Abstract

These instructions give you guidelines for preparing reports for Solid Mechanics Lab. Use this document as a template if you are using Microsoft Word 6.0 or later. Full names and university ID’s of authors should be written on the front page. The abstract must be a concise yet comprehensive reflection of what is in your report. It should be a microcosm of the full article. The abstract must be between 100–200 words. The abstract must be written as one paragraph, and should not contain displayed mathematical equations or tabular material. The abstract should include three or four different keywords or phrases, as this will help readers to find it. Ensure that your abstract reads well and is grammatically correct. 

Key words: report, format, template, results.

Introduction

This part contains objectives of the experiment, and some introduction to the topic. When you open this template, type over sections, or cut and paste from another document and use markup styles. The pull-down style menu is at the left of the Formatting Toolbar at the top of your Word window (for example, the style at this point in the document is “Text”). Highlight a section that you want to designate with a certain style, and then select the appropriate name on the style menu. The style will adjust your fonts and line spacing. Do not change the font sizes or line spacing to squeeze more text into a limited number of pages. Use italics for emphasis; do not underline. 

Theory

This part contains the theory behind the experiment, and the governing equations or formulas. If you are using Word, use either the Microsoft Equation Editor for equations in your report (Insert | Object | Create New | Microsoft Equation). Number equations consecutively with equation numbers in parentheses flush with the right margin, as in (1). Use parentheses to avoid ambiguities in denominators, as in

1+1=2               (1)

Experimental procedure

To insert images in Word, position the cursor at the insertion point and either use Insert | Picture | From File or copy the image to the Windows clipboard.

In this section, you should describe what you did in the experiment, and explain the procedures or steps you used to perform the experiment. 

Results and discussion

Use Graphs and tables to describe and discuss the results obtained from the experiment. Make sure to name figures and tables as shown in figure 1 below. In this section, you may answer any questions appear in the manual.

Conclusion

A conclusion may review the main points of the report, do not replicate the abstract as the conclusion. A conclusion might elaborate on the importance of the work or suggest recommendations. 

Appendix

Appendixes, if needed, appear before the references.

References

References need not be cited in text. When they are, they appear on the line, in square brackets, inside the punctuation. In text, refer simply to the reference number. 

IEEE Criteria for Class IE Electric Systems, IEEE Standard 308, 1969.

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