SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING, NUST

ENGINEERING MECHANICS LABORATORY

Course Code ME-115 Semester Fall 2022
Credit Hours 0-1 Pre-requisite -
Codes
Instructor: Engr. Sohail/ LE Class BE-ME-13A,B,C
Sana Sajid
Assignment: Open Ended Lab Weightage 15%
CLO3 Ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for
engineering practice.

Title: Determination of Forces in members of a given Truss Assembly using

SOLIDWORKS
Objectives:
A truss assembly is shown in the figure below. You need to analyze the given assembly of truss to
find out forces in its members. For that, you will be using Method of Joints to solve the given truss
for its force members with dimensions in accordance with your CMS ID as explained in the
specifications, then the same assembly needs to be modelled in SOLIDWORKS. You will be
performing static analysis of the modelled assembly and find force members virtually. After
finding forces by both methods, you will be validating your SOLIDWORKS analysis by
comparing the results with that of theoretical ones using method of joints.
Truss Assembly Specifications:

F1 = (50 + SDR) N
F2 = (200 + 10*SDR) N
A = (1000 + 20*SDR) mm
B = (500 + 10*SDR) mm
C = (300 – 2*SDR) mm
Where SDR is Sum of Digits of Registration No. e.g., if your CMS ID is 380021, SDR is
3+8+0+0+2+1 = 14.

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Moreover, at joint 1, there is a pin support while a rocker support is present at joint 5.
Deliverables:
1. Individual Report. (In WORD format, both hard and soft form)
2. SOLIDWORKS file in sldprt format with all simulation files.

Submission Guidelines:
Students are required to submit the deliverables of Open Ended Lab till 30th November 2022,
11:59 pm. Soft form submission will be on MS teams, for that, assignment will be created in due
course. Title of the report should be your full name followed by CMS ID e.g., Muhammad
Arsalan_380021. Moreover, reports will be collected in hard form as well till the mentioned date.
Late submissions will not be allowed.
Note: Maximum allowed similarity index is 30% with any internet source. After 30%, each percent
will result in deduction of 0.25 mark (e.g., if a student has similarity index of 32 %, 0.5 mark will
be deducted from overall obtained marks).
Students are not allowed to copy other students’ work, students involved in plagiarism will be
marked 0.
Suggestion:
For sketching free body diagrams, you can either use MS PowerPoint or MS Visio for convenience
in labeling them.
Follow the template and rubrics mentioned below to score maximum marks.

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RUBRICS FOR OPEN ENDED LAB EVALUATION

Rubrics Weightage Stages
1. Deliverables No mark will be
awarded if any of the Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3
mentioned deliverables
will be missing.
2. Abstract 5% Abstract is properly written in paragraph Abstract is written, but not Abstract isn’t written
form, covering all the points already properly, either any point is at all, or title or
mentioned in template. missing, or it lacks sentence objective is copied
(1 mark) fluidity. (0 mark)
(0.5 mark)
3. Introduction 15 % Introduction is properly written covering Introduction is satisfactory. Introduction is
all the points already mentioned in (1 mark) unsatisfactory.
template. (0 mark)
(2 marks)

20 % for Each step from modeling to simulation is Any of the mentioned point is SOLIDWORKS
SOLIDWORKS written with proper screenshots, including missing. analysis isn’t
Simulation 2D drawings, mentioning all the (2-1 marks) documented properly.
4. Methodology dimensions and specifications assigned in (0 mark)
accordance with CMS ID.
(3 marks)
15% for Theoretical Each joint is analyzed, and corresponding Any equation corresponding to More than 2 joints
Calculations equations as well as free body diagram any joint is missing. aren’t analyzed
associated with each joint are written. (1-1.5 marks) properly.
(2 marks) (0 mark)
5. Results
25 % Value of each force member with its direction (either tensive or compressive) carries 0.5 marks.

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6. Discussion 15 % Discussion is properly written in Discussion is written, but not Discussion lacks
paragraph form, covering all the points properly, either any point is important points.
already mentioned in template. missing, or it lacks sentence (0 mark)
(2 marks) fluidity.
(1 mark)
7. Concluding 5% Experiment and its findings are concluded Conclusion isn’t proper. No Conclusion is
Remarks concisely and properly. (0.5 mark) written.
( 1 mark) (0 mark)

Methodology section is mandatory, any student skipping this part will be awarded no mark.
Moreover, 15% marks will be deducted for not following the template attached in word format.

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