Description
This versatile kit is part of a series that allows many experiments using different arrangements of their parts. Students, teachers or lecturers fit the parts of the kit to the work panel (supplied separately) to study or show an engineering science topic. This kit includes different beams and fixing blocks. The fixing blocks work as clamps or knife-edge supports. They hold the beams in different ways, such as a cantilever, simply supported, fixed (encastre) and a propped cantilever. Students set up a beam on the supports and add weights to deflect the beams. An accurate dial indicator measures the deflection at the point of loading. The choice of different beams allow extra experiments, showing the relationships between beam deflection and ‘I’ (second moment of area) value. They also allow comparisons of different beam material and how it affects deflection, introducing Young’s modulus. Students also use the cantilever for easy experiments showing the relationship between beam length and deflection. we supply a CD-ROM with the work panel. It includes all the worksheets, guidance notes and lecturer notes (with answers) needed for typical experiments with each kit. The selection of parts in the kits and the choice of fixing points on the work panel means that teachers or lecturers may extend the experiments to an even greater range. Note: The kit is for use with the work panel (supplied separately).
Learning Outcomes
Beam length and deflection
Beam material and deflection (Young’s modulus)
Beam ‘I’ value and deflection
Beam supports (cantilever, propped cantilever, fixed beam and simply supported) and deflection
Specifications
Atico is committed to a programme of continuous improvement; hence we reserve the right to alter the design and product specification without prior notice.
Storage tray (with clip-on lid):
450 mm x 320 mm x 85 mm
Nett weight:
3.6 kg
Packed volume and weight:
Approximately 0.015 m3 and 4.1 kg
Main parts:
• Choice of beams
• Dial indicator
• Dial caliper
• Fixing blocks
• Rule
• Weight hangers and weights
• Hexagon tool
Operating Conditions
Operating Enviroment:
Laboratory Enviroment
Storage Temprature Range :
–25°C to +55°C (when packed for transport)
Operating Temprature range:
+5°C to +40°C
Operating relative humidity range:
80% at temperatures < 31°C decreasing linearly to 50% at 40°C
