CONTENTS

• Preface (Help)
• About the Course
• About the Author
• Assignments

1. Lecture Week 1: Introduction to ME3901
   • Staffing
   • Course Objectives
   • Laboratory Experiments
   • Grading Policy
   • Safety Note
   • Multiple Attack Strategy
   • Instrument Capabilities
   • Accuracy & Precision
   • Measurement Systems
   • LabVIEW Demo

2. Lecture Weeks 2-3: Stress-Strain Measurements
   • 1D Stress Analysis
   • 2D Stress Analysis
   • How to Measure Strain
   • Strain Gage Resistance Differentiation
   • Commercial Strain Gage
   • Whetstone Bridge Analysis
   • Voltage Divider
   • Whetstone Bridge-Continued
   
   
3. Lecture Week 3-4: Error Analysis
   • Types of Error
   • Least Square Error Analysis
   • Uncertainty Analysis for Density
   • Hoop Stress Error Analysis


4. Lecture Week 4: Statistical Analysis
   • Uncertainty Formulation
   • Averages and Least Square Deviations
   • Uncertainty of a Mean
   • Chi-Squared Test
   • Gaussian Distribution
   • Chauvenets Criterion
   • Least Squares Linear Regression

5. Lecture Week 5: Temperature Measurements
   • Ideal Gas
   • Mechanical Effects
   • Electrical Effects
   • Thermistors
   • Thermocouples
   • Thermopiles
   • Conversions

6. Lecture Week 6: Vibrations Measurements
   • Ideal Gas
   • Mechanical Effects
   • Electrical Effects
   • Thermistors
   • Thermocouples
   • Thermopiles
   • Conversions

7. Lecture Week 7: Summary of Course
   • Course Objectives
   • Laboratory Experiments
   • Calibration
   • Error Analysis
   • Statistical Analysis of Exp Data
   • Temperature Measurements
   • Stress Strain Measurements
   • Summary Statement

8. How to Perform LabVIEW Tasks

9. Lab 1: Pressure Transducer Calibration Laboratory
   • Objectives
   • Problem Statement
   • Procedure
   • Wire the Pressure Transducer
   • Check the Voltages
   • VI Construction
   • Pressurize the Tank
   • Data for the Report


10. Lab 2: Strain Gage Experiment: Soda Can Pressure
    • Objectives
    • Introduction
    • Tasks
    • Procedure
    • Data for the Report

11. Lab 3: Ohm Meter Constructions
    • Objective
    • Background
    • Part Ia - Build Basic Ohm Meter VI
    • Part Ib - Build Enhanced Ohm Meter VI
    • Lab Measurements
    • Data for the Report

12. Lab 4: Temperature Transducers Calibration Laboratory
    • Objectives
    • Introduction
    • Tasks
    • Procedure
    • Data for the Report
13. Lab 5: Vibrational Experiments
    • - Cell Phone Vibrations

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