CVEN 3200 – Engineering Materials Systems

      Spring, 2006

2006-2008 Catalog Data:      CVEN 3200: Engineering Materials Systems. Credit 2. Principles/techniques for investigating properties and behavior of engineering members and materials using experimental methods. Consideration of design parameters.

Prerequisite:.CVEN 2372

Textbook:                              Basic Construction Materials
7th Edition, by Theodore W. Marotta.

Reference:                             Library Materials

Instructor:                              Mark C. Bourland, Visiting Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Department.

Goals:                                    (1) Plan an experimental program, select the test configuration and test specimens and collect raw data. Operate the laboratory equipment including the electronic instrumentation, the test apparatus and the data collection system. Interpret the laboratory data including conversion of the measurements into engineering values and derivation of material properties (strength and stiffness) from the engineering values. (ABET Outcome # b)
(2) Document the experimental program including the test procedures, collected data, method of interpretation and final results. Write a technical laboratory report. (ABET Outcome # g)
(3) Observe various types of material behavior under similar loading conditions, calibrate electronic sensors, configure a testing machine to measure tension or compression behavior, identify modes of failure.

 

Prerequisites by Topics:         Mechanics of Solids

Topics:

1.     Introduction (1 week)

2.     ASTM Standards (1 week)

3.     Metals (3 weeks)

4.     Plastics (1 week)

5.     Soils and Rock (3 weeks)

6.     Asphalt (1 week)

7.     Concrete (3 weeks)

8.     Wood (1 week)

9.     Masonry (1 week)

Computer usage:                    Computer data acquisition systems are used to collect data, and high level programming languages are used to analyze testing results.

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component:

This course contributes to the engineering science component

ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:

Engineering Science:     2 credits or 100 %.