MECE 204 – Strength of Materials I Lab

MECE 204 – Strength of Materials I Lab

W 1:00-3:00 pm, TBD

Instructor Office Phone Email Semester-

Year
Muhannad Ali E002 043712087 mtacad1@rit.edu Spring 2023(
2225)
Office Hours: Thu.. 1:00 to 2:30 pm

Discipline: Mechanical Engineering Course Approval Date: Fall 2013

Last Revision Date May, 2019
Course 204 Course Title: Strength of Materials I Lab
Number:
Undergraduate Yes New Course: No Course Credits: 1
: Deletion:
Graduate: No Prerequisites: MECE 103 Co- MECE 203
requisites:
Designated Innovation Journey Course: No

Required Books/Readings:
 Mechanics of Materials, 5th Edition, by F. P. Beer, E. R. Johnston, J. T. DeWolf& D. F. Mazurek,
McGrow Hill, 2009. (same as MECE 203)

Suggested References/Readings:
 Class handouts
Official Course Description:
A basic course in the fundamental principles of the mechanics of deformable media, including stress, strain,
deflections and the relationships among them. The basic loadings of tension, compression, shear, torsion and
bending are also included.

Course Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate understanding of Hooke's Law in generalized form and analyze elastic
deformations, strains and stresses in axially loaded structures.
2. Determine normal, shear and bearing stresses in statically loaded machine elements.
3. Develop understanding of torsional loading corresponding concepts of angle of twist and shear
stress in a circular shaft in torsion.
4. Determine stress concentration in an element under axial or torsional load.
5. Develop understanding of relations between load, shear and bending moment and apply the
concepts of singularity functions for constructing shear and bending moment diagrams
6. Develop proficiency in evaluating bending stresses and axial stresses due to composite loading
scenarios.
7. Draw shear and bending diagrams for beam in transverse loading.
8. Transform plane stress state of an element; Develop proficiency in the use of Mohr's circle
9. Determine deflection of a beam under transverse loading
10. Design a transmission shaft under bending and torsional loads and design mechanical elements
under combined loading.
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Mapping of CLOs to PLOs:
Please refer to the link below to see the mapping of the Course Learning Outcomes to the Program Learning
Outcomes:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/18H5ECIwYpGY95Pi2NHYRTROh8_JucJ50?usp=sharing

Teaching & Learning Methodologies:

Given that this is a lab course, all the teaching is conducted in the Lab. The course goes in parallel with MECE
203 so little emphasis is placed on the theoretical aspect of this course. Each lab session starts with a short
lecture summarizing the theoretical background of the topic at hand. After which, the course instructor
conducts a demo experiment focusing on the proper safety measures and procedures required. This is
followed by the students conducting the experiments in groups and collecting the data ( manually or via a
data acquisition software).

Grading Scheme
Excellent Good Satisfactory Minimal Fail
Pass
B+ 87- C+ 77-77.99 D 60-69.99 F 0-59.99
89.99
A 94-100 B 83- C 73-76.99
86.99
A- 90-93.99 B- 80- C- 70-72.99
82.99

Coursework and Distribution:

The final grade for the course will be calculated based on the following assessments:
Assessment CLO mapping Weight
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9
Lab reports 50 %
2,4,8,9
Exams 40 %
1,2,4,5,7,8
Participation & Discussions 10%
Total 100%

Description of Assessments:
The assessments include lab reports, three exams and a peer review. The lab reports are done in groups
where students conduct an experiment in the lab and submit a lab report the following week. The group gets
a common grade for this assessment. The Exams on the other hand are individual and they identify whether
students individually have understood and obtained a certain learning outcome. Each exam will cover topics
of two or three labs that were conducted. Finally the peer review is used to assess students’ collaborative
work and communication skills throughout the whole course.
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Course Calendar:
Week
Topic Assigned Readings Assessments

1 Intro to MECE 204 Course Syllabus

Lab safety and data analysis

2 Lab handout and ppt slides
suing Excel Lab 1

3 Nondestructive tensile test Lab handout and ppt slides Lab 2

Lab handout and ppt

4 Poisson’s ratio test Lab 3
slides

5 Exam I

6 compression test Lab handout and ppt slides Lab 4

Lab handout and ppt slides

7 Torsion test
Lab5

bending moment & determining E Lab handout and ppt slides

8 Lab 6
from cantilever test

9 Exam II

bending moment variations & Lab handout and ppt

10 Lab 7
reaction forces slides
Lab handout and ppt
11 shear forces in beams Lab 8
slides
Lab handout and ppt
12 Composite beam deflection test Lab 9
slides

13 revision week

14 Exam III
 Course Policies:
Classroom conduct

1) Homework must be submitted / uploaded online to their designated folder on the MECE 306 MyCourses
webpage.
 Dropbox submissions need to be made before the deadline day and time. Late submissions will not be
accepted.
 Individual assignments must be your own work. (Please see the RIT’s Academic Honesty Section).
 Dropbox submissions must be made in the file format specified in the HW assignment (i.e. pdf, .doc, ppt,
etc.)
2) Based on RIT Dubai Undergraduate Attendance Policy, there is a limit for the maximum number of absences
(30%) after which the faculty reserves the right to fail the student. Attendance starts from the first day of
classes and ends on the last day of classes. Arriving to class late or leaving early will be counted as an
absence.
3) Late arrivals to classes are a disruption to your fellow students and faculty. MECE 306 course’s policy is that
students who arrive to class more than 10 minutes after the class is scheduled to commence will receive an
ABSENCE for that class period, subjected to review by the instructor.
4) Similarly, the students who leave earlier than the class finishing time without instructor’s permission will
receive an ABSENCE for that class period.
5) Turnitin Similarity will be applied to the reports submitted to MyCourses. Details found in “ Academic
Integrity”.

Attendance Policy:

Attendance is mandatory for this class. Students with regular absence will most likely be unsuccessful in
this course. Therefore, students that accumulate more than 8 session absences (Monday/Wednesday class
session) or 12 sessions (UTR session) will be automatically assigned an “F” grade regardless of their
assessment results. This is applied per university policy 3.1.14-B.

Definition of a session attendance: It is being present from the very start of the class session until the very end.
Arriving to class late or leaving early will be counted as an absence.

Attendance is essential to understanding and progress. You will miss important material if you are absent, and
I will not re-teach it to you privately. If you miss a class or are going to be absent, let me know and arrange to
meet with peers to discuss what you missed.

RIT Dubai Honor Principles:

Refer to Policy 5.1.1- RIT Dubai Honor Code in the Student Handbook,
 RIT Dubai faculty, staff and students are truthful and honorable, and do not tolerate lying, cheating, stealing,
or plagiarism.

 All members of our community are expected to abide by these principles and to embrace the spirit they
represent. We each have a responsibility to address any unethical behavior we observe; either through
direct discussion with the offending party, or by discussion with an appropriate faculty or staff member.
Allowing unethical behavior to continue unchallenged is not acceptable.

 RIT Dubai does not tolerate any form of academic dishonesty. Academic Dishonesty falls into three basic
areas: cheating, duplicate submission and plagiarism. Actions of academic dishonesty can result in getting an
F grade in the course and may lead to expulsion from the university.
 Please see also the Policy 5.1.1- RIT Dubai Honor Code in the Student Handbook

Academic Integrity:
Refer to Policy 3.1.7- Policy on Academic Responsibility (section 2. Academic conduct) in the Student Handbook.

A description of what constitutes academic integrity and resources that can help you properly credit others for
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their work while taking appropriate credit for your own can be found here:
https://www.rit.edu/twc/academicintegrity/.

I enforce a “zero-tolerance” policy with respect to intentional plagiarism: plagiarized work will receive a zero, and
offenses may result in failure of the course, suspension, or expulsion. The University subscribes to Turnitin.com, a
plagiarism detection service, and written work will be submitted to that service in this course.

1.Cheating
Cheating is any form of fraudulent or deceptive academic act, including falsifying of data, possessing,
providing, or using unapproved materials, sources, or tools for a work submitted for faculty evaluation.
2.Duplicate Submission
Duplicate submission is the submitting of the same or similar work for credit in more than one course
without prior approval of the instructors for those same courses.
3.Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the representation of others’ ideas as one’s own without giving proper credit to the original
author or authors. Plagiarism occurs when a student copies direct phrases from a text (e.g. books, journals,
and internet) and does not provide quotation marks or paraphrases or summarizes those ideas without
giving credit to the author or authors. In all cases, if such information is not properly and accurately
documented with appropriate credit given, then the student is guilty of plagiarism.

Procedures for handling Academic Dishonesty:

Consequences of Academic Dishonesty ;
Refer to Section 2. Academic Conduct of Policy 3.1.7- Policy on Academic Responsibility in the student handbook.

Any act of Academic Dishonesty will incur the following possible consequences. After notifying and presenting the
student with evidence of such misconduct, the instructor has the full prerogative to assign an “F” for the offense, or
to assign an “F” for the entire course. The instructor will inform and, if possible, meet with the student concerning
the decision reached on the “F” for the offense, or the “F” for the entire course. A student may be brought before
the Academic Conduct Committee of the College in which the alleged offense occurred, and may face academic
suspension or dismissal from the Institute.