Academic Catalog

MECH220 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY I

Course Code: 3650220
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(2-2)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. EÞREF EÞKÝNAT
Offered Semester: Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Laboratory work and its guidelines. Laboratory safety issues. Laboratory notebook keeping, report writing. Basic concepts in measurements, experiment planning, calibration, standards, experimental error and its analysis, uncertainty analysis. Data acquisition and processing. Analysis of experimental data. Displacement and area measurements. Pressure measurement. Flow measurement. Temperature measurement. Force, torque and strain measurements. The concepts of teamwork and leadership.