ALASALA COLLEGES

College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
ENG. SARAJ HUSSEEN

MEC 353: FLUID MECHANICSLAB 2021

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Lab Report Title ___________________________________________________________________

Name: _________________________________________________ ID: ____________________

Lab Section: ___________________ Date: _________________ Time: _________________

"On my honor, I have neither given nor received aid on this assignment, and I am in compliance with the
ALASALA Honor System. I pledge that this write-up was completed individually, even though the
experiment may have been performed in a group. I pledge that I have completed the experiment by
attending the lab session at the specific date and time assigned to me."

Student's Signature: _____________________________________________________

Criteria Max Pts. Pts.

Report Format 6
Introduction 20
Procedures 20
Results and Discussion 30
Appendix: Experimental Data, Calculations and Plots 20
Neatness and professionalism 4
Overall score (if late submission, subtract 4 points per day late*) 100
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INTRODUCTION

The "Introduction" of a laboratory report identifies the experiment to be undertaken, the

objectives of the experiment, the importance of the experiment, and overall background for
understanding the experiment. The objectives of the experiment are important to state because
these objectives are usually analyzed in the conclusion to determine whether the experiment
succeeded. The background often includes theoretical predictions for what the results should be.
Objectives – 1-3 sentences explaining the point or objective of doing the lab. Short and to the
point but complete sentences. What are you trying to demonstrate?
Background – What are the relevant theories and principles behind this experiment? Who did
the original thinking? Provide a primary reference, though Wikipedia can be a secondary
reference.

PROCEDURES

The "Procedures," often called the "Methods," discusses how the experiment occurred.
Documenting the procedures of your laboratory experiment is important not only so that others
can repeat your results but also so that you can replicate the work later, if the need arises.
Historically, laboratory procedures have been written as first-person narratives as opposed to
second-person sets of instructions. Write the procedures as a narrative and in paragraph form.
Use past tense and passive voice. For example, “Ten grams of NaCl were dissolved in 250 ml of
water” instead of “Dissolve ten grams of NaCl in 250 ml of water.”
This is a “step-by-step” acknowledgment that each step has been followed as instructed in the
procedure or how the group had deviated from the written procedure and what data was gathered
and where recorded. If there was a deviation from the procedure, what was it and why?
Was everything recorded in sufficient detail and in third person, past tense?
- You need to use the Exception Method. No need to reference any tables or anything in the
procedure.
- Should number the steps when referring to the procedures in the student handout. Should also
mention that we added another power level compared to the handout. Instead of rewriting
everything you did in the lab, you should just refer to the procedures from the handout and
mention what differences you did compared to the handout.
- For example, in the handout, we were told to do 2 power levels, but in the experiment, we did
3. An example of how to write the procedures is: 
Set up system as stated in Step 1. Set power to 33% as stated in Step 2. Followed Step 3 as stated
in procedure and recorded data in data sheet. Set the power to 20% instead of the 10% as stated

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in Step 4. Performed Step 5 and recorded values in data sheet. Then added additional step by
recording data at 10%. 

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The heart of a laboratory report is the presentation of the results and the discussion of those
results. In some formats, "Results" and "Discussion" appear as separate sections. However, P.B.
Medawar [1979] makes a strong case that the two should appear together, particularly when
you have many results to present (otherwise, the audience is faced with a "dump" of
information that is impossible to synthesize). In discussing the results, you should analyze the
results and their implications. If there are any graphs, charts or tables in your report, put them
in the Appendix but discuss them under “Results and Discussion” section. Pay attention to the
errors that existed in the experiment, and discuss what are the possible causes of mismatch
between experimental data and theory. Also make suggestions for improvement of apparatus
and experimental procedures.
Is there a BOLD reference to each figure and table in the appendix showing somewhere in the
Results section? Points will be lost for each for each equation, figure or table in the Appendix
that is not referenced in the discussion.
Does this section explain how data is transformed data into information? What data, what
equations? Where is the information displayed?
- You need to reference every single Equation, Table and Graph in this section. You need to talk
about where the information came from, experimental or calculation, then it was put into what
table, then how the table was used to create a figure.

Does this section explain the results of analysis and explain their implications? Does the
"Discussion" section answer all questions presented at the end of the lab write-up?
Does the discussion talk about possible source and size of errors in the experiment, and/or
reasons for mismatch between experiment and theoretical calculations?
- You need to analyze the results in this section, not how you came up with the numbers – that
should be in the results section.

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APPENDIX
APPENDIX: EXPERIMENTAL DATA, CALCULATIONS AND PLOTS:
All graphs must be computer generated, and axis must be labeled. All tables must have a heading
on top. All figures and charts must have a caption on bottom.

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REFERENCES

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