MECH 401 - Fall 2024
eInstructor:
Levent Beker
TAs:
Alp Toymuş | Emine Bardakçı | Miray Albay |
Deniz Aktaş | Gurdeniz Neşer | Pelin İşgör |
Announcement #4:
Oct 21 - Submit your group members through the below link, due Wed 5pm. You will be assigned randomly, if we dont see your name by then.
https://airtable.com/appph7M6cchTEaYfX/pagtJ3Nhihlj1mrcJ/form
Announcement #3:
Oct 21 - Submit your interest in participating in the research component through the below link, again due Wed 5pm.Â
https://airtable.com/appph7M6cchTEaYfX/pagQnUw2vmKAbYX3D/form
Announcement #2:
Oct 8 - Due to high number of students enrolled, please form a group of 6 students. You will be provided a link to input your names early next week.
Announcement #1:
Oct 8 - Lab sessions are announced. See PDF document below. Contact Alp (atoymus21@ku.edu.tr) if you have any questions.
Prerequisites:
MECH. 201 and MECH. 206 and MECH. 301 and MECH. 302 and MECH. 304) or consent of the instructor
Course Outline
Basic Instrumentation and measurement techniques for mechanical engineering systems;
General measurement system;
Standards;
Experimental test plan;
Uncertainty & common error elements;
Static and dynamic signals;
Fast Fourier Transform;
Sampling concepts, Signal conditioning;
Filters & amplifiers;
Mechanical and electrical building blocks of transducers;
Presentation of data;
Experimentation with mechanical systems to demonstrate fluid, heat transfer, dynamics, control, and mechanics of materials concepts.
Experiments
Experiment # | Experiment Name | Pre-lab quiz # | TAs | Equipment | Week of | Report # | Report due date |
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1 | - | Emine Bardakci, Deniz Aktas | NI Data acquisition system | 21/10/2024 | 1 | 28/10/2024 11:59PM | |
2 | - | Emine Bardakci, Deniz Aktas | NI Data acquisition system | 28/10/2024 | 04/11/2024 11:59PM | ||
3 | Signal Conditioning: Filters and Amplifiers | 1 | Emine Bardakci, Deniz Aktas | NI Data acquisition system | 04/11/2024 | 11/11/2024 11:59PM | |
4 | Tensile testing and observation of samples | 2 | Miray Albay | Instron tensile tester, Linkam micro probe | 11/11/2024 | 2 | 18/11/2024 11:59PM |
5 | Spring/mass/damper system: controller design | 3 | Alp Toymus | Spring mass system | 18/11/2024 | 3 | 25/11/2024 11:59PM |
6 | 4 | Gurdeniz Neser | Shaker, laser doppler vibrometer | 25/11/2024 | 4 | 02/12/2024 11:59PM | |
7 | Acoustic measurements: Artery diameter measurement | 5 | Yasin Peker | Verasonics | 02/12/2024 | 5 | 09/12/2024 11:59PM |
8 | Fluid experiment: Droplet generation and detection | 6 | Pelin Isgor | Elveflow | 09/12/2024 | 6 | 16/12/2024 11:59PM |
Lab groups
To set up your lab groups, please go to this page (you must first log into your Google account to view and edit). You cannot edit/change groups after the second week.