Class Schedule

Week		Topic		Points*		Format*
June 4		Introduction, Spring Testing		50 pts		Individual Memo
7		Tension Testing		50 pts		Group Memo
11		Hardness Testing		50 pts		Group Memo
14		Fastener Testing, Wood Connections		100 pts		Group Report
18		Direct Shear, Torsion Testing		100 pts		Group Report
21		Failure, Fully Plastic Action		50 pts		Group Memo
				75 pts		Peer Evaluation
25		Strain Gages, Flexure Testing for Elastic Constants		100 pts		Group Report
28		Composite Materials, Beam of Two Materials		100 pts		Group Report
July 2		Eccentric Loading		50 pts		Worksheet
5		Beam Deflection		100 pts		Group Report
9		no lab this day
12		Strain Transformation		50 pts		Worksheet
16		Pressure Vessels		50 pts		Worksheet
				75 pts		Peer Evaluation
19		no lab this day
23		no lab this day
26		no final exam

* These are suggestions.  An assignment's worth and format are at the discretion of your GTA.

 

	presentation	submission	points
springs	whiteboard	individual memo	50
thermal	X	team memo	50
tension	whiteboard	team memo	50
torsion	whiteboard	team report	100
failure	whiteboard	team memo	50
flexure	whiteboard	team report	100
composite	team poster	X	100
peer eval 1	--	--	75
deflection	whiteboard	team report	100
hardness	X	team memo	50
fastener,  connections	X	team report	100
strain	X	individual or team worksheet	50
pressure	X	individual or team worksheet	50
eccentric	X	individual or team worksheet	50
peer eval 2	--	--	75

 

experiments by		communication by		communication formats
individual group merged group		individual group		worksheet letter memo report poster oral

 

 

	An understanding of materials, their strengths, weaknesses and characteristics, is essential for all design engineers. LL Christianson & RP Rohrbach

 

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