This is the 2.672 web site, fall, 2013

 

Engineering laboratory subject for mechanical engineering juniors and seniors. Major emphasis on interplay between analytical and experimental methods in solution of research and development problems. Communication (written and oral) of results is also a strong component of the course. Groups of two or three students work together on three projects during the term.

 

Course Description

 

Lab Manual (pdf format)

 

Course Materials

 

The following Matlab 'm' files may be useful to you as you massage the data you collect in the various experiments. If you develop other 'm' files that you think would be useful in this course, please send them to the course instructors.

 

fitplot.m

fits n degree polynomial to input vectors xin, yin; fit coefficients in coeff

getdata.m

Utility to get the time and voltage trace from a data file

fig_h.m

Utility to make matlab plots better for importing into reports

powerfit.m

Least square fit of data using linear combination of powers

pwrspect.m

Analysis of power spectrum

steam_p.m

Saturation properties for H2O; output sat. pressure

steam_t.m

Saturation properties for H2O; output sat. temperature

 

Instruction for Writing Technical Paper

 

How to write a technical paper

Example 1

Example 2

Paper template

Paper 1st page layout

Paper other pages layout

 

Instruction for Oral Presentation

 

How to prepare an oral presentation