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Applied Mechanics Laboratory. [Lapham.]
553. Structural Materials.
Practice is given in commercial and research testing. Included in the
usual tests are: Standard tests for Portland cement; tensile tests of structural
steel; transverse tests for cast-iron; testing of wires; determination of
the modulus of elasticity for various materials; transverse tests of timber;
torsion and compression tests of steel. Wherever practicable, the Standards
of the American Society for Testing Materials are used as a guide and reference.
(Fall.)
554. Fuels and Lubricants.
Standard methods for sampling coal; the determination of the heating
value of coals with the bomb calorimeter, with a study of current methods
for computing the cooling correction; the proximate analysis of coal; the
heating value of gases with the Junker calorimeter; the determination of
viscosity, flash and fire point, chill point, and specific gravity of oils; the coefficient
of friction for lubricants. (Spring.)
(Written reports following accepted engineering forms constitute an
important part of these courses.)
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