Enszer Physical Principle Demo Nd
- 1. Design and Demonstration of a Physical Principle Joshua Enszer Leo McWilliams Kerry Meyers University of Notre Dame
- 2. Overall Concept Develop a system to verify a relationship or principle describing a property of interest Design a suitable demonstration Predict the performance of the system using computing tools (Excel, Matlab…) and explaining assumptions Measure system performance Compare prediction to experiment
- 3. Module Goals Gain experience with experimental design Understand implications of uncertainty in “real world” systems Work within constraints (cost, space, time) Further develop communication skills Make use of computational skills and tools
- 4. Deliverables Preliminary report and presentation Investigation of property and principle Dimensioned drawing of proposed design Timeline for project completion Live (in-class) demonstration of system Poster presentation/ Summary of results Final report Mid-project and final peer evaluations
- 5. Seven-week module Week 1: form teams based on interests Week 2: dimensioned drawings / advising meetings Week 3: inventory and part ordering Project Work
- 6. Project Work Week 4: preliminary presentations / reports Weeks 5 & 6: system construction and testing / advising meetings
- 7. Project Work Week 7: demonstration / poster / report
- 8. Project Examples Flight dynamics Pneumatic cannon Rail gun Friction loss Cars on inclined plane Water flow in a pipe Heats of solution Molecular diffusivity