PRACTICAL
1
(Hydrostatic
Pressure)
Date: 23/09/2021 Subject: Engineering Hydraulics
Assessor: Ms B Bosman Code: CHD22A
Submission Date: 30/09/2021
General Project Assignment Details:
• This project assignment is group work. Each group to consist of 5 members. NO
INDIVIDUAL WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.
• Each group must submit a full academic report; between 5 to 10 A4 pages length.
• Include a copy of the Rubric along with your submittal form in the front of your
assignment.
• Each student is expected to contribute toward the workload.
• Students are also expected to comply with the Graduate Attribute 4,6,8.
• The attached Rubric will assist the students in knowing exactly what to respond to
when responding to Graduate Attributes.
• Documented minutes of meetings and task allocations must also be attached to
report.
• Please note that tidy, neat, and well-organized work will be considered while marking.
Practical 1: Hydrostatic Pressure test
Graduate Attributes developed:
Graduate Attribute 4: Investigations, experiments and data analysis
Conduct investigations of broadly defined problems through locating and searching
relevant codes and catalogues, conducting standard tests, experiments and
measurements.
Graduate Attribute 6: Professional and technical communication
Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing within an engineering context
Graduate Attribute 8: Individual, team and multidisciplinary working
Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of engineering management principles and
apply these to one’s own work, as a member and leader in a technical team and to
manage projects.
PENALITIES will be applied in a case where the RUBRIC and MINUTES are not added in the
final submission.
Question 1
1. Using the data/measurements, obtained in the experiment, calculate the
following for each reading, tabulate the results and show proof of all
calculations.
a. Measured turning moment (units N.m)
b. Hydrostatic thrust, F (units Newtons)
c. Experimental center of pressure, h” (units meters)
d. Experimental turning moment (unit N.m)
e. Theoretical center of pressure, h” (unit meters)
Constants given:
Height of quadrant, D = 0.100 m
Width of quadrant, B = 0.075 m
Length of arm: L = 0.275 m
Quadrant to pivot: H = 0.200 m
2. Based on the calculated results, explain the possible causes of discrepancies between
experimental turning moment and theoretical turning moment.
3. With the use of existing literature explain the relationship between pressure and depth.
4. In short, provide a flow chart of the procedure followed in the experiment.
Experimental Readings
Mass (Hanger mass) Depth (mm)
100g 0.050
150g 0.055
200g 0.066
250g 0.100
300g 0.125
350g 0.135
410g 0.150
460g 0.160
Formula Sheet
Allocated
Assessment criteria Poor Need for improvement Sufficient Outstanding
marks
0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Students define the
Student failed or briefly Student failed to define Students adequately purpose of the
1 Scope of Activity
defined the scope of the scope of the defined the scope of experiment clearly /10
the experiment experiment adequately the experiment and address
underlying issues
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Students
Students
Investigations, Students did not Students deviated from demonstrated the
demonstrated the
2* experiments and data demonstrate any ability demonstrating the ability to fully
ability to investigate /10
analysis to investigate and ability to investigate and investigate and
and conduct data
conduct data analysis conduct data analysis conduct data
analysis
analysis
0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Some research was
Literature used to Did little gathering of Cited researched
3 No research or done and therefore
support investigation information during the information relevant /10
literature present some literature
investigation phase to the investigation
included
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
The structure, style The structure, style
The structure, style and
The structure, style and and language of and language of
language of written and
language of written and written and oral written and oral
oral communication is
Professional and oral communication is communication is communication is
unclear, not fully
4* technical not appropriate for the correct and fully correct and /10
appropriate for the
communication purpose of the appropriate for the appropriate for the
purpose of the
communication and the purpose of the purpose of the
communication and the
target audience communication and communication and
target audience
the target audience the target audience
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Students summarised Students displayed Students displayed
How was the data Students failed to the data in the correct the data in graphs the collected data in
5
collected / recorded? summarise the data manner, however failed and charts in an graphs, tables and/or /10
correctly or not at all. to include any graphs, appropriate but not charts in an
tables etc. Preferred manner. Preferred manner.
0 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Students concluded
The students neglected
The students failed to on their findings, Conclusion is
Conclusion / results to conclude on a large
6 include the conclusions however, contains complete and written
derived from the data. percentage of the /10
or briefly concluded on sources of error or in complete
required topics and
their findings. discussion not well sentences.
remains unanswered
thought out
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Students try to
balance everyone’s
Students clearly
input and build
encourage
on/clarify each
Group interaction and Students do not interact Students pose participation from all
other’s ideas. The
7 communication as a group. Students individual opinions, group members,
majority of students /10
(Minutes of meetings) struggle to motivate without considering generate ideas
give thoughtful input
their interaction. other student’s ideas. together and actively
and attempt to build
help each other
on and/or clarify
clarify ideas.
other’s ideas with
some success.
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Report Includes a somewhat
Not possible to Includes a title and
descriptive title and Includes a well
professionalism understand the report introduction that does
introduction. The descriptive title and
8 (Title page, index, due to absence of not describe the
report structure is in a introduction. The /10
page numbers, structure. Students experiment. One or
correct format but report is well written
references) struggle to explain their more of the sections are
lack some and compiled.
experiment. out of place.
improvement
TOT
AL /80
