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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