Portland, Oregon
June 12, 2005
June 12, 2005
June 15, 2005
2153-5965
12
10.141.1 - 10.141.12
10.18260/1-2--15328
https://peer.asee.org/15328
645
The development and modification of a laboratory experiment to determine the thrust characteristics of an air propelled rocket is described. The experiment is used in the junior level Instrumentations and Measurements course in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Tulsa. It involves elements of instrument calibration, computerized data acquisition, and uncertainty propagation. The experimental details of the laboratory are described along with the goals of the experiment and a description of the data analysis procedure. Student opinions of the lab experience as determined by a survey about the lab are presented and ways to improve the lab based on student comments are discussed.
Kessler, M. (2005, June), Air Rocket Thrust Experiment Involving Computerized Data Acquisition, Calibration, And Uncertainty Analysis Paper presented at 2005 Annual Conference, Portland, Oregon. 10.18260/1-2--15328
ASEE holds the copyright on this document. It may be read by the public free of charge. Authors may archive their work on personal websites or in institutional repositories with the following citation: © 2005 American Society for Engineering Education. Other scholars may excerpt or quote from these materials with the same citation. When excerpting or quoting from Conference Proceedings, authors should, in addition to noting the ASEE copyright, list all the original authors and their institutions and name the host city of the conference. - Last updated April 1, 2015