Inclined Plane Experiment Lab Report

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Inclined Plane Experiment Lab Report

Assignment: Inclined plane

The purpose of this course and with the assignments is for the engineering student to gain insight into how degree projects and other scientific investigations can be formulated and carried out. The assignment is done individually.

Assignment 1. Results in tabular form with detailed table text. Calculate the mean and standard deviation. The experimental set-up must be carefully schematically drawn and photographed. Full figure texts are required. Example of a well-designed table and figure, see the template section 8.2.

Assignment 2. A detailed, high-quality lab report, which aims to determine, both theoretically and experimentally, the impact site of the bullet on the floor when the bullet rolls down an inclined plane.

To calculate the point of impact theoretically, it is required that you have a theoretical-mathematical model (equations) for the ball’s potential and kinetic energy. Kinetic energy also called kinetic energy is the energy a body has due to its movement. The kinetic energy can in turn be divided into translational and rotational energy, respectively. The translation energy is the energy a body has that moves without rotation.

Using calculations based on relevant equations and experiment no. 1, the student must predict the impact site for the bullets. Compare the theoretical calculated values and your results.

How to…..

  • Generally
  • Imperfect should be used in summary, introduction, theory sections, method sections and present in results and discussion.
  • The academic text must be objective and fairly formal, ie. Impersonal. You who write should be seen as little as possible in the text. Therefore, avoid writing “I”, “we” etc. as far as possible. Use passive form.
  • Theoretical impact point shall be calculated theoretically where loss of rotational energy is also included in the calculations.
  • All figures, tables, equations, references and appendices must be mentioned in the report’s body text before the figure with figure text is presented. Ex. ”See figure 1 etc. In addition, all factual information, which is not the report writer’s own, must have a reference to the source that must be in the reference list.
  • Purpose and issues must be clearly formulated.
  • In the results part: The most important results from work are presented in the body text of the results part. Motivate / describe briefly but clearly how the most important results are read from tables and figures. Strive to make the description logical and clear so that it is perceived as objective.

Figures

  • Do not have several number series such as Diagram, Picture, Photo, Graph, Figure – all of these are called Figure.
  • Figure and table list must be created according to the document “Guide 1: Creating Figure List in Word – Manual” on the course page.
  • For each figure, there must be a reference in the body text before the figure.
  • All figures must be numbered and have a figure text that is below the figure. Use References – Insert description, check that the Description style is used and make ‘Figure no.’ Bold. Use formatting at the top and bottom. Note Font size 9 and font “Times New Roman” must be used according to our University.

Units on the axes of the figure must be clearly visible.

  • All borrowed figures must have a reference to the source that must be in the reference list.

Figures and tables Headings and explanations must be understood without having to read the running text.

  • Figures are placed as close to the commentary text as possible.

Tables

In principle the same as for figures, but the table text should be above the table, see the template section 8.2.

Figure and table list must be created according to document “Guide 1: Creating Figure list in Word – Manual” on the course page.

Equations

NOTE! The equation editor should be used. Equations are numbered to make it easier to refer to in the body text. Equations are created with Insert – Equation and must be numbered using the Formula Number style. Tip! Enter formula and formula numbers in a borderless table as below.

Incoming designations must be defined and units specified and must be described the first time you write the equation in the running text. It is not enough to have the designations in a designation list.

Ex) The formula for kinetic energy is given out (Alastair, 2015). (W) stands for the energy, (m) for the mass and (v) is the velocity the ball occupies through the trajectory.

  • Abstract (summary) in both Swedish and English, introduction.

(See info on how to write the Abstract here below)

Abstract

A summary must be brief (150 words) and describe the purpose, method, results and possible conclusions. The text is written in imperfect running text and without references.

It must be designed in such a way that it can be read separately by those who only want to obtain a quick information about the content and must therefore not contain references to other parts of the report. The summary must not contain figures or pictures. Since the summary addresses people with different backgrounds, it is especially important to explain or avoid difficult technical terms.

It must be possible to get answers to the following questions:

What was the work about?

What was the purpose of the work?

What methods were used?

Most important: What results did you get?

What conclusions were drawn?

Units

There should be a space between the numbers and the unit (with the exception of °C)

Consistent writing of % (OK both with and without spaces, but not mixed)

Note that uppercase / lowercase letters in units mean different and should be correct

Example: Right: 16 m2 32 °C W / mK. Wrong: 16m2 16 M2 32 °C W / mK

 

Reference to Sources

  • Literature studies must be carried out.
  • The reference list must contain at least two books, two journal articles and two electronic sources. Use the reference system provided in the template. Write references according to the Harvard model. How the reference list is generated automatically is described in the document “Creating a source list and source reference in Ms Word 2010 – Manual.
  • The six references must be referenced in the current text (the body text) even if you have really only used one source. The other five are more for the sake of visibility and for you to practice in reference management.
  • No references in headings. Source reference must be stated according to the information you want to prove.
  • Make sure there are source references everywhere it should be.
  • Source reference for figures is made last in the associated figure text.