MEM331 1

MechanicalEngineeringandMechanics
MEM331:ExperimentalMechanicsI
Summer20132014(201345)
InstructorandTeachingAssistantInformation
Instructor CoInstructor/LabMgr
Name AndreiG.Jablokow BrandonTerranova
Office Randel151H AEL072D
Email ajablokow@coe.drexel.edu bbt25@drexel.edu
OfficeHours Byappointment,viaemail Byappt,viaemail

TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant TeachingAssistant

Name ReewanshuChadha StevePagano SatishRajaram BrianWisner
Email Rc365@drexel.edu Sjp324@drexel.edu Ssr49@drexel.edu Bjw63@drexel.edu
OfficeHours Byappt,viaemail Byappt,viaemail Byappt,viaemail Byappt,viaemail

LectureandRecitationSections
Section CRN Time Room Number
Lecture A 40247 MON02:00 02:50 Randel121 95
Lab/Recitation 061 40248 FRI08:00 09:50 AEL072 17
062 40249 FRI10:00 11:50 AEL072 17
063 40250 FRI12:00 01:50 AEL072 17
064 42457 FRI02:00 03:50 AEL072 16
065 42458 THURS02:00 03:50 AEL072 17
066 42459 FRI 04:00 05:50 AEL072 13

001 42706
THURS07:0008:50PM
THURS06:0006:50PM
AEL072 16

Designation: Required
CatalogDescription: Coversstatics,mechanicsofmaterial,anddynamictestingmethods,includingsensorsand
dataacquisition,straingaugesandexperimentalstressanalysis,tensionandcompression,
torsion,bending,testingofmechanisms,andsimulationofdynamicsystems.
Prerequisites: MEM230,MEM238(CoRequisite)
Textbook(s)andotherrequiredmaterial:
Laboratorymanuals,prelabs,andothernecessaryhandoutswillbeavailablefordownload.
CourseObjectives:
1. Familiarizethestudentwithlaboratorytestingequipmentusedinexperimentalmechanics.
2. Uselaboratoryequipmenttodemonstratethemechanicalbehaviorofcommonengineeringmaterialsand
mechanisms.
3. Developcomputerbasedmodelstodescribethetheoreticalbehaviorofmechanisms.

MEM331 2

4. Analyzeexperimentaldataandcorrelateexperimentalresultstotheoreticalmodels.
5. Enhancetechnicalreportwritinganddatapresentationskills.
CoursePolicies:
Attendance
Itisthestudentsresponsibilitytoattendlectureandusethecoveredmaterialinlabreports.
Labattendanceismandatory.Ifyoumustmissalaboratoryforfamilyemergencyorillness,youmustarrange
tomakeupthelabwiththeinstructororTAbeforethelaboratorybegins.Ifthesearrangementsarenot
made,youwillnotbeabletomakeupthelaboratoryandwillreceiveazeroforthislaboratory.Therewill
benomakeuplabsessions.
LecturesareavailableonlineonDrexelLearn.
Grading
EachexperimenthasaPreLabthatmustbecompletedbeforethelabsession.ThePreLabassignment
isintheLabManual.
Labreportsmustbewrittenfollowingtheprescribedformat.Refertothesampleprovided.
Labreportsareduetheweekafterthelabiscompleted.Theymustbehandedintothelaboratory
instructoratthebeginningofthelabsession.
Alabreportsubmittedaftertheduedatewilllose5pointsforeachdayitislate.
Termgradeisbasedonlabreportscores(includesprelaboratoryassignmentsubmittedpriortoperforming
experiment),classparticipation,andlectureattendance.Thereisnofinalexam.
Overallgrade:100%experimentalcomponentwhichincludesthelaboratoryreports.
Prelab(PL):20%; Experiment/LabReport(LR):80%.
LaboratoryStructure:
Foralllabsessionsstudentsaredividedintogroupsoffour(4)studentspergroup.
Youkeepthesamegroupfortheentireterm.

Thetablebelowindicatesthescheduleoflaboratoryactivitiesforthecoursesduration.This
scheduleissubjecttochange.
LaboratorySection061/062/063/064/065/001
Week Experiment Date
1 BridgeExperiment 6/2627/2014
2 NoLab 7/34/2014
3 AxialLoadingexperiment 7/1011/2014
4 BendingofBeamsexperiment 7/1718/2014
5 CombinedLoadingexperiment 7/2425/2014
6 NoLab 7/318/1/2014
7 TorsionLoadingexperiment 8/78/2014
8 CentripetalForceexperiment 8/1415/2014
9 BallisticPendulumexperiment 8/2122/2014
10 NoLab 8/2829/2014

MEM331 3

MEM331LabReportFormat
1. Abstract(5pts):Ashortdescriptionofwhatwasdoneandthemajorresult(s)andconclusion(s).The
followingquestionsshouldbeansweredintheabstract:Whatwereyoutryingtofindoutbydoingthe
experiment?Whatdidyoudointheexperiment?Whatwereyourresults?Asentenceortwoforeach
questionisenough.
2. Introduction(10pts):Thissectiontellsthereaderwhyyoudidtheexperiment.Itincludessomeorallof
thefollowing:backgroundinformation,possibleresultsbasedontheory,and/oranexplanationofany
difficultiesyouthoughtyouwouldencounterinitially.Whenthereaderfinishesreadingthe
introduction,sheshouldknowwhattoexpectinthereport.
3. ExperimentalProcedure(10pts):Thissectiondescribesyourprocedureinenoughdetailthatsomeone
elsewithyourlevelofexperiencecouldrepeattheexperiment.Yourdescriptionmustbequantitative,
suchastoinclude:thematerialsyouused,howtosetuptheexperiment,howtheexperimentwasrun.
4. Results(20pts):Inthissectionyoupresentthedatafromyourexperiment.Youmayusetablesand/or
figurestopresenttheresults,butyoushoulddescribeanyrelevantfeaturesoftheresultscompletely
withinthetext,referringthereadertotheappropriatetableorfigureasnecessary.Keepinmindthat
tablesareusefulwhenthereaderwantstoknowtheexactnumericalvalueofaresult,whilegraphsare
usefulforshowingtrends.Bothtablesandfiguresshouldbenumberedsequentially,andeachshould
haveadescriptivetitle.

5. Discussion(25pts):Thisisthesectionwhereyouexplaintothereaderthesignificanceoftheresults
youpresentedabove.Yourdiscussionwillincludesomeorallofthefollowing:comparisonbetween
yourresultstoothersintheclass,evaluationofhowyourdatasupportorrefuteyouroriginal
hypothesis,futureapplicationofinformation/skillslearned,andanalysisofpossiblesourcesoferror.
6. Conclusions(10pts):Thisisabriefsummaryofthemainconclusion(s),generallyusedwhenthe
Discussionsectionisparticularlylong.

Tablesmaybepresentedinanyformatthatclearlydelineatesrowsandcolumnsfromeachother.
Headingsshouldindicatetheunitsassociatedwithanyvalue.
Figuresmayincludeanygraphicinformationsuchasdrawingsofexperimentalapparatus,andgraphsofthe
dataacquiredduringexperiment.Thesameinstructionsapplytographsastotherestofyourreport:
presentthematerialinthesimplestandclearestmannerpossible.

TotalPointsforLabReport:80pts