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AAE 20401 - Aeromechanics II Laboratory

Credit Hours: 1.00.  This course introduces aerospace engineering students to experimental concepts including strain gauges and Wheatstone bridges, as well as mechanics of materials using tensile testing, basic truss structures, bending of I-beams, torsion of shafts, and bi-axial stress and strain.
Learning Outcomes
1.  Master the basic methods in the experimental testing of solids and structures. 2.  Understand and set up experimental instrumentation. 3.  Set up and conduct mechanical tests on materials in tension and shear. 4.  Understand the concept of stress concentration in structures. 5.  Compute stresses, strains, deformation and displacements of basic structural components. 6.  Set up and conduct beam bending experiments. 7.  Master the basic skills in the writing of technical reports.
Credit Hours: 1.00


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