Spring 2009 Syllabus

Academic Integrity

matlab

• m-files

scale modeling

• Buckingham-Pi and Similitude
  

analog circuits

• Picture and Audio Description of a Circuit Bread-Board
• Analog Devices Data Sheet: AD711 Op-Amp
  
• Analog Devices Data Sheet: AD524 Instrumentation Amp

data analysis and statistics

• On-Line Statistics Lab from Rice University
• Error Analysis Tutorials from the University of Michigan

linear and nonlinear least squares

• Linear Least Squares, Regularization and SVD
  
• Levenberg-Marquardt method: introduction and examples
  
• Levenberg-Marquardt method: m-files
  
• Methods for Non-linear Least Squares Problems 2nd ed, by: K. Madsen, H.B. Nielsen, O. Tingleff, Technical University of Denmark
  
• Iterative Methods for Optimization
  

strain gages

• Strain-Gage Technical Notes Vishay-Micromeasurements Inc.
• Strain-Gage Application Notes Vishay-Micromeasurements Inc.
• Load Cell Theory
• Linear Variable Differential Transformer Principle of OperationRDP electronics

servo valves

• Moog Servovalve Technical Information

photo-elasticity

• Photoelasticity lab
• Introduction to the Photo-Stress Method Vishay-Micromeasurements Inc.
• Disk Calibration
• Thick Ring, low load
• Thick Ring, high load
• Thin Ring, close-up
• Thin Ring, full view

digital data acquisition

• Digital Data Acquisition and Control in Matlab iodaq.m
• Digital Data Acquisition and Control in C
  

spectral signal processing

• Spectral Signal Processing Julios O. Smith III, Stanford University

modal analysis

• Pete Avitabile on Modal Analysis
• Structural Dynamic Vibrations Prof. B.J. Stone, University of Western Australia
• Los Alamos Dynamics Summer School
  © 2000-2009 Henri P. Gavin; Updated: October 24 2000, February 1 2004, December 12 2005, January 12 2009
  

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