Practical Record

Kinley Wangchuk (08200024)

M.Ed (I) Physics

Samtse College of Education

Samtse

Module: Physics of Contemporary Issue

Module Code: PHE503

Tutor: Mrs. Ugyen Pem

Due date: 02/04/2020

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 Royal University of Bhutan

Samtse College of Education

P.O. Box No. 329, Samtse, Bhutan

PLAGIARISM DECLARATION FORM

This form must be completed, signed and appended to each assignment you submit for marking in any form (Print or
electronically).

Student Name: Kinley Wangchuk

Student Number: 08200024

Module No. & Title: PHE503-Physics of Contemporary Issues

Assignment No. & Title: 01, Practical record

Section H2 of the Royal University of Bhutan’s Wheel of Academic Law provides the following definition of academic
dishonesty:

“Academic dishonesty may be defined as any attempt by a student to gain an unfair advantage in any assessment. It may be
demonstrated by one of the following:

 Collusion: the representation of a piece of unauthorized group work as the work of a single candidate.
 Commissioning: submitting an assignment done by another person as the student’s own work.
 Duplication: the inclusion in coursework of material identical or substantially similar to material which has already
been submitted for any other assessment within the University.
 False declaration: making a false declaration in order to receive special consideration by an Examination Board or to
obtain extensions to deadlines or exemption from work.
 Falsification of data: presentation of data in laboratory reports, projects, etc., based on work purported to have been
carried out by the student, which have been invented, altered or copied by the student.
 Plagiarism: the unacknowledged use of another’s work as if it were one’s own.
Examples are:
 verbatim copying of another’s work without acknowledgement
 paraphrasing of another’s work by simply changing a few words or altering the order of presentation, without
acknowledgement
 ideas or intellectual data in any form presented as one’s own without acknowledging the source(s)
 making significant use of unattributed digital images such as graphs, tables, photographs, etc. taken from test books,
articles, films, plays, handouts, internet, or any other source, whether published or unpublished
 submission of a piece of work which has previously been assessed for a different award or module or at a different
institution as if it were new work
 use of any material without prior permission of copyright from appropriate authority or owner of the materials used”
Student Declaration
I confirm that I have read and understood the above definitions of academic dishonesty. I declare that I have not committed
any academic dishonesty when completing the attached piece of work.
Student’s Signature: KW Date of signing:02/04/2020

Experiment No. 4
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Study of engineering structure in buildings

Aim: - To study of engineering structure in buildings

- To see which types of engineering structure is the best of all the structures.

Theory

Structural engineering — a specialty within the field of civil engineering — focuses on the framework of
structures, and on designing those structures to withstand the stresses and pressures of their environment
and remain safe, stable and secure throughout their use. Structural engineering depends upon a detailed
knowledge of applied mechanics, materials science and applied mathematics to understand and predict
how structures support and resist self-weight and imposed loads. To apply the knowledge successfully a
structural engineer generally requires detailed knowledge of relevant empirical and theoretical design
codes, the techniques of structural analysis, as well as some knowledge of the corrosion resistance of the
materials and structures, especially when those structures are exposed to the external environment.
Structural engineers battle gravity, wind, snow and rain every day to provide the world with outstanding
structures
The role of a structural engineer today involves a significant understanding of both static and dynamic
loading, and the structures that are available to resist them. The complexity of modern structures often
requires a great deal of creativity from the engineer in order to ensure the structures support and resist the
loads they are subjected to.

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Diagram:  

Figure no.1

Materials required:

1. 20 pieces of wood or sticks.

2. roll masking tape
3. 15-20 number of small nails.
4. 2-3 pre-weighed stones or bricks.
5. Scissors
6. small scale for weighing.
Procedure:

1. Collect small stone or bricks for testing. Weigh each stone or bricks (if they are different sizes)
so that we can calculate how much weight their structures support.
2. Make the square and triangle shapes using sticks or wood and nail, as shown in Figure 2

Figure no. 2

3. Combine the same shapes in pair and put a weight on each shape to see which shapes can hold
more weight.

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Figure no 3.a. Figure no 3.b.

4. Draw an observation table similar to the one below:

Shapes Rectangular Square Triangle Parallelogram

Amoun
t of
weight

Observation:

Limitation

Conclusion:

From the above experiment,

Precaution:
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 1. Use the medium size of bricks and stones.
2. Care should to given while releasing the weight.
3. Nails used should have same tip diameter.
4. Handle with care while the preforming the experiment.

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