 | University of Virginia record February, 1911 |  |
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 out for himself the
necessary literary and laboratory researches and 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. 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 textbooks
and lectures accompanied by experimental demonstrations. In
addition, recitations, solution of illustrative problems, and written reports
upon quantitative laboratory work done by the student are required.
Lectures, 11-12, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. Laboratory, 9-11, Monday,
Wednesday.
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
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. [Kastle and 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 in practical
experiments in the Laboratory. A course in Chemical 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, 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 additional
hours a week for laboratory and field work, and private 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.
Theoretical 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.—Hydrostatics, and Theoretical and Practical Hydraulics.
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.
Theoretical Mechanics 2. [Thornton].
For admission to this more advanced course in Analytical Mechanics
the completion of Theoretical Mechanics 1 or an equivalent is required.
The work is distributed as follows:
Fall Term.—Analytical Statics, including the Theory of Attractions
and the Potential.
Winter Term.—Dynamics of the Particle and of Systems of Particles.
Spring Term.—Dynamics of the Rigid Body. Balancing of Machines.
Lectures. 10-11, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.
Applied Mechanics. [Thornton].
This course includes the divisions of Applied Mechanics most important
for the equipment of the engineer. The subjects treated are as follows:
Fall Term.—Strength of Materials, with applications to the analysis
and design of the elements of structures and machines.
Winter Term.—Stability of Structures; retaining walls and reservoir
dams, continuous girders and swing bridges, cables for aörial transmission
lines and suspension bridges, and elastic ribs of steel, and arches of
masonry and reinforced concrete.
Spring Term.—Hydraulic Motors and Pumps; the dynamic action of
streams of water, the theory and design of water wheels and turbines, the
principles of construction and operation of centrifugal pumps and turbine
pumps; and the methods of hydraulic power transmission.
The course is arranged so that it may be taken parallel with
Theoretical Mechanics 1. Lectures, 9-10, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Mechanical Laboratory. [Thornton and Hancock].
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
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 the study of the conventional signs employed
in making topographical maps. Each student is required to make
a number of plates, and to become reasonably 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: Hours, 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].—Elementary
study and analysis of machine parts, such as riveted joints, bolts, nuts,
keys, and cotters; journals, shafting, couplings, and bearings; pedestals,
brackets and hangers; belt and rope transmissions; friction and toothed
gearing and tooth forms; pistons and piston rings, stuffing boxes and
packing. Weekly problems and designs for private practice.
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
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.
Railway 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 for Road Materials. Hours, 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;
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. Hours,
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. Hours, 12-1, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING.
Engineering 2M. [Hancock].
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.
Elementary Steam Engineering.—Descriptive and experimental study
of steam and gasoline engines, steam turbines, condensers, and feed-water
heaters, feed pumps and injectors; their operation and care. 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.—Types of 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 small steam power plants; piping plans, and estimates
of cost. Weekly problems and designs. Hours, 1-2, Thursday,
Friday, Saturday.
Engineering 3M. [Hancock].
Thermodynamics of Heat Engines.—Thermodynamic theory of steam
and gas engines and steam turbines. Laboratory tests for steam consumption
and thermal efficiency. Weekly 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 transmissions,
reciprocating pumps, turbines, and centrifugal pumps; hydraulic power
plants. Weekly problems and designs. Hours, 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; forced
draft; 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. Hours, 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.
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 to the study
of circuits carrying periodic currents. Lecture hours, 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 continuation of the study of Alternating Current
Phonomena, 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 systems. Lecture
hours, 11-12, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; laboratory 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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