Preparing for an Experiment
When you get the experimental set up ready and working (this can be for a numerical code or experimental setup).
1-Search for the required constants needed for the experiment for example air temperature, air density.
2-Derive some constants values such as diffusion coefficients.
3-Make a 2D sketch of the experimental apparatus, due to the need at later stages of calculating mass flows, areas, volumes ... etc.
4-Identify what are the known's and try to find the unknowns, the unknowns might need a straight forward method just like if you have temperature and pressure and you need density, you can use the ideal gas to get density. You might have to solve a number of equations to get the unknowns.
5-Make sure you got your units correctly.
6-Finally make an excel sheet and input the needed formulas into it, the following excel sheet is one i made during my masters program for my masters dissertation.
1-Search for the required constants needed for the experiment for example air temperature, air density.
2-Derive some constants values such as diffusion coefficients.
3-Make a 2D sketch of the experimental apparatus, due to the need at later stages of calculating mass flows, areas, volumes ... etc.
4-Identify what are the known's and try to find the unknowns, the unknowns might need a straight forward method just like if you have temperature and pressure and you need density, you can use the ideal gas to get density. You might have to solve a number of equations to get the unknowns.
5-Make sure you got your units correctly.
6-Finally make an excel sheet and input the needed formulas into it, the following excel sheet is one i made during my masters program for my masters dissertation.
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