AMAT $120-$ Project $-$ Pressure Drop

Instructions

Complete a report that is responsive to each of the items below.

Your report should show enough detail that a reader could reproduce similar results with their own data.

For items in which the prompt calls for an explanation and$/$or comparison, your response should include

full sentences. However, an extensive narrative is not required.

Any responsive tables and plots should be incorporated into your report document. Your report should

be submitted as a physical document in person during class time. Emailed copies will NOT be accepted.

Do not include the text from this prompt in your report.

Each Project team will receive their own data.

Items for Report

Use the given data to estimate the rate of change of atmospheric pressure with respect to

altitude at different heights over the range covered by the data. Include a table in your

response.

Construct a function that models the given pressure$-$altitude data. Create a plot that

includes both $($a$)$ the model function and $($b$)$ the data. Explain briefly how you chose your

model function, including the values of any parameters.

Use your model function $($from Part $2)$ to compute a formula for the rate of change of

atmospheric pressure with respect to altitude.

Together on the same plot, show the rate of change of atmospheric pressure with respect

to altitude as $($i$)$ estimated directly from the data $($Part $1)$ and $($ii$)$ computed with the model

function $($Part $3).$

Compare the rate of change you estimated directly from the data $($Part $4.$i$)$ with the rate of

change you computed from the model function $($Part $4.$ii$).$ Use this comparison to assess your

model function.