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Applied Mechanics Demonstration
Exposition To Use Carnival Style
Something resembling the attractions along a carnival midway will be found at the applied mechanics exhibit at the forthcoming Engineering Exposition.
Applied mechanics is the study of how various materials behave under stress and strain. It is used to design machines that will be brought out by the exhibit.
Demonstrations will center around the use of the electrical strain gauge in various phases of engineering and will be set up in the strength laboratory in the basement of Marvin Hall.
Model Train To Be Shown
The main exhibit has a model train that passes over a bridge equipped with strain gauges. The weight of the train on the bridge will be recorded by a brush recorder. This particular part of the exhibit shows how applied mechanism is used in civil engineering.
In one exhibit visitors will be able to stand on the end of a cantilever beam and by finding out how much the beam is distorted (through the use of the strain gauge) the weight of the person can be determined.
A metal spring with a strain gauge incorporated will be used to test one's grip. It will register the amount of distortion on an oscilloscope, adding a bit of carnival atmosphere to the exhibit.
Action Is Theme For Robot Exhibit
University Daily Kansan
"Engineering in Action" has been chosen as the theme for the engineering manufacturing processes students, exhibits to be displayed in Fowler Shops as a part of the Engineering Exposition today and Saturday.
Other exhibits will be "Industrial Plastics" showing the laminating and hot forming of plastics, "Heat Treatment" demonstrating radio frequency heating, a foundry exhibit of centrifugal casting and mechanical foundry operation, "Sheet Metal" demonstrating hydro-forming and automatic punching and riveting.
The feature of the exhibit will be a robot man who will be used in the lathe and welding exhibits. The robot man will walk up to the machine, move into position, and start and stop the machine displays.
Materials To Be Tested
Various materials will be tested for stress and strain by three testing machines capable of 30,000, 60,000, and 120,00 pound loads respectively. Wood, cast iron, paper, and aircraft sheet metal will be tested for compression and tension by the three machines. Applied mechanics used in aeronautical engineering and architectural engineering will be demonstrated by the strength machines.
There will be a shear center
demonstration and a demonstration using polarized light to show strain patterns in color
In the hydraulics laboratory behind Marvin Hall there will be a reaction turbine, a centrifugal pump, a demonstration of the action and reaction of a jet of water, and a demonstration of how water obtains energy as it passes over a spillway.
Richard Lee, Mission junior, is in charge of the applied mechanics exhibition.
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