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ME4232 - Handouts

Laboratory assignments :

• Construction of simple fluid power system circuits and making measurements on them (roughly first half of the semester)
  

• Controller design and implementation for an electro-hydraulic actuator (roughly second half of the semester)

• Computer modeling of hydraulic components and computer aided hydraulic circuit analysis (class project)

Lab handouts :

• Lab Safety Manual

• Experiments 1 - 13 ----: Hydraulic Workbench (updated 09/12/09)

• Experiment 14 -------: Hydraulic Power Steering (power steering data sheet)

• Experiments 15-22 --: Electro-Hydraulic Set-up
  

Suggestions on how to write ME4232 reports

Data sheets for most of the hydraulic components used can be found in the useful resources section

Laboratory conduct :

• Observe safety precautions at all times

• During the lab sessions, your first objective is to learn about the system, component, or controller that you are working on. Data taking is for reporting purposes, so plan your experiments accordingly.
  
  

• Lab reports should be type written, succinct, but self-contained. Page limits are sometimes imposed. They should contain your observations (use well labeled graphs!) as well as explanations, and if appropriate, mathematical analysis.
  
  

• The exercises on the lab sheets are base line exercises. You are encouraged to formulate additional questions and to test them using the lab setup. How much you learn depends on how willing you are to ask and answer additional questions.
  
  

• Expect to do most of your learning in the lab or in front of your computer, rather than from lectures.
  

• Cheating will be properly dealt with. Your lab reports and your modeling exercises should be your own work, and reflect your understanding of the problem. No copying allowed. However, you are encouraged to work together to figure things out..
  
  

• Most lab reports are due on the friday, at least 3 days and at most 10 days after  the completion of the lab. i.e.
  
  

• if you complete your lab on monday or tuesday, your report will be due the coming friday;
  if you complete your lab on wednesday or thursday, your report will be due the second friday.
  
  

• Late lab reports are accepted but 20% will be deducted for every week late.

Lab Schedule (Tentatively)
Date Shown is Monday of the week