1. ME 407-Mechanical Engineering Systems Laboratory
Lecture notes-1

7. Both time and money is important in practical engineering.

15. BEFORE METRIC INFORMATION IS ACQUIRED STRUCTURAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED

19. REASONS FOR PERFORMING MEASUREMENTS
TO PROVIDE AN IMMEDIATE QUANTITATIVE ANSWER TO A SPECIFIC PROBLEM
TO COLLECT EMPIRICAL DATA WITH THE HOPE OF OBTAINING AN INSIGHT INTO A PHENOMENON AND LATER GO ON TO USE THE DATA TO FORM A THEORETICAL EXPLANATION OF IT.
TO VERIFY THE EXISTING THEORY

20. ENGINEERING EXPERIMENTATION APPROACH
1. WHAT IS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE EXPERIMENT ?
2.WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT VARIABLES AND ARE THEY DEFINED ?
3. WILL GROUPING OF VARIABLES REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TESTING ?
4. WHAT APPARATUS IS REQUIRED ?
5. HOW WILL THE TESTS BE ORGANIZED ?
6. HOW WILL THE DATA APPEAR ON YOUR NOTES ?
7. HOW WILL THE RESULTS BE PRESENTED ?
8. WHAT DO THE RESULTS MEAN ?
9. IS THE TEST FINISHED ?
10.CONCLUSIONS ARE DRAWN AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
11. REPORT IS PREPARED