ME 432/432L/532/532L Experimental Stress Analysis/Lab

Credits: (3-1) 4

An introduction to experimental methods for determining stresses inside mechanical components from measuring their deformations and related topics. Topics include: review of stress/strain analysis, analysis of experimental data, data acquisition, strain gages, introductory photoelasticity, and digital image correlation.

Prerequisites: ME 322 or permission of instructor.
Corequisites: ME 432L or ME 532L
Notes: Students enrolled in ME 532/532L will be held to a higher standard than those enrolled in ME 432/432L.

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