Experimental Mechanical Engineering

Aim

The course aims to give understanding and skills to perform, document and analyse experiments in the area of engineering mechanics. The learning outcomes are fulfilled if the student can:

• recognize and present basic principles in engineering mechanics experiments.
• use physical quantities within the area of engineering mechanics and present the underlying phenomena which both historically and contemporary constitutes the basics for engineering quantification of properties of machines.
• summarize and present information collected from experiments by use of modern measurement methodology, statistics and evaluation.

The skill based outcomes aim to give the student the ability to:

• show good skills when using measurement methods and instruments typical for mechanical workshops, production control and data collection.
• design and realize experiments in a scientific manner.
• realize experiments in a safe manner and according to existing directives.
• document, report and communicate achieved results in for an engineer adequate way.

Content

Basic theory: mechanical principles for force, moment, energy, temperature and influence on materials. Statistical measures. Outcomes of observations, accuracy and variance. Properties of materials in engineering applications. Computer based measuring methodology: practical handling and function of different electrical and mechanical measuring instruments such as micrometer, indicator, multimeter and oscilloscope. Handling of sampled information in computer based data collection systems. Documentation and compilation of observations. Traceability and calibration.