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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.

 

Limitations on Course Enrollment

 

The ideal size for each lab section is 10 students, with an absolute maximum of 15 students per section. If the number of students pre-registered for 2.672 exceeds the maximum for the scheduled number of lab sections, some students will be asked to take 2.672 in a following semester. If the course is full, students that have not pre-registered will not be able to enroll

Priority will be given to Course 2 seniors, then Course 2 majors over non-majors. Students that do not have all the pre-requeisites cannot enroll.

If you need to change from your assigned lab section due to a conflict with another class, you must email Dr. Barbara Hughey by 5 PM on Registration Day. For this reason, it is best for you to pre-register for all the classes you expect to take, so that you will be automatically enrolled in a non-conflicting lab section.

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

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 Oral Presentation

 

How to prepare an oral presentation