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Lab Report Marking Scheme Fluid Mechanics
Lab Report Marking Scheme Fluid Mechanics
Students are advised to follow the format below when preparing for your laboratory reports.
LAB-WRITING FORMAT:
Main text: For the main text, please use font size of 11-point, Times New Roman with single-line
spacing.
Headings: Headings should be aligned to the left. The font sizes are given in Table 1.
Tables: Tables are printed within the body of the text at the centre of the frame, using font size 10
point. The label should be placed above the table itself and has the following format:
Table 1 : Title 1
Table 2: Title 2
Figures: Figures, like tables are printed within the body of the text at the centre of the frame, using
font size 10 point and are numbered sequentially. The label should be placed below the figure itself
and has the following format:
Figure 1 : Title 1
Figure 2 : Title 2
Page Numbering
All page numbers should be printed 1.0 cm from the bottom margin and placed at the right hand side
without any punctuation. Font size 8 recommended for numbers.
Number of Pages
Number of pages are not limited, but the report should be written concisely and not lengthy.
LAB REPORT MARKING SCHEME:
Item Description
(a) Front Cover • Make sure you fill in your details such as name, matric number, title of
experiment, etc.
(b) Abstract • This section should be included in the beginning of the report. It is the
summary of the experiment and should be written in one paragraph.
• Four essential aspect should be included: the purpose of the experiment;
key findings, significance and major conclusions.
• It describes “What was done?”, “How it was done?”, “Significant
results”
(c) Title • Correct title is provided in the lab briefing list. For example:
• Title: Hydrostatic Pressure
• You can search the information from the books, journals, conference
proceedings, as well as the Internet sources provided that you have to
rephrase each sentence from the original sources with the citation at the
end of the sentence. The most serious breach of ethical standards in
writing report/dissertation/thesis is the offence of plagiarism: the
expropriation of the intellectual property of another. Plagiarism is
defined as the use of original work, ideas or actual texts created by
others, without acknowledging the original source. For citations in the
text please use round brackets with author’s surname and year of
publication inside.
(f) List of • Before you use the formula in the theoretical background section. You
Nomenclatures should define the symbol in this section.
(optional)
• This section is optional means you can define the symbol in the
theoretical background right after the first place the symbol is used,
instead of define it in the list of nomenclatures
(g) Theoretical • All the theory and the detail formulation used in this experiment should
Background be described here. This section includes the theoretical background
related to the experiment, how the equation involved in calculation is
derived and defined.
The details of the references cited throughout various sections of the reports
are summarized in the reference section.
Mead, D. J. (1998). Passive vibration control. John Wiley & Sons, England.
Journals:
Author(s) (Year of publication). Title of the article. Name of the journal,
volume number, (issue number – if available), page number.
Example:
Hossain, M. A. and Tokhi, M. O. (1997). Evolutionary adaptive active
vibration control, Proc. Inst. Mech. Eng. Part I, 211, (3), 183-193.
Conference proceedings:
Author(s) (Year of publication). Title of the article. Name of the conference,
conference venue, conference date, page number.
Example:
Abd Latif, I. and Tokhi, M. O. (2009). Fast convergence strategy for particle
swarm optimization using spreading factor, Proceedings of the IEEE
Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Trondheim, Norway, 18-21 May
2009, 2693-2700.
Books:
Author(s) (Year of publication). Title of the book. Location: Publisher.
Example:
Dorigo, M. and Stützle, T. (2004). Ant colony optimization, USA,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Internet sources:
Author(s) (Date of publication). Title of document. Retrieved day, month,
year, from http://Web address.
Example:
Bernstein, M. (2002). A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites.
Retrieved 2 May 2006, from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/cite living
(m) Appendix • Include any extra information relevant to the study such as picture, detail
derivation of equation, detail programming, exemption letter, initial
report, etc. This is the section for you to justify some occurrence.
• Attachment of initial report is compulsory in this section. This is
basically the sheet of paper in which you write your name, matric
number, group number, date of experiment, title of experiment and raw
data obtained during lab session. All initial report should be verified
(signature & stamp) by the lab demonstrator or lab technician. No initial
report will be signed if student fail to provide the personal information
as well as the experiment data in the initial report.
• Attachment of exemption letter/ justification letter is compulsory for
those who do not attend to the lab session as per assigned.
• Other information is optional.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
1. Please be punctual during your lab sessions. Lab can only start when each and every member of your
group are there except unforeseen circumstances.
2. Please submit your lab report to Spectrum before the due date, which is within two weeks after each
experiment (Semester break is excluded). Marks will be deducted for the late submissions, even for one
day late.
3. If you are not able to attend your lab session, please inform the lab demonstrator to reschedule for a
replacement time. If you are absent, you must provide exemption letter/ MC/ justification letter to the
demonstrator, else replacement will not be allowed.
4. Please wear lab coat and shoes during your lab sessions. You are not allowed to conduct experiment
without lab coat and shoes.
Please do not hesitate to contact the lab coordinator/ demonstrator if there is any enquiries.