Updated 4/8/02

AE 3145  Undergraduate Structures Laboratory

AE 3145 WebCT  Arnaud Cottet Inn Kim

 

	Acknowledgements		Course Overview		SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
	Lab rules and grading		Lab Meeting Times and Locations		Guidelines for Lab Reports

Each lab assignment and associated supplement will be supplied online in PDF format. This requires that the computer that you are using have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. If your computer does not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader click Adobe Acrobat and download the latest version. To access each lab manual and associated supplement click on the lab/supplement title link below.
 
 
Lab Assignments:

The lab assignments are listed below along with any supplementary information (data files are no longer available). This table is updated throughout the semester as each assignment is made and the lab is completed. Links to the information will be added at that time.

Lab Assignment	Lab Supplements	Data Files
Lab 1 - Dimension/Deflection Measurements (pdf)	Measurements (pdf)
Lab 2 - Strain Gage Application (pdf)	Strain Gage Notes
Lab 3 - Elastic/Plastic Tensile Coupon Test	Materials (pdf) Test Machines (pdf)
Lab 4 - Rosette Measurements in Cantilever Beam	Beam Theory (pdf)   Rosette Gages (pdf) Data Acquisition (pdf)
Lab 5 - Beams with Unsymmetric Sections (pdf)
Lab 6 - Column Buckling (pdf)	1. Buckling Prelab Lecture 2. Lateral load effect (pdf) (See Gere & Timo. and Megson for more theory)
Lab 7 - Shear Center in Thin-walled Beams (pdf)	Theory & Data Analysis(pdf)

The following links are not required for AE 3145 and are meant solely to expose the student to additional educational resources.

Structural Mechanics Links:

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General Engineering Links:

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Engineering JAVA applets
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ASME Engineering Software Library
This is the software library of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Lot's of shareware and freeware. Check out the Fluids section.