UCSD Unicorn Horsepower Exercise Report

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Introduction

You will endeavor to undertake the momentous task of recreating James Watt’s experiments on power; however, you will use a different creature (instead of ponies)… the majestic unicorn. You will determine just how powerful the unicorn is. 

Experiment

The goal of the experiment is to calculate the unicorn’s power, to convert it to horsepower (HP), and to identify the animal’s peak HP. James Watt conducted experiments with ponies pulling weight (supposedly coal from a mine). Doing this he was able to calculate an average value for the ponies’ power. The value was then increased by 50% to be applied to a full-sized horse, hence the horsepower (HP). You will be working with unicorns that have conducted a similar task to that of Watt’s ponies. The unicorns have pulled three different weights (light, medium, and heavy) over a fixed distance, and the times that it took to do so were recorded. You will find this data in the Unicorn HP Data section of Module 1. Once the file is opened, you will need to manually record your data.

Report

Each individual will submit an APA (7th Edition; student paper) formatted report about the experiment to the appropriate D2L dropbox by the published deadline. The paper should begin with a title page (APA Manual, section 2.3). The body of the report will use the section headers presented at the bottom of this page. You will state what you are trying to accomplish with the experiment in the Goal section. A detailed discussion of how the experiment was conducted based upon your research into James Watt’s experiment should be included in the Experimental Method section. You will present all of the necessary equations (APA Manual, section 6.47) needed to calculate the unicorn’s horsepower along with sample calculations at each step in the Horsepower Calculation section. A table (APA Manual, sections 7.8-7.21) of results along with a hand-drawn plot (APA Manual, sections 7.22-7.36) of the unicorn’s HP vs Weight will be included in the Results section. The unicorn’s maximum HP and the weight at which it occurs should be discussed and identified in the figure using arrows. Please pay careful attention to the new APA Manual’s guidance for student papers. In addition to the sections of the manual describing the different elements of a paper, the sample student paper (APA Manual, pgs 61-67) is an excellent visual aid to formatting. Let me know if you have any questions. Bring on the unicorns!

Goal

Experimental Method

Horsepower Calculation

Results