General Information
There are
two labs in EN
4: Dynamics of Bows
and Arrows
and Safety Testing a Baby Walker. A brief
description of each lab is given below.
You must complete
the two labs: failure to complete a laboratory
will result in no credit for the course.
Each lab project involves: (i)
planning of the laboratory experiment with a pre-report
of two-page length; (ii) making some measurements in the
laboratory; (iii) doing some calculations so as to draw conclusions from your measured
data, and (iv) writing a report. Detailed reports are required for both labs.
Laboratory reports will be graded
for presentation and clarity, as well as for technical content. If you have trouble
with technical writing, you should contact a lab TA or Professor for help, just as
you would with a math problem...
Laboratory measurements will be done in groups, with
4 or 5 students in each group. However, each student must submit a separate report.
No collaboration in writing is permitted
for writing reports.
To form lab groups,
each group should fill in a single electronic sign up form provided below and
send it to brown.en4@gmail.com. You must
submit the form by the sign-up
deadline listed below.
Due dates for each lab report are given below.
If you have to submit a lab
report late, you must request
a permission to do so in writing before the due date. Late labs will only be accepted under
exceptional circumstances (such as a Dean's excuse or a written medical excuse)
The apparatus for each lab is located in
Room 096 of the Undergraduate Engineering building.
You are recommended to read this
article
before you start to do any laboratory experiments.
Lab instructions:
PDF,
Excel template for data processing: XLS,
Grading sheet: XLS.
Static buckling loads of the arrows used in Lab 1: PDF
Sign up:
Form lab groups first. 4 to 5 people per
lab group is required. Each group must sing up outside Rm. 096 by February
4, 2008.
Each group needs to provide names of each member.
Dates: Monday, February
11 - Friday, February 15, 2008. Three lab groups may do the lab at any one
time; lab equipment is available in two slots per day, 1:00-3:00
pm and 3:00-5:00 pm.
Location: The lab will be held
in Room 096.
Reports Due: Friday,
February 29, 5:00 pm
10, 2008.
Each group needs to provide names of each member.
Dates: Monday,
March
17 - Friday, March 21, 2008.
Three lab groups may do the lab at any one time;
1:00-3:00 pm and 3:00-5:00 pm for Mon, Wed and Fri, 11:00am-1:00pm and
3:00-5:00 pm for Tue and Thur.
Location: The lab will be held
in Room 096.
Reports Due: Friday,
April 4, 5:00 pm
