the subject or there is little chance it will be seen and recognized as class-related. Prof. Beg will handle administrative matters for the class, please contact him with any questions that you may have about the class, lab assignments, scheduling, etc. Class policy: This is a class of over 300 people, and hence we have firm rules about Class conduct, etc. will There be no make-ups of quizzes or exams without ADVANCED authorization. Pre-lab and lab reports are due at the beginning of your lab session, they will be considered late if they are submitted more than 10 minutes after the session starts. You will get your lab reports and homework back within one week of submission. The in-lab quizzes will be administered within 5 minutes of the beginning of the lab. (NO make-up quizzes if you are late!) i.e., BE ON TIME! LabVIEW VIs: An important part of this class includes the preparation of LabVIEW VIs (Virtual Instruments) to acquire data using a PC and data acquisition card. We have an agreement with the National Instruments to use the program online for educational purposes. The software can be found in the EBU-II computer labs. Lab Reports/Notebooks: In depth discussion of lab reports will be during Lecture 2 Lab reports must be neatly prepared using a word processor and must be stapled no handwritten lab reports, no paper clips are acceptable. There is a maximum of 4 pages for the body of the report. Longer reports will be penalized. You are also required to submit an electronic version of your lab report to your TA (without lab book pages). Each person (not each group) is required to have their own lab notebook with carbon copies, and staple the copies from each book to the back of their reports as an Appendix. For data taken electronically, make notes about the experimental condition, filename, etc. Graphs should be taped or stapled into lab books. Before the lab, you should write in the lab book a few paragraphs about the procedure and what you expect will happen. Your TA will come by to check each persons understanding and to check each Notebook t o make sure that your lab book includes all of the proper
preparation and subsequent data. Your TA or staff member must sign-off your lab book before you/your partner leaves Lab reports without appended data and/or lab notebooks that are not up to standards may result in SEPARATE lab reports written by members of a group.
University of California policies on Academic Integrity will be strictly enforced. Please talk with the instructors if you have any questions or observe any questionable behavior. Details on the University policies may be found on the web here: http://www-senate.ucsd.edu/manual/Appendices/app2.htm. Safety Rules: At the beginning of each lab Mike, Nick, or the TA will give you a reminder of what you are to accomplish in the lab and an overview of safety issues. The labs are inherently safe, but experiments can always be made unsafe through improper adherence to safety rules. In the decades that this class has been taught, there has been only non-trivial accident (overturning of a pot of boiling water) as regrettable as this accident was, we do not think it necessitates the discontinuation of experiments with boiling water. It is your responsibility to take common sense precautions and to be careful in the lab. If you ever feel that there may be a safety issue (with yourself or another group) while you are in the lab, DO NOT CONTINUE TELL MIKE, Nick, or the TAs immediately and your concern will be addressed. We expect that by working together, the next many thousands of students can complete this lab course without any mishaps.
Lecture Schedule WEEK 1 2 3 4 5 DATE 09/27 10/04 10/11 10/18 10/25 DESCRIPTION Class overview, introduction to instrumentation and LabVIEW A/D conversion, sampling rates, error analysis and lab report writing Filters and frequency analysis Operational amplifiers and Wheatstone bridge Measurement of temperature and heat transfer coefficient Midterm exam I Pressure transducers and accelerometers Measurement of strain and force, beam vibration Measurement and control of position and velocity No lecture. Make-up labs and practice for labs for lab practical final Midterm exam II and Lab Practical Final Exam INSTRUCTOR Beg, Chen Beg, Chen Beg Chen Beg, Chen
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11/01 11/08 11/15 11/22 11/29
Chen Chen Chen
NO FINAL WRITTEN EXAM
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