EM517ExperimentalMechanicsSpring2005

AshrafF.Bastawros(bastaw@iastate.edu)2347HoweHall2943039
LectureandLabswillbeheldin0620HoweHall.
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~bastaw/followthelinkteaching
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~micromech/forgeneralresources

CourseObjective:
Theobjectiveofthiscourseistointroducestudentstodifferentaspectsofmeasuring
deformation,strains,andstressesfordevelopingamechanisticunderstandingofboththe
materialandthestructurebehavior.Youwillbeintroducedto:
1. Experimentalconceptsinsolidmechanics.
2. Variousmethodsformeasuringappliedforcesanddisplacements.
3. Pointwisedisplacementmeasurements(e.g.,straingage).
4. Transducerapplications(e.g.LVDT, Straingages,capacitivegages,Piezoelectric
elements).
5. Applicationofwaveopticstomaterialsresearch.
6. Fullfielddisplacementmeasurements(e.g.photoelasticity,gridandmoir,digital
imagecorrelation).

CoursePolicies:
1. Homeworkwillbeassignedonaregularbasisandwillbedueinclassonthe
specified date (as announced in class). Late homework will not be accepted
withoutpriorapprovalorvalidexcuse.Consultationwithotherstudentstoclear
upconfusionpointsisencouraged.However,allsubmittedhomeworkmustbe
yourownwork.
2. LaboratorysessionswillbeheldeitherweeklyorbiweeklyinHoweHall,Rm
0620.Somelaboratoryexperimentswillrequirewrittenworktobesubmittedbya
specifieddateforgrading.

Grading:
Labs/HW.40% FinalExam.20%
MidTerm20% Project/Presentation...20%

Lettergradeswillbegivenonlyforthefinalcoursegradeandwillbenolowerthanthe
followinggradescale:
+ +
A(93%),A (88%),B (85%),B(82%),B (78%),C (75%),C(70%),

TextBook:
1. StudentmanualforStrainGageTechnologyfromMeasurementsGroup.
2. Gary Cloud, 1995 "Optical Methods of Engineering Analysis," Cambridge
UniversityPress,NY.
 3. Albert S. Kobayashi, 1993 "Handbook on Experimental Mechanics," VCH
Publishers;Bethel,CT:SocietyforExperimentalMechanics,NY.
4. James W. Dally and William F. Riley, 1991 "Experimental Stress Analysis,"
McGrawHill,NY
TentativeCourseOutline:
1. ScopeofExperimentalAnalysis
2. Integratedexperimentalandnumericalanalysisconcepts
3. Reviewofmechanicsofmaterials
4. OnedimensionalexperimentsinMech.ofMat.
- Forcemeasurements
- DisplacementMeasurement
5. Pointwisestrainmeasurements
- Gaugelength
- StrainGauges:Selection,Circuits
- Transducerapplications
6. Applicationofwaveopticsforfullfielddisplacementandstrainmeasurements.
- Gridmethods
- Digitalimagecorrelation
- Moirmethods
- Brittlecoatings
- Photoelasticity

7. Relatedtopics:
- Opticalfibers(sensorsandapplications)
- Ultrasound
- Applicationtofluidflow(ParticleVelocityInterferometer)
8. UncertaintyAnalysis