Howard Brown (Lab Partner: Samir Kadkade)

ME 102A

2014-02-19

Basic beam bending Lab Report

Figure 1 - Stiffness Results (including averages and standard deviation)

Figure 2 - Left Load Point (Force vs. Displacement)

Figure 3 - Middle Load Point (Force vs. Displacement)

Figure 4 - Right Load Point (Force vs. Displacement)

Short Description: Results were processed through LabView and exported to Excel Spreadsheets. When operating the lab setup, the time at which the clamp began tightening and the point at which the clamp stopped tightening were recorded. After trials, data between the start and stop points were graphed in excel, and a linear fit trendline was inserted. The slope of the trendline was used as the stiffness measurement of the trial. All stiffnesses were inputted into an excel worksheet, and the included excel functions were used to calculate the average stiffness and standard deviation for each load point and for the entire test structure.