 | University of Virginia record February, 1912 |  |
COURSES OF INSTRUCTION.
The candidate who has satisfied the requirements for entrance
as above defined is matriculated as a student of Engineering and
admitted to the regular Freshman Class. The studies of this class
comprise lecture-courses in Mathematics 1, Chemistry 1, Engineering
1, with associated laboratory courses in Chemistry, Drawing,
Shop-work and Field-work.
For advancement to the Sophomore Class the student must have
completed at least two-thirds of his Freshman work. Upon entering
this class he elects his specialty. The courses thereafter diverge
according as the student is an applicant for a degree in Civil, Mechanical,
Electrical, Mining, or Chemical Engineering. Programmes
of study for each degree are given below.
The courses are so ordered that the specified entrance requirements
are adequate for the work of the Freshman Year. Each succeeding
year presupposes the completion of the work for all the foregoing
years. Students are advised to adhere strictly to the regular programmes.
The arrangements specified in them have been carefully
planned and are the best. Departures from the curriculum will in
almost every case produce conflicts in lecture hours or laboratory
periods and may cost the student a year's time. Haphazard election
is discouraged and in extreme cases will be prohibited. No
student will be registered for a course unless in the opinion both
of the Dean and of the professor his preliminary training has fitted
him for the profitable pursuit of that course.
Students are especially advised against the attempt to crowd
too many studies into their scheme of work, and are warned that
admission to advanced courses will be granted only to those who
have adequate mathematical and scientific training to profit by
them. Men overloaded with work, too great in volume or in difficulty
for their powers, suffer inevitable discouragement and incur
almost certain failure.
Every candidate for a degree in Engineering will be required
at the beginning of his graduating year to submit to the Dean some
subject for independent study suited to the student's especial course
and aims. After such subject has been approved by the Dean
and the Professor in charge, the student will be expected to carry
to present his results in the form of a Graduating Thesis. Such
thesis must be typewritten on standard sheets, 8 by 10½ inches,
bound in a proper cover, and handed in for final approval not
later than May 25th. All necessary computations and drawings
must accompany the thesis. Serious weight will be given to this
work in estimating the student's fitness for graduation.
MATHEMATICS.
Mathematics 1. [Page].
In Trigonometry, a complete course in Plane and Spherical
Trigonometry is pursued with constant drill in the solution of problems,
and exercises in the use of logarithms.
In Algebra, the work begins with the Progressions and proceeds
with the study of the Binomial Formula, Convergence and Divergence
of Series, with special study of the Binomial, Exponential,
and Logarithmic Series. The study of Inequalities and Determinants
prepares for the Theory of Equations with which the course
is closed.
In elementary Analytical Geometry the study of Cartesian and
Polar Coördinates is followed by numerous exercises on the graphical
representation of equations. Special attention is given to the
straight line and the representation of the general equation of the
first degree in two variables. The course is intended to prepare for
the fuller study of the Analytical Geometry of the conic sections.
Lectures, 9-10, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Mathematics 2. [Echols].
The subject matter of this course consists of the Analytical
Geometry of the Conic Sections beginning with the circle; Differential
Calculus; Integral Calculus. It is expected to conclude the
work in Analytical Geometry early in November and then to take
up the Differential Calculus which is discussed until the March examinations.
The last term of the session is devoted exclusively to
the Integral Calculus. Applicants for advanced standing must pass
a written examination on the topics of Mathematics 1. Lectures, 12-1,
Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
PHYSICS.
Physics 1. [Hoxton].
General Physics.—This course includes Elementary Mechanics,
Sound, Light, Heat, Electricity and Magnetism. Instruction is given
by text-books and lectures accompanied by experimental demonstrations.
In addition, recitations, solution of illustrative problems,
by the student are required. Lectures, 11-12, Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday. Laboratory, 9-11, Monday, Wednesday, 3-5, Friday.
Physics 2. [Hoxton].
Electricity and Magnetism.—The elements of the Mathematical
theory are developed, free use being made of the methods of the
calculus. The lectures begin, however, with fundamental principles
of the subject. Laboratory work more advanced than that in
Physics 1 will be required, occupying the student from four to six
hours a week, and calling for the more exact measurement of the
chief physical quantities concerned. Lectures, 1-2, Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday. Laboratory, 3-5, Tuesday, Thursday.
CHEMISTRY.
Chemistry 1. [Bird].
This class meets three times a week for lectures and works six
hours a week in the laboratory. It studies the fundamental principles
of General Chemistry—Inorganic, Organic, and Physical; but
devotes most of the time to the significant phenomena of Inorganic
Chemistry. At appropriate places the foundations of Analytical
Chemistry are taught and such special exercises are given as will
emphasize the more important chemical properties of the structural
materials of Engineering, fuels, and so on. No previous study of
Chemistry is demanded; but to students, who have received preliminary
instruction in a chemical laboratory, the exercises assigned
are of a somewhat more advanced type. Lectures, 10-11, Tuesday,
Thursday, Saturday. Laboratory, 12-2, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
Chemistry 2. [Edgar].
This course consists of two divisions: Part I in Organic Chemistry:
Part II in Physical Chemistry. The class meets three times
a week for lectures and works six hours a week in the laboratory.
For Part II no knowledge of the Calculus is required. Lectures,
9-10, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Laboratory, 3-5, Tuesday, Thursday,
Saturday.
Chemistry 3. [Bird].
This is a course in Advanced Inorganic Chemistry. There are
three lectures a week and at least nine hours a week must be devoted
to laboratory studies. Hours by appointment.
Analytical Chemistry 1. [Dunnington].
This course consists of three lessons a week throughout the
session, after each of which the students spend three or four hours
Manipulation is first given, then Blowpipe Analysis, Recognition
of Ores, Fire Assaying of Ores of Lead, Gold, and Silver, and a
systematic course in Inorganic Qualitative Analysis, followed by
practice in the analysis of salts, alloys, and ores, and the examination
of potable water, coal, limestone, clay, and so on, including
some simpler quantitative determinations. Weekly written exercises
are required. Lectures, 10-11, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
Analytical Chemistry 2. [Dunnington].
The work of this course is also given in three lessons a week
throughout the session, each being followed by four hours or more
of practical laboratory work. This course is primarily one in Quantitative
Analysis. After some training in manipulation and gravimetric
estimations, the class pursues volumetric estimations and a
full course in Quantitative Analysis of minerals, ores, coal, soil,
iron and steel, technical products, and so on. Weekly written exercises
are required. As the student advances in the course he is
encouraged to undertake original research and assist in its prosecution;
and in determining his fitness for graduation, work of this
kind is considered as having much weight. Lectures, 10-11, Monday,
Wednesday, Friday.
The laboratory is open to students six days in the week, during
all the working hours of the day.
Industrial Chemistry. [Dunnington].
This course is concerned with the applications of chemistry to
the purposes of human life. It examines in detail the chemical
principles and processes specially involved in the more important
arts and manufactures; as for example the Metallurgy of iron, steel,
copper, and all the important metals: the Manufacture of limes,
cements, mortars, and other building materials: the Chemistry of
explosives, lubricants, paints, and other preservatives. Exercises in
chemical computations are regularly required. Lectures, 3-4, Monday,
Wednesday, Friday; 12-1, Tuesday.
The collections of the University in illustration of the processes
and products of Industrial Chemistry have been procured at much
expense and pains in this country, England, France, and Germany,
and are extensive and good; among the best on this side of the
Atlantic.
GEOLOGY.
Geology 1. [Watson].
General Geology.—A course of three lectures a week and nine
study, throughout the year. The divisions of Dynamical, Structural,
and Physiographical Geology are covered in considerable detail.
Special emphasis is given to the study of common rock-forming
minerals and rocks, building stones and ores. Lectures, 1-2, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday. Laboratory, 10-1, Monday, Wednesday.
Geology 2. [Watson].
Economic Geology.—This course is designed to give a general
but comprehensive account of the origin, nature, distribution and
uses of the metallic and non-metallic products of the earth with especial
reference to those of the United States. Lectures, collateral
reading, laboratory and field work to the amount of twelve hours
a week throughout the year. Lectures, 12-1, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday. Laboratory by appointment.
MINING.
Mining Engineering. [Thornton].
Exploitation of Mines.—Lectures on the principles to be observed
in prospecting; on the work of opening the mine by shaft
or adit tunnel; on the layout of the underground workings and the
extraction of the mineral; on timbering the excavation; on lighting
the mine; on mine explosions and other accidents; on mine surveys,
maps, and plans; practical exercises solved by the student in
nocturnal surveying and on the computations and drawings of the
Mining Engineer.
Mining Machinery.—Lectures on the central power plant for
mining undertakings; on the theory and operation of power transmission
lines; on the machinery for haulage, hoisting, drainage,
and ventilation; on the methods and machinery used in hydraulic
mining; and on the machinery for quarrying and ore dressing. The
lectures are paralleled by a series of practical exercises in which
the student makes independent estimates on the mechanical equipment
of a projected mine or reports on the operation and outfit of
some actual mine inspected by him.
Electricity in Mining.—Lectures on the installation of electric
lines for light and for power in mines; on the special types of generators
and motors suitable for mines; on electric locomotives and
haulage; on electrically driven hoists, pumps, and fans; on electric
coal cutters; on electric lights for mines; and on electric methods
of signaling. Practical exercises in electric computations for mine
installations. Lectures, 9-10. Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
MECHANICS.
Mechanics 1. [Thornton].
The systematic study of Theoretical Mechanics offered in this
course presupposes the completion of courses equivalent to Mathematics
1 and 2 and Physics 1. The topics treated in the successive
terms are as follows:
Fall Term.—Statics of the material particle and of solid bodies.
Winter Term.—Dynamics of the particle; elementary treatment
of the dynamics of the rigid body.
Spring Term.—Dynamics of the rigid body; attractions and
potential.
Free use is made of the calculus, and no student will be admitted
to the class, who has not a good working knowledge of this
branch of pure mathematics. Especial attention is given to the
mechanical problems which arise in engineering practice. Lectures,
10-11, Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Mechanics 2. [Thornton].
The work is distributed as follows:
Fall Term.—Strength of Materials.
Winter Term.—Hydrostatics and Hydraulics.
Spring Term.—Hydraulic Motors and Pumps.
Lectures, 9-10, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Mechanics 3. [Thornton].
The subjects treated are as follows:
Fall Term.—River Engineering and Hydraulic Power Plants.
Winter Term.—Stability of Structures.
Spring Term.—Secondary Stresses in Structures, Dynamics of
Machines.
Lectures, 10-11, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
Mechanical Laboratory. [Thornton and Gallalee].
In this course the student verifies in the laboratory the more
important data and conclusions of the theoretical courses. The
work is divided as below:
Fall Term.—Testing the Materials of Construction; including
tensile and compressive tests of wires, rods, and bars for strength
and elasticity; transverse tests of timber and cast iron; torsional
tests of metals; and tensile and compressive tests of cements and
mortars, stones and bricks and concrete.
Winter Term.—Friction and Lubricants; including experiments
on sliding friction, journal friction and belt friction; on the viscosity
and density of lubricants; and on the friction of machines.
Spring Term.—Hydraulic Laboratory; including measurements
of efflux from orifices and weir notches, the experimental study of
pipe friction, and the determination of the specific gravities of the
materials of engineering. Practical exercises in stream gauging are
also required. Hours, 10-1, Saturday.
DRAWING.
Systematic instruction in engineering drawing is given through
the Freshman and Sophomore years. The student is carefully
trained in the technique of good draftsmanship. Especial attention
is paid to lettering. The importance of neatness, accuracy, clearness
and completeness is constantly impressed upon the student's
mind. Frequent exercises in tracing and blue printing are required.
As the student advances in the course he is taught more and more
to use the graphical method not merely as a means of representation,
but as an instrument of research both in Geometry and in Mechanics.
To the Junior and Senior students are assigned by their respective
professors such further drawings as are needed for the full development
of the courses of instruction.
Drawing 1. [Thornton and Hancock].
The work is distributed over the several terms as follows, one
finished plate 15″ × 20″ being required of the student each week.
The theoretical instruction in the subjects of this course is given
in connection with the work of Engineering 1. The practical
teaching is given at the drawing board. Hours, 11-2, Monday,
Wednesday.
Fall Term.—Mechanical Drawing; embraces careful training in
technique, assiduous practice in lettering, and the graphical solution
in the weekly plates of a series of carefully selected problems in
practical plane and solid geometry, and in graphical algebra and
trigonometry.
Winter Term.—Machine Drawing.—Carefully constructed and
finished plates consisting of detailed working drawings of machine
parts. The drawings are made, in part, from free-hand sketches
from the machine itself, and, in part from designs and specifications
worked out by the student in the class in Machine Construction.
Spring Term.—Topographical Drawing.—This course consists of
nine hours per week in the drawing-room throughout the Spring
Term of the Freshman year, and is devoted to a study of the conventional
methods employed in making topographical maps. Each
proficient in the preparation of such maps. Particular attention
is given to the study of contour maps, and the solution of
problems relating thereto.
Drawing 2. [Thornton and Gallalee].
This course requires each week three hours of lecture work and
nine of study and practice, of which six are in the drawing-room
under the tuition of the instructor. The distribution of topics is
as below: Hours, 12-2, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Lectures, 11-12,
Monday, Wednesday, Friday.
Fall Term.—Graphical Statics.—The necessary preparation is
such knowledge of experimental mechanics as is given in Physics
1. The theory and use of graphical methods in mechanics are
carefully taught and illustrated by means of problems in the composition
and resolution of velocities and accelerations, and of forces
and moments. Applications follow to the determination by graphical
methods of centers of gravity and moments of inertia, to the
construction of stress sheets for the simpler forms of roof trusses
and bridges, to the study of the stability of reservoir dams and
retaining walls, and to the calculation of internal stress in girders
and shafts.
Winter Term.—Descriptive Geometry.—The required preparation
is given by Drawing 1. The fundamental problems on the
point, line, and plane are carefully studied, with applications to the
construction of shadows on polyedra and to the graphical statics
of force systems in three dimensions. The projections, tangencies,
sections, and intersections of curved surfaces are then taken up,
with applications to the determination of shades and shadows on
such surfaces. The course concludes with an elementary theory
of linear perspective.
Spring Term.—Structural Drawing.—The methods of Graphical
Statics and Descriptive Geometry are applied to the design and
analysis of a series of simple structures in masonry, timber, steel,
concrete, and so on. Incidental instruction is given in the elements
of stereotomy, the construction of joints in carpentry, and
the analysis of simple types of roofs and bridges.
ENGINEERING.
Engineering 1.
This course is designed to furnish to the beginner in engineering
studies training in those preliminary disciplines, which form a
necessary part of his equipment, whatever the specialty which he
may later elect. The work is distributed as follows: Lectures, 11-12,
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
Fall Term.—Practical Geometry. [Thornton].—This course presupposes
good high-school training in plane and solid geometry
and in the rudiments of plane trigonometry. It embraces a review
and extension of the fundamental problems of plane geometry with
applications to the mensuration of rectilinear and curvilinear figures;
an elementary study of the conic sections and of the methods
of constructing these curves; the orthographic projection of polyedra
and of the three round bodies in erect and in oblique positions;
the mensuration of solids and Simpson's rule; the graphical solution
of equations, both algebraic and transcendental; and the theory
and use of the Polar Planimeter.
Winter Term.—Machine Construction. [Hancock].—A study of
the hand and machine tools in the wood and machine shops and
of the testing machines in the laboratory, involving careful investigation
of their functions, construction, and operation; free-hand
sketching of machine parts, elementary problems in the computation
of shafting, belting, rope drives, toothed gears, etc. Illustrative
and descriptive lectures are given and a large number of questions
and problems are assigned the student to guide him in the
study of each machine.
Spring Term.—Plane Surveying. [Newcomb].—Lectures on the
theory, uses, and adjustments of the Compass, Level, Transit, and
Stadia; the Computations of Surveying; the methods and proper
conduct of Land, Mine, City, Topographic, and Hydrographic Surveys.
Practical class exercises illustrating the subject matter of
the lectures are assigned to the students throughout the entire
course.
The following courses in engineering practice are given in
parallel with the lectures:
Wood Shop.—Exercises at the bench in sawing, planing, boring,
chiseling, and tool sharpening; lathe work in turning between centers
and on the face plate; practice at the machine tools in the
construction of some simple though useful article. Hours, 3-6.
Friday.
Machine Shop.—Bench exercises in chipping and filing; engine
lathe turning, boring, outside and inside thread cutting; drilling,
planing, and milling. Hours, 3-6, Friday.
Field Surveying.—The student is required to spend three afternoons
a week throughout the Spring Term in Field Surveying and
Plotting. He is taught the use of the Chain, Tape, Compass, Level,
Transit, Stadia, and Plane Table. The work in the drawing-room
consists in making Computations, Scale Drawings, Profiles, and
Contour Maps from notes taken in the field. Hours, 3-6, thrice a
week.
CIVIL ENGINEERING.
Engineering 2C. [Newcomb].
Curves and Earthwork.—Lectures on Simple, Compound, Transition
and Vertical Curves; the form of Excavations and Embankments,
Earthwork Surveys, Computation of Volumes, Formation of
Embankments, Computation of Haul, Cost of Earthwork, Blasting.
Practical exercises in Map Drawing and Topography.
Railroad Engineering.—Lectures on Reconnoissance and Preliminary
Surveys, Office Location, Field Location; the construction,
maintenance and operation of Railroads. Special attention is given
to questions of Economics which arise in the location, construction,
and operation of Railroads.
Roads, Streets, and Street Railways.—Lectures on the Principles
of Road Location; the Construction and Maintenance of Earth
Roads, Broken Stone Roads, Gravel Roads; the pavements for City
Streets and Sidewalks; the Location and Construction of Street
Railways. Laboratory tests of Road Materials. Lectures, 9-10,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Engineering 3C. [Newcomb].
Masonry Construction.—Lectures on the Materials of Construction;
Foundations; the design and construction of Dams, Retaining
Walls, Bridge Piers and Abutments, Culverts, Arches; the Theory
of Reinforced Concrete; the design and construction of the simpler
Reinforced Concrete Structures. Practical exercises in the design
of Masonry Structures and Structural Drawing.
Short Span Bridges.—Lectures on the design and construction
of standard types of Steel and Timber Bridges. Each student
makes a complete bridge design with all necessary computations and
drawings.
Long Span Bridges.—Lectures on the design and construction of
the more intricate Simple Trusses, Cantilever Bridges, Steel Arches,
Continuous Girders, and Swing Bridges. Each student is required
to work out stress sheets and general drawings for specified types
of long span Bridges. Lectures 1-2, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Railroad Field-Work and Drawing.—This course supplements the
course on Curves and Earthwork, and extends three afternoons a
week throughout the Fall Term of the Junior year. The class is
divided into squads, each squad making complete Surveys, Maps,
Profiles, and Estimates for a mile of located line.
During the Winter and Spring Terms the time of the student
is devoted to Bridge Drafting. Hours, 3-6, thrice weekly.
Engineering 4C. [Newcomb].
Water Works and Sewers.—Lectures on the quality, sources,
collection, conveyance, purification, and distribution of City Water
Supplies; the laws of flow in pipe lines and aqueducts; the drainage
of houses and streets; the collection and conveyance of sewage;
the disposal of sewage; the construction and maintenance of works.
Practical exercises in the design of pipe lines and sewers.
Reinforced Concrete.—This course supplements the course on
Masonry Construction, and extends throughout the Winter Term
of the Senior year. Lectures on the Theory of Reinforced Concrete,
the Design and Construction of selected types of Reinforced Concrete
structures. Practical exercises in the design of Reinforced
Concrete structures, and Structural Drawing. Lectures, 12-1, Thurs
day, Friday, Saturday.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
Engineering 2M [Hancock].
Elementary Steam Engineering.—Descriptive and experimental
study of steam and gas engines, steam turbines, condensers, feed-water
heaters, feed pumps and injectors. The properties of steam;
the steam engine indicator, calorimeters, and separators. Engine
testing and the computation of power and efficiency. Weekly problems
for private solution. For illustration and practice free use
is made of the steam equipment of the laboratory and of the university
power plant.
Steam Boilers and Power Plants.—Power boilers and superheaters;
choice of type for specific service; fuels, combustion, corrosion,
and incrustation; furnaces, settings, and boiler rating. Choice and
arrangement of apparatus for steam power plants; piping plans, and
estimates of cost. Weekly problems and designs.
Machine Design.—Straining actions in machine elements; friction,
lubrication, and efficiency; riveted fastenings, screws and screw
fastenings; keys, cotters, and force fits; axles, shafting, and couplings,
journals and bearings; belt and rope transmissions; toothed
gearing, spur, and bevel wheels. Problems for private solution involving
analysis and design of machine elements are assigned each
week. Lectures, 1-2, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Engineering 3M. [Hancock].
Thermodynamics of Heat Engines.—Thermodynamic theory o
hot air, gas, and steam engines, steam turbines, air compressing and
refrigerating machinery and compressed air transmission. Laboratory
problems for private solution.
Engine Design.—Straining actions in and design of engine parts;
valves, valve gears, nozzles, vanes, and governors; balancing. Weekly
problems and designs.
Hydraulic Machinery.—Pressure machines, hydraulic transmission,
reciprocating pumps, turbines, and centrifugal pumps; hydraulic
power plants. Weekly problems and designs. Lectures, 9-10,
Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
Engineering 4M. [Hancock].
Kinematics of Machines.—Plane, spheric, and screw motions;
quadric and slider-crank chains; cams, ratchets, escapements, toothed
gears, et cetera. Weekly problems for graphical solution.
Locomotive Engineering.—Locomotive furnaces and boilers;
valves and valve gears; inertia effects on moving parts, their
strength and design; balancing, tractive force, hauling capacity, efficiency,
and economy. Weekly problems and designs. Lectures,
12-1, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
In addition to the instruction in the principles of Mechanical
Engineering gained from the lectures and the demonstrations in the
laboratory connected with them, the student learns much from the
courses in engineering practice outlined below. In these he solves
for himself under the personal criticism and guidance of competent
instructors all the fundamental problems in the practical duties of
the mechanical engineer.
Advanced Machine Shop.—Bench and machine-tool work in the
construction of articles of commercial value. Fall Term of the
Junior year, and Winter Term of the Senior year; hours, 3-6, thrice
weekly.
Pattern Making, Foundry and Forge Shop.—Simple solid and
split patterns and core boxes; core making, moulding, and casting;
exercises in forging iron and steel; forging and tempering center
punches, cold chisels, lathe, and planer tools. Spring Term of the
Junior year. Hours, 3-6, twice weekly.
Steam Laboratory.—Practice at the Lighting and Power Plant
in the operation and care of boilers, engines, generators, pumps,
feed-water heaters, et cetera; in the steam laboratory with steam
and gasoline engines, condensers, calorimeters, separators, indicators;
steam fitting and testing steam lines. Winter Term of the
Junior year. Hours, 3-6, twice weekly.
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING.
Engineering 2E. [Rodman].
The work of the Fall Term is devoted to the study of the Elements
of Electrical Engineering as comprised in the fundamental
principles of electrical measurements and of electric and magnetic
circuits.
Especial attention is given to the fundamental laws of Ohm and
Kirchhoff with practical exemplifications in numerous assigned problems.
The latter part of the term's work is introductory to the
detailed study of direct current dynamo machinery.
The laboratory course paralleling the lectures is devoted to the
methods of using electrical measuring devices and to the more elementary
tests of the characteristics of electric and magnetic circuits.
The winter Term is devoted to a detailed study of the theory,
construction, characteristics and operation of Direct Current Generators
and Motors and the accessory apparatus required for their
proper management and control. The latter part of the term's work
is concerned with the theory, construction and operation of Storage
Batteries of approved modern types. Problem work illustrating the
methods of calculation involved in direct current circuits and practical
examples from standard engineering practice form an important
adjunct to the lectures.
The parallel laboratory course is concerned with the experimental
determination of the complete characteristics, the efficiency and
the temperature conditions which are manifested in the practical
operation of direct current dynamo machinery and storage batteries.
The Spring Term is given to the study of Periodic Currents.
A careful study is made of circuits and their characteristics when
resistance, inductance and capacity are present in all their possible
combinations. Extended problem work is required to facilitate the
treatment of simple and complex circuits. Free use is made of
vector and symbolic notation and graphical solutions, while especial
attention is given to the standard methods of nomenclature by
means of which otherwise confusing effects may be clearly elucidated.
The physical conceptions are kept always prominently in view
and the value of mathematics as a tool is emphasized. The latter
part of the course is devoted to a rapid survey of alternating current
machines and apparatus in order to familiarize the student
with general types and characteristics.
The laboratory is chiefly concerned with the more complicated
tests on direct current machines, only a few exercises being devoted
9-10, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; laboratory hours, 12-2, Monday,
Tuesday.
Engineering 3E. [Rodman].
The Fall Term is spent in a detailed study of Alternating Current
Generators and Transformers with their accessory measuring and
controlling devices. The theory, construction, regulation and operation
of single and polyphase generators are discussed, and the details
of standard types of transformers are carefully considered.
Graphical diagrams showing operating characteristics are
freely used as offering the most readily comprehensible treatment of
the complex relations existing in alternating current circuits.
Assigned problem work illustrating the theory and practice is
made use of to supplement the lectures.
The laboratory work gives practical demonstration of the characteristics
of alternating current apparatus and complete characteristic,
regulation and efficiency tests are made on non-inductive and
reactive loads for single, two and three phase arrangements of both
dynamo machines and transformers.
The Winter Term is a continuance of the study of Alternating
Current Phenomena, especial attention being directed to the various
types of Alternating Current Motors, synchronous and induction,
both single and polyphase, with their theory, construction, operation
and auxiliary control apparatus. Extended problem work
forms an important adjunct to the lectures and recitations.
In the laboratory the theory is put to proof by means of tests
performed on motors of all types, operating under ordinary conditions.
Torque and efficiency runs are made, and the adaptability of
each special type of motor for various work is made prominent.
The Spring Term embraces work which is in part a résumé of
the entire course, being devoted to a general study of Generation,
Transmission and Distribution of Electrical Energy, prime movers,
generating apparatus, switchboards and protective devices, high tension
long distance transmission lines, substations, and the economic
design and operation of modern electric power plants, and transmission
systems. Particular attention is paid to the problems concerned
in the design and construction of power plants and in the
choice of units.
The laboratory work is devoted to the completion of the more
complex tests on alternating machinery as units and as complete
hours, 9-11, Monday, Wednesday.
Engineering 4E. [Rodman].
The Fall Term is given to the study of Electric Lighting and
Photometry. The student is made familiar with the modern types
of illuminants and their characteristics. Photometry and photometric
standards are discussed, and some of the general problems confronting
the Illuminating Engineer are treated. Problem work illustrating
the computations necessary for the consideration of the
lighting expert are made an important part of the course.
The laboratory tests are devoted to detailed studies of incandescent
and are lamps as to their luminous effects, efficiency and
general characteristics.
During the Winter Term a study is made of Electric Traction
and Traction Apparatus, including the various types of direct and
alternating current railway motors, controllers, brakes, rolling stock,
track, train performance and electric railway economics. A discussion
of the particular advantages of direct current, single phase
or polyphase, motor action is taken up and the best uses for each
system are outlined.
The laboratory is complementary to the course during the same
term which deals with alternating current motor testing.
The Spring Term hours for this course are given over to form
a part of the required Thesis time. Lecture hours, 12-1, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday; laboratory hours, 11-2, Wednesday.
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