ME 556: Experimental Stress Analysis I

Autumn Qtr 2011

Instructor: Prof. Mark E. Tuttle

Lecture time and location: T, Th 8:30-9:50am, Loew Hall Rm 202

E-mail: tuttle@uw.edu
Office: MEB 210 
Phone: 543-5710 
Office Hours: T, Th 10:00-11:00am
                     (or by appointment)

EDGE (Moodle) Website

Handouts:

Syllabus
Review of Stress, Strain, and Hooke's Law

Strain Gage Calibration

Correcting for Transverse Sensitivity Errors

Rosette Equations

Basic Amplifier Characteristics

A/D Conversion

Aliasing

Reading Assignments:

(Sept 29): Chapters 1 and 2; skim Chapter 3 as desired

(Oct 4): Chapter 6

(Oct 13): Chapter 7, sections 7.1-7.4,7.6

Homework Assignments:

Homework 1 (Due Oct 6)

Homework 1 Solution

Homework 2 (Due Oct 13)

Homework 2 Solution

Homework 3 (Due Oct 20)

Homework 3 Solution

Homework 4 Description

Homework 4 Data

Homework4 Solution

Lab Location: MEB Rm 123 (unless announced otherwise). Labs may be performed any time between Mon-Sat, 6:30am-9pm.

Lab Engineer: Mr. Bill Kuykendall, MEB 132A, 206-685-7061, billkuyk@u.washington.edu

Laboratory Handouts:

Lab 1

Lab 2 (complete measurements by Oct 20, report due Oct 25)

Typical Results from Lab 2

Lab 3

Typical Results from Lab 3

Lab 4

Typical Results from Lab 4

Lab 5: Preliminary Discussion

Lab 5