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Guideline For Preparation of Final Year Project Report (Ver 2.1) - For Print
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER
TITLE
PAGE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ii
LIST OF TABLES
iv
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF APPENDICES
vi
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Introduction
1.2
Draft Copy
1.3
1.4
Final Report
1.5
Expenditure
1.6
Plagiarism
2.1
2.2
Supervisors Endorsement
2.3
Title Page
2.4
Declaration Page
2.5
Dedication Page
2.6
Acknowledgement
2.7
Abstract
2.8
Table of Contents
2.9
List of Tables
2.10
List of Figures
2.11
2.12
List of Appendices
2.13
Main Text
10
10
iii
11
2.14
References
11
2.15
Appendices
13
FORMAT OF REPORT
14
3.1
Language
16
3.2
16
3.3
Margin
16
3.4
Pagination
17
3.5
17
3.6
Typing
17
3.7
Spacing
18
3.8
18
LITERATURE CITATION
19
4.1
Introduction
19
4.2
19
4.3
19
4.4
Reference List
19
REFERENCES
20
APPENDICES
23
iv
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE
TITLE
PAGE
2.1
2.2
10
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE
TITLE
2.1
PAGE
11
vi
LIST OF APPENDICES
APPENDIX
TITLE
PAGE
22
23
24
25
Sample of Declaration
26
Sample of Dedication
27
Sample of Acknowledgement
28
29
30
31
33
34
35
36
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1
Introduction
The following order of report sections is intended to serve as a guide. Not all
reports will follow this format. Many of these sections are self-explanatory. Finally FKE
wishes the best of luck to all students during the preparation of the report. May all final
year project reports will be of good quality and standard.
1.2
Draft Copy
Students should submit a draft copy to supervisor for proof reading before they
submit their final draft report. This is to ensure that the proper format has been followed
before the copies are sent for examination.
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1.3
Two (2) copies of the final draft report must be submitted to supervisor and panel
for examination and evaluation.
1.4
Final Report
1.5
Expenditure
All expenses associated with the final report such as typing, printing, photocopying
and binding will be fully borne by the student.
1.6
Plagiarism
This constitutes
academic theft and is a serious matter which is penalized in overall marking. Plagiarism
simply means submission of an item of assessment containing elements of work produced
by another person(s) in such a way that it could be assumed to be the students own work.
Examples of plagiarism are [1]:
a)
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b) The unacknowledged quotation of phrases from another persons work and/or
the presentation of another persons idea(s) as ones own.
c)
d) Works that may belong to another student or be from a published source such
as a book, report, journal or material available on the internet.
CHAPTER 2
2.1
The Final Year Project report should consist of certain parts [2-5]. These are
arranged as in Table 2.1:
SUBJECT
STATUS
EXAMPLE
(APPENDIX)
2.2
Supervisors
Endorsement
Compulsory
2.3
Title Page
Compulsory
2.4
Declaration Page
Compulsory
2.5
Dedication page
Optional
2.6
Acknowledgement
Optional
Compulsory
H,I
Abstract (English)
2.7
Abstrak (Bahasa Melayu)
2.8
Table of Contents
Compulsory
2.9
List of Tables
Compulsory
2.10
List of Figures
Compulsory
NOTES
Without page
number but
counted as (i)
Without page
number but
counted as (ii)
Page number using
Roman numeric
(iii)
Page number using
Roman numeric (if
any)
Page number using
Roman numeric (if
any)
Page number using
Roman numeric
Page number using
Roman numeric
Page number using
Roman numeric
Page number using
Roman numeric
Section
SUBJECT
STATUS
EXAMPLE
(APPENDIX)
NOTES
Page number using
Roman numeric
2.11
List of
Symbols/Abbreviations/
Notation/ Terminology
Compulsory
(if any)
2.12
List of Appendices
Compulsory
(if any)
2.13
Text
Compulsory
2.14
References
Compulsory
2.15
Appendices
Optional
2.2
Supervisors Endorsement
Final year project report that is submitted for examination must be endorsed and
signed by respective project supervisor. The format of the supervisor endorsement page is
shown in Appendix C.
2.3
Title Page
Name of Faculty
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The statement of award for the project should state the purpose and the award for
This Report is Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor
in Electrical Engineering (Industrial Power)
2.4
Declaration Page
This page should contain declaration by the student on originality of the report.
The declaration should be signed by the student. An example is provided in Appendix E.
2.5
Dedication Page
The dedication must be brief, not more than one paragraph and must not contain
any number, chart or photograph. Refer to the example in Appendix F.
2.6
Acknowledgement
2.7
Abstract
An abstract is
different from synopsis or summary of a report. It should briefly outline the research
problem addressed by the project, methodology, findings and significance of the work in
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the context of the field of study. The abstract should not exceed one (1) page and less than
300 words. It must be written in English and followed by the translation in Bahasa
Melayu. Example can be seen in Appendix H (English) and Appendix I (Bahasa Melayu).
2.8
Table of Contents
The titles of sections, chapters and their principal subdivisions along with the page
numbers on which they appear should be listed in the Table of Contents. Titles should be
worded exactly as they appear in the text of the report. Report with many subsections
should use a hierarchical numbering system for headings and sub-headings (i.e., 2.1, 2.2,
2.3, etc). All chapters and their sub-sections must be labeled and numbered. The chapters
are numbered using Arabic numeral, i.e. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and so on. The
number of chapters is not rigid but it must consist of following items:
Introduction
Literature Review
Methodology
Conclusion
2.9
List of Tables
This list consists of the exact titles (including numbering) of all tables that appear
in the report. All tables should be numbered consecutively throughout the text. See
example in Appendix K.
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2.10
List of Figures
All figures must be numbered consecutively throughout the text. See Appendix L for
an example.
2.11
This list is optional, depending on the subject matter or technicality of the report.
All scientific symbols and nomenclature should follow the standard SI- system. See
example in Appendix M.
2.12
List of Appendices
Appendices are not a compulsory in a report but if any, it must be listed in the List
of Appendices. Refer Appendix N for an example.
2.13
Main Text
The main body of the report is usually arranged into consecutively numbered
chapters or sections. The internal organization of the report is the responsibility of the
student in consultation with his/her project supervisor(s) in accordance to the format given
in section Table of Content. The organization will partly depend on the field of study.
Each chapter must be started at new page. Text is written by paragraph. Avoid writing too
long paragraph. As a whole, the font of the main text should be the Times New Roman,
font size12 with 1.5-spacing. The report will often include the following chapters:
Chapter 1
Introduction
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Chapter 2
Literature Review
This chapter should highlight past studies related to the subject of the
project/literature survey. Background theory might also be included in this chapter.
Chapter 3
Methodology
All relevant experimental and descriptive techniques used in the project should be
outlined, such that the study could be repeated by another researcher.
It is
recommended to use flow chart with clear explanation to present the project
methodology. The sentences should be in past tense and passive voice. Reference
methods to other researchers should be made where appropriate.
Chapter 4
Results
Chapter 5
This provides analysis and discussion on the results of the project, stressing the
significance and implications of the findings of the project undertaken.
Contributions of project findings to the field of study should be highlighted.
Chapter 6
This chapter contains a brief summary of the entire work, including methods,
results and major conclusions /recommendations arising from the work.
This
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introduction to the whole project should be included to tie the chapters or sections together
and to provide the framework for the whole project.
Rf
Output voltage, Vo 1
Ri
Vi
(2.1)
Therefore
Gain, Av
Vo
Vi
(2.2)
Experiment
(Mean value)
Computer Simulation
(Mean Value)
0.125
0.25
0.137
0.250
0.46
0.560
0.375
0.63
0.738
0.500
0.75
0.861
0.625
0.83
0.939
0.750
0.88
0.981
0.875
0.93
0.997
1.000
1.00
1.000
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2.13.3 Figure in Text
Figures may be a diagram, map, chart, graph and others. Each figure must be clear
and high quality. The caption for figure is placed below the figure itself. In contrast, the
figure must be mentioned in text before the figure appears. Use Figure 1.1, not Fig.
1.1, in the text, as well as for captions. For example, Figure 2.1 shows the population in
Jasin by races.
10, 2%
20, 3%
50, 9%
malay
chinese
indian
others
500, 86%
2.14
References
References are sources that may referred by writer during final year project. They
may be from work presented in journal or newspaper articles, government reports, books
or specific chapters of books, research dissertations or theses and material from the Internet
etc. Thus the references must be listed in References page. The following bibliographic
style must be followed [6]:
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Example:
T.M. & Lee, Kalotas, A.R. A Simple Device To Illustrate Angular
Momentum Conservation And Instability. American Journal of Physics, Vol.
58, pp.80 - 81, 1990.
Initials, Author, Title of book. Edition. (only include this if not the first
edition) Place: Publisher, Year
Example:
A.D, Horking, Moulds And Yeasts Associated With Foods of Reduced
Water Activity: Ecological Interactions. In Food Preservation by Moisture
Control (Seow, C.C., 2nd ed.), pp. 57-72. London, Elsevier Applied Science
Publication, 1988.
numbers, Year
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Example:
M.D., Hassan & H., Norshimah, Designing of Primers for Cloning of Papaya
Ringspot Virus Coat Protein Gene. Proceedings of the 8th National
Biotechnology Seminar (Hasanah, M.G.: Khatijah, M.Y. & Marziah, M.), pp.
172-174, 1996.
Format:
Initials, Author, Title of article. Full Title Proceeding,(Author, Initials), Year
Example:
H. A. Nimr, "Defuzzification of the outputs of fuzzy controllers," presented at
5th International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, Cairo, Egypt, 1996.
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Quarterly,
[online].
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(6),
Available
at:
Thesis or dissertation
Example:
H. Zhang, Delay-insensitive networks, M.S. thesis, University of Waterloo,
Waterloo, ON, Canada, 1997.
Manual
Example:
Bell Telephone Laboratories Technical Staff, Transmission System for
Communications, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1995.
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Class notes
Example:
Signal integrity and interconnects for high-speed applications, class notes
for ECE 497-JS, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Winter 1997.
Patents
Example:
K. Kimura and A. Lipeles, "Fuzzy Controller Component," U. S. Patent
14,860,040, December 14, 1996
2.15
Appendices
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CHAPTER 3
FORMAT OF REPORT
3.1
Language
The language of the report should be as direct and simple, as the subject matter will
allow. Several standard guides to the acceptable grammars are as listed below:
3.2
W.G., Campbell, Form and Style: Thesis, Reports, Term Papers. Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 1986
M.M., Reynolds, Guide to Thesis and Dissertations: An International
Bibliography of Bibliographies. Phoenix, Ariz.: Onyx Press, 1985.
K.L., Turabian, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Thesis, and
Dissertations. London: Longman, 1982.
Zainal Abidin Bakar, Teknik Menulis Tesis. Kuala Lumpur: Eastview
Production, 1983
Slade, C. , Form and Style: Research Papers, Reports, Theses. 12th ed., Boston:
Houghton Mifflin, 2003
White, good-quality (not lighter than 80 grams) paper of A4 size (210 x 297 mm)
should be used for all submitted copies of the report.
3.3
Margin
The top and bottom margins of all pages should be at least 2.5 cm wide. The right
page margin should be 2.5 cm wide and left page margin should be 3 cm wide for binding
purposes as shown in Appendices.
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3.4
Pagination
arrangements:
a)
b) Preliminary pages (i.e. those preceding Chapter 1 must carry page numbers in
small roman numerals (ii, iii, etc.).
c)
Pagination begins with the first page of Chapter 1 (i.e., Introduction) using
Arabic numeral (1, 2, 3, etc.) but the numbers should not be printed. Similarly,
the first page of all chapters should be counted but the numbers should not be
printed.
d) The pages of the appendices should also be typed according to the above
pagination system.
3.5
All chapters and their sub-sections must be labeled and numbered. The chapters are
numbered using Arabic numeral, i.e. Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 and so on. The subsections should not be indented but arranged in a structured manner not more than four
levels as follows:
CHAPTER 2
3.6
First level
(Title of Chapter)
2.1
2.1.1
Third level
2.1.1.1
Fourth level
Typing
A report should be typed using MS Word or text processor with font type of Times
New Roman and size 12. The spacing is 1.5-line spacing and the alignment is justified.
The report should use one sided of page only. The title of each chapter should be typed
using capital letters and centered. Chapters and their sub-sections must be given titles. The
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titles should be typed using bold letters and should not be underlined. The first letter of
each word for sub-title must be capital letter.
3.7
Spacing
Spacing between title of chapter and the first line in text is 2 x1.5-line spacing.
d) Spacing between sub-title and the last line in text before the sub-title is 2x1.5line spacing.
e)
Spacing between sub-title and the following first line in text is 1x1.5-line
spacing.
f)
3.8
Spacing between the last line with the figure and table is 1x1.5-line spacing.
printer or similar quality machines. The report must be bind using press-binding.
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CHAPTER 4
LITERATURE CITATION
4.1
Introduction
4.2
UTeM follows the Oxford System for literature citation and referencing.
References in the text must match the reference list both in number and style. All sources
must be mentioned in the text. References must be numbered in the order in which they
appear in the text. Once the source is labelled, the same number is used in all subsequent
references. Each reference number should be enclosed by square brackets on the text line,
with a space before the bracket and before the punctuation [6]. For example,
It has been argued that the relative seriousness of the two kinds of errors differs from
situation to situation [1].
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It is not necessary to mention the author(s) of the reference unless it is relevant to
the text. The date of the reference should not be mentioned too in the text. It is not
necessary to say "in reference [27]. . . ." "In [27] . . ." is sufficient. However, the reference
can be cited as follows:
As Smithsky [3] points out,..
To cite more than one source at a time:
[1, 5, 7]
[1-5]
Unless when referring to a complete book or article, it is also need to identify the page
number(s) of the source of information. Indicate exact page numbers of a source within the
brackets after a comma [4, pp. 3-6], or by a simple rhetorical device in the text such as,
4.3
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Quotation in text must be written in a single paragraph. If the language used by the
quotation is different from the language used in the report, the word must be italic. For
example;
Recurrent neural network is proven to be a good method in short term load forecasting as
stated in [2];
Struktur pemodelan yang digunakan dalam tugas akhir ini adalah recurrent neural
network. Hal ini dikarenakan dengan menggunakan metode recurrent neural network,
jumlah iterasi atau epoch yang diperlukan , dan kecepatan konvergensi untuk mencapai
nilai error yang diinginkan dalam proses forecasting dapat jauh lebih sedikit daripada
metode lain ataupun metode neural network yang lain, meskipun pada saat awal
menggunakan variable weight dan bias yang random.
4.4
Reference List
References must be listed in the order they were cited. The references must not be
in alphabetical order. The bracketed number should be underlined. Only one reference per
bracketed number should be listed.
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REFERENCES
[4] Panduan Menulis Tesis dan Salinan E-Thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia,
Sekolah Pengajian Siswazah, 2007.
[6] Sample References, IEEE Format, EE155 Course Notes Fall (Electrical Engineering
Seminar) and EE333T Course Notes (Technical Communications), 1998.
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APPENDIX A
Front Cover of Final Report
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APPENDIX B
Back Cover of Final Report
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APPENDIX C
2.5 cm
I hereby declare that I have read through this report entitle title of the project and
found that it has comply the partial fulfillment for awarding the degree of Bachelor of
Electrical Engineering (Industrial Power)
Signature
.......................................................
3 cm
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
Supervisors Name
.......................................................
Date
......................................................
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APPENDIX D
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
TITLE OF PROJECT
(Font size 12,Bold,Uppercase)
X cm
NAME OF STUDENT
(Front size 12, Bold, Uppercase)
X cm
2.5 cm
Y cm
Y cm
YEAR
(Font size 12, Bold, Uppercase)
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
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APPENDIX E
Sample of Student Declaration
2.5 cm
I declare that this report entitle title of the project is the result of my own research except
as cited in the references. The report has not been accepted for any degree and is not
concurrently submitted in candidature of any other degree.
Signature
...........................................................
3 cm
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
Name
...........................................................
Date
..........................................................
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APPENDIX F
2.5 cm
Sample of Dedication
3 cm
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
29
APPENDIX G
2.5 cm
Sample of Acknowledgement
2 x 1.5-line spacing
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
2 x 1.5-line spacing
1.27cm
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
30
2.5 cm
APPENDIX H
Sample of Abstract in English
2 x 1.5-line spacing
ABSTRACT
2 x 1.5-line spacing
Process variation is unavoidable and affects quality in manufacturing, and addressing it has
become more challenging due to more stringent demands on manufacturing processes. It is
3 cm
2.5 cm necessary to very rapidly identify sources of unnatural variation for diagnostic
becoming
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APPENDIX I
2.5 cm
2 x 1.5-line spacing
ABSTRAK
2 x 1.5-line spacing
Variasi proses sentiasa wujud dalam operasi pembuatan, dan menanganinya menjadi
semakin mencabar akibat keperluan proses pembuatan yang semakin rumit. Adalah
penting untuk mengenalpasti secepat mungkin sumber variasi yang tidak tabii untuk tujuan
3 cm
diagnosis dan pembaikan. Oleh itu, corak variasi proses perlu di kenalpasti tepat pada
masanya. Menunggu kematangan corak variasi akan melewatkan tindakan pencegahan dan
ianya berpotensi mengakibatkan bencana. Tujuan penyelidikan ini adalah untuk
membangunkan skema yang berupaya menangani keperluan telah dicadangkan.
Keberkesanan skema telah dinilai berdasarkan kepada ketepatan mengecam, berdasarkan
masa-nyata, corak variasi proses di atas carta kawalan Shewhart walaupun corak tersebut
sedang membentuk. Kajian simulasi yang meluas telah dilakukan dan satu skema yang
berupaya menangani keperluan telah dicadangkan. Keberkesanan skema telah dinilai
berdasarkan kepada ketepatan pengecaman, purata panjang larian, ralat jenis I, ralat jenis
II, dan purata percubaan mengecam. Skema yang dibangunkan dengan menggunakan set
sifat statistical minimum bagi perwakilan masukan, struktur pengecam corak rangkaian
neural tiruan yang padat, sinergi di antara pengecam khusus dan umum, dan pemantauan
bersama oleh runs rules dan CUSUM telah menghasilkan skema yang terbaik di antara
reka bentuk alternatif yang dikaji. Penemuan kajian ini menunjukkan bahawa masalah
pengecaman corak variasi yang sedang berkembang sepatutnya ditangani dari perspektif
pemantauan dan pengecaman yang bersepadu, dan melaksanakan falsafah mengecam
hanya bila perlu. Rangka skema di atas adalah bersifat umum dan boleh digunakan untuk
kajian lanjut samada bagi menguji berbagai jenis rekabentuk komponennya atau meluaskan
penggunaannya kepada masalah lain.
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
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APPENDIX J
2.5 cm
2 x 1.5-line spacing
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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CHAPTER
TITLE
PAGE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ii
ABSTRACT
iii
TABLE OF CONTENTS
LIST OF TABLES
vii
LIST OF FIGURES
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
xi
LIST OF APPENDICES
xii
INTRODUCTION
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1
Sub-heading 1
2.1.1 Sub-subheading 1
2.1.2 Sub-subheading 2
2.2
Sub-heading 2
12
2.3
Sub-heading 3
15
2.3.1 Sub-subheading 1
21
2.3.2 Sub-subheading 2
25
2.3.3 Sub-subheading 3
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3 cm
2.5 cm
2.5 cm
33
2.5 cm
CHAPTER
3
3 cm
TITLE
METHODOLOGY
38
3.1
38
3.2
Sub-heading 2 (Method 1)
42
3.3
Sub-heading 3 (Method 2)
45
3.4
Sub-heading 4 (Method 3)
47
3.4.1 Sub-heading 1
48
3.4.2 Sub-heading 2
50
3.4.3 Sub-heading 3
52
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4.1
Sub-heading 1
66
4.1.1 Sub-subheading 1
69
4.1.2 Sub-subheading 2
72
Sub-heading 2
75
4.2.1 Sub-subheading 1
76
4.2.2 Sub-subheading 2
81
4.2.3 Sub-subheading 3
88
4.2
PAGE
90
REFERENCES
95
APPENDICES
96
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2.5 cm
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APPENDIX K
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LIST OF TABLES
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TABLE
TITLE
2.1
16
2.2
47
2.3
49
3.1
70
3.2
75
3.3
92
4.1
103
4.2
108
4.3
111
4.4
111
4.5
113
4.6
4.7
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PAGE
116
117
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APPENDIX L
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LIST OF FIGURES
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FIGURE
TITLE
PAGE
1.1
1.2
1.3
10
1.4
11
2.1
14
2.2
15
2.3
19
2.4
20
2.5
25
2.6
26
2.7
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28
2.5 cm
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APPENDIX M
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LIST OF SYMBOLS
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3 cm
D, d
Diameter
Force
Moment of inersia
Length
Mass
Rotaional velocity
Pressure
Volumetric flow-rate
Radius
Torque
Re
Reynold number
Velocity
Angular velocity
Displacement
Height
Angle
Density
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2.5 cm
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APPENDIX N
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2 x 1.5-line spacing
LIST OF APPENDICES
2 x 1.5-line spacing
APPENDIX
TITLE
PAGE
103
C1
105
C2
106
C3
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2.5 cm
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APPENDIX O
2.5 cm
2 x 1.5-line spacing
CHAPTER 3
2 x 1.5-line spacing
FORMAT OF REPORT
2 x 1.5-line spacing
1.27 cm
Text should be started from here and with 1.5-line spacing. The font for number
and title of chapter is Times New Roman and the font size is 12.
2 x 1.5-line spacing
3.1
Language
1 x 1.5-line spacing
The report must be written in English. The language of the report should be as
direct and simple, as the subject matter will allow.
3 cm
3.2
White, good quality (not lighter than 80 grams) paper of A4 size (210 x 297 mm)
should be used for all submitted copies of the report.
2.5 cm
2.5 cm