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Two different kinds of practicals in a vibrations class

dc.contributor.author Ford, Robin en_US
dc.contributor.author Kanapathipillai, Sangarapillai en_US
dc.contributor.author Kessissoglou, Nicole en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2021-11-25T16:00:43Z
dc.date.available 2021-11-25T16:00:43Z
dc.date.issued 2006 en_US
dc.description.abstract Two very different styles of practicals have been introduced into a conventional engineering vibrations course. This was a reintroduction of practical work into a class where it had been deleted for resource reasons. The first of the reinstated practicals demonstrated rotating out of balance and with it the use of common instrumentation such as FFT analysers. It was a conventional style of practical. The second demonstrated modal frequencies and mode-shapes for a multiple degree of freedom system using innovative simple experimental equipment that required extensive hands-on activities from the students. In this second practical the students explored the phenomena for themselves. Surveys of students revealed that they saw value in both styles of activity. Further, they would not as a group have preferred more lecture or tutorial time instead, or even private study time. This paper describes the aims of including experiments again in the course, how the experiments were constructed, and how the practical periods were organised. It also explains how the activities were assessed and gives full details of the student reactions. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/10627
dc.language English
dc.language.iso EN en_US
dc.publisher Australasian Association of Engineering Education en_US
dc.rights CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 en_US
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ en_US
dc.source Legacy MARC en_US
dc.subject.other Cost-effectiveness en_US
dc.subject.other Engineering mechanics en_US
dc.subject.other Vibrations, practicals, en_US
dc.title Two different kinds of practicals in a vibrations class en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en
dcterms.accessRights open access
dspace.entity.type Publication en_US
unsw.accessRights.uri https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
unsw.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/893
unsw.publisher.place Auckland, New Zealand en_US
unsw.relation.faculty Engineering
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceLocation Auckland, New Zealand en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceName 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association of Engineering Education en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceProceedingsTitle Proceedings of 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Association of Engineering Education en_US
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceYear 2006 en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Ford, Robin, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kanapathipillai, Sangarapillai, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation Kessissoglou, Nicole, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, UNSW en_US
unsw.relation.school School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering *
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