Physics: 5510 Fall 2007
Lec: CAP 262 11:00 MWF Lab: CAP 252 12:00-14:50 T
Dr. C S Thaxton Office: CAP 351 Hrs: XYZ
Tel: 262-6836, Email: Thaxtoncs@appstate.edu
Dr. T L Rokoske Office: CAP 223 Hrs: MWF 9-10; or appointment.
Tel: 262-7499, Email: Rokosketl@appstate.edu
Texts: Sensors and Signal Conditioning by ramon Pallas-Areny and John G. Webster
LabVIEW 8 Student Edition by Robert H. Bishop (ISBN 0-13-199918-40
Labs: Handouts from Course Website AND Experiments in Mechanics by VISHAY Ed.Div
Week Topic Laboratory
20 Aug Ch.1.1-6 Intro. Sensor-Based Measurement Intro & Theory of Stress
Systems Strain, and Elasticity
27 Aug Ch.1.7-9 Primary Sensors, Materials Working with Strain Gages
and Microsensor Technology
3 Sep Labor Day, Ch.2.1-4 Resist. Sensors Modulus of Elasticity-Flexure
10 Sep Ch.2.5-9 Magneoresistive Sensors Poisson's Ratio
to the end
17 Sep Ch.3.1-4 Sig. Conditioning for R Sens. Principle Strains and Stresses
24 Sep Ch.3.5-6 Differential & Instr. Amps. Stress and Strain Concentration
1 Oct National Instruments LabVIEW Tutorial Stress and Strain Completion
First Exam, LV Tutorial Cont'd
8 Oct LV Tut Cont'd, Ch. 1 LabVIEW Basics LabVIEW Six Hour Lab 1
Ch. 2 LabVIEW Vi (mon & Wed only)
15 Oct Ch. 3 MathScript, Ch.11 Analysis LabVIEW Six Hour Lab 2
22 Oct Ch. 4 Edit & Debugging Vi's, Ch. 5 LabVIEW Six Hour Lab Cont'd
Sub Vi's
29 Oct Ch. 6 Structures, Ch.7 Array's & LabVIEWE Seven Segment Display
Clusters
4 Nov Ch.8 Charts & Graphs, Ch. 9 Data Data Acquisition on the Internet
Acquisition
11 Nov Ch.10 Strings & File I/O, Ch.A.4 Measurement of Strain with LabVIEW
Instrument Drivers
19 Nov Ch.6.1-2 Self-generating Sensors, Vacuum Mesaurement with LabVIEW
Thanksgiving Holidays
26 Nov Ch.7.1-2, Ch.8.1-6, Ch.9.1,3-4 Thermocouple Measurement with LabVIEW
3 Dec Ch.9.5-6 Ultrasonic Sensors Review & Finish Labs
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Final Examination: Wednesday 13 Dec 3:00-5:30 or Thursday 7 Dec 3:00-5:30
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