## MEC E 300 Mechanical Measurements **Subject & Number:** MEC E 300 **Title:** Mechanical Measurements **Course Career** **Units**: 3 **Approved Hours:** **Fee index:** 8 **Faculty:** [Faculty of Engineering]{.mark} **Department:** **Typically Offered:** EITH/SP/SU ### Calendar Description Characterization and behavior of measuring systems. Statistics and analysis of measurement data; measurement techniques applied to fundamental mechanical engineering phenomena. Prerequisites: CIV E 270, ECE 209, STAT 235. Corequisite: MEC E 330 or MEC E 331. ### Course Objectives & General Content The course will cover the following topics, corresponding to sections of the electronic course notes: 1\. Introduction to Measurement Systems 2\. Uncertainty Analysis 3\. Digital Techniques 4\. Displacement and Strain Transducers 5\. Discrete Sampling of Time-Varying Signals 6\. Spectral Analysis 7\. Measurement Statistics 8\. Data Fitting 9\. Signal Modification 10\. Dynamic Response 11\. Measurement System Design ### Learning Outcomes 1. Appreciate basic measurement concepts, tools and technologies 2. Characterize the behaviour of measurement systems 3. Use statistics to analyze data and quantify measurement uncertainty 4. Apply appropriate measurement techniques to fundamental engineering phenomena 5. Combine a variety of tools and techniques to measure system-level engineering phenomena ### Textbooks and References [[Mandatory:]{.underline}]{.mark} [Electronic course notes package (link available on eClass)]{.mark} [[Recommended:]{.underline}]{.mark} [Wheeler and Ganji: Introduction to Engineering Experimentation, 3rd edition. Prentice-Hall, 2010. A copy is available at the Reserves Desk in Cameron Library.]{.mark} ### Assessment Details ------------------------------------------------------------------------- **Activity** **(A)Synchronous** **Due/Scheduled** **Weight** ------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ------------ Assignments (5 Asynchronous Please see Page 8 15% total) Midterm Synchronous Monday, Oct 30, 25% 10am-10:50am (in-class) Final Synchronous Tuesday, Dec 11, 60% 2pm-4pm (tentative) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Accreditation Units [The current total and individual Accreditation Unit (AU) counts for this course are:]{.mark} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **[Total]{.mark}** **[Math]{.mark}** **[NS]{.mark}** **[ES]{.mark}** **[ED]{.mark}** **[CS]{.mark}** -------------------- ------------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- ----------------- [44.1]{.mark} [44.1]{.mark} ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Graduate Attributes The Graduate Attributes (GAs) developed in this course are: --------------------------------------------------------------- **\#** **Graduate Attribute** **Level (I, D, A)** -------- ------------------------------------------ ----------- 1 A knowledge base for engineering (KB): I 2 Problem analysis (PA): I 3 Investigation (IN): I 4 Design (DE): I 5 Use of engineering tools (ET): I 6 Individual and team work (TW): 7 Communication skills (CS): 8 Professionalism (PR): 9 Impact of engineering on society and the environment (IS): 10 Ethics and equity (EE): 11 Economics and project management (EP): 12 Life-long learning (LL): D --------------------------------------------------------------- ### Course Schedule +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > Week | > Dates | > Monday | > Tuesday | > Wednesday | > Thursday | > Friday | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 1 | > Sep 4-Sep | > Labour day | | > First | | | | | > 8 | | | > lecture | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 2 | > Sep | | | > Seminar 1 | | > A1 posted | | | > 11-Sep 15 | | | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 3 | > Sep | | | > Seminar 2 | | | | | > 18-Sep 22 | | | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 4 | > Sep | | | > Seminar 3 | | > A1 due | | | > 25-Sep 29 | | | | | > | | | | | | | | > A2 posted | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 5 | > Oct 2-Oct | | | > Seminar 4 | | | | | > 6 | | | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 6 | > Oct 9-Oct | > Thanksgiving | | > Seminar 5 | | > A2 due | | | > 13 | | | | | > | | | | | | | | > A3 posted | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 7 | > Oct | | | > Seminar 6 | | | | | > 16-Oct 20 | | | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 8 | > Oct | | | > Seminar 7 | | > A3 due | | | > 23-Oct 27 | | | | | > | | | | | | | | > A4 posted | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 9 | > Oct | > Midterm | | > Seminar 8 | | | | | > 30-Nov 3 | > | | | | | | | | > 10-10:50am | | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 10 | > Nov 6-Nov | | | > Seminar 9 | | > A4 due | | | > 10 | | | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 11 | > Nov | > Reading week | | | > 13-Nov 17 | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 12 | > Nov | | | > Seminar 10 | | > A5 posted | | | > 20-Nov 24 | | | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 13 | > Nov | | | > Seminar 11 | | | | | > 27-Dec 1 | | | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 14 | > Dec 4-Dec | | | | | > A5 due | | | > 8 | | | | | > | | | | | | | | > Last | | | | | | | | > lecture | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 15 | > Dec | | > Final exam | | | | | | > 11-Dec 15 | | > | | | | | | | | > 2pm-4pm | | | | +--------+-------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | > 16 | > Dec | | | | | | | | > 18-Dec 22 | | | | | | +========+=============+================+==============+==============+==============+==============+