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3.00 Credits
Development of practical skills in carpentry and light construction. Selection of materials. Agricultural buildings repaired, constructed, or modified during laboratory periods. 1 lecture, 2 laboratories. Prerequisite: BRAE 129 or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Planning of facilities required in production systems. Materials and processes used in construction of agricultural structures. Environmental factors affecting crop storage structures and animal housing. Design of structural environments to meet the needs of commodities, animals, and plants. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: BRAE 151, PHYS 132.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to elements used in the mechanical transmission of power and force in agricultural systems. Power transmission using v-belts. roller chain, gear and shaft drives, hydraulic actuators. Linear and nonlinear actuation devices including linkages, cams, and hydraulic/pneumatic cylinders. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: BRAE 128, BRAE 129, PHYS 131.
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4.00 Credits
Land grading design, operation, management, and evaluation of irrigation methods. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: MATH 141, BRAE 239, SS 121, a computer programming course.
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2.00 Credits
An introduction to basic field note keeping as well as the use of steel tapes, automatic levels, total stations and survey tools. Training in the procedures for differential and profile leveling; angle measurement and traversing. Hands-on experience with the use of GPS for surveying. An understanding in computations to determine direction, elevations, and earthwork volumes. Practice in map reading and building layout. 1 lecture, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: MATH 119 or equivalent.
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4.00 Credits
Development of proper field note taking and procedures for measuring using automatic levels, total stations and GPS systems. Understanding in the procedures and computations for differential leveling, profiles, traversing, triangulation and topographic surveys. Computations in traverse adjustment, contour mapping, earthwork volumes, curve alignments and building layout. Understanding in map reading, the use of datums, photogrammetry, CAD design and boundary law. 2 lectures, 2 laboratories. Prerequisite: MATH 119 or equivalent.
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1.00 Credits
Individual projects. Total credit limited to 4 units. 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
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2.00 Credits
Use and care of tapes, staff compass, abney levels, theodolites, and GPS receivers. Keeping field notes, measurements by tape. Closed and open traverse by compass and theodolite. Turning angles and determining directions of lines. Map reading and public land description. GPS measurements. 1 lecture, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: MAPE Score 8, prerequisite or concurrent: FNR 215. Corrected effective Summer 2007.
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4.00 Credits
Selection, application and use of hydraulic components and mechanical power transmission equipment. Use of standardized circuit design procedures. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: PHYS 121.
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4.00 Credits
Application of microcomputers and programmable logic controllers to hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical systems. Theory, instrumentation and sensors used in process and control systems used in agricultural equipment. 3 lectures, 1 laboratory. Prerequisite: BRAE 216 or BRAE 324 and BRAE 234 or BRAE 301.
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