Group18: Horse Stable

Week 10: 06/03/2016

Week 10 Activities

This week, the group met up on Thursday, June 2nd, 2016 to finish editing the final report and worked on finishing up the final presentation slides. There were a few tips that Professor Mitchell gave the team about presentations.

One tip that he gave the team was to set each section of the presentation into percentages. For our presentation, Professor Mitchell recommended that the introduction would be about 10-20%. The requirements of the project should be about 20% of the slides and the summary should be about 10% of the presentation. The biggest part of the presentation should be 50-60%, which is the solution and what the design of the horse stable is.

Another tip that Professor Mitchell gave the group was to time each slide for about 30 seconds. Since the total time for the presentation is 10 minutes, the presentation should be about 20 slides.

Week 9: 05/27/2016

Group Meeting: 05/27/2016

Today was a very short meeting. In the beginning, we had Doctor Mitchell go over our presentation. He quickly went over it and gave us some feed backs. We had to change the titles of certain slides to make it fit more into a professional setting when we are presenting. We were missing a few slides that Doctor Mitchell wanted which were the lighting aspect of the horse stable and the future works slide. The group as a whole did not have many questions because the semester is coming to an end. There were also other small details of the horse stable that Doctor Mitchell wanted us to included but we had a time constraint to our presentation. He suggested to combine slides and figure out which slide would be more briefly spoken compared to others so we can show the audience what we accomplished during this term. We completed most of the assignment that was given to us for the project so what is left is finishing the entire presentation and the final report.

Goal

Finalize final report and submit to Doctor Mitchell for revise
Finalize presentation

Horse Stable SketchUp

SketchUp of the Horse Stable

Figure 1: Overall View of Horse Stable

Figure 2: Front View of Horse Stable

Figure 3: Top View of Horse Stable Without Roof

Figure 4: View of Inside the Horse Stable

Figure 5: The Roof

Figure 6: Side View of the Horse Stable

Figure 7: Top View of the Horse Stable without Roof

Group Meeting: 05/23/2016

The group met with one another to discuss what needed to be worked on for the upcoming week as well as getting a start on the goals set to be completed by the next meeting with Professor Mitchell. The group started off with going over the comments and feedback provided by Professor Mitchell on the Final Report Draft. One of the biggest criticism on the paper was that there was a lack of structure and organization when it came to declaring specifically what the design constraints, criteria, and solutions were. The group spent a good amount of time discussing and organizing out the paper so that the Final Report Draft could be edited and completed by week 10. Another thing that the group worked on was finalizing everything such as the structures and parts of the horse stable. After this the presentation was discussed and worked on. The group will be attempting to finish it by the end of week 9 so that Professor Mitchell will be able to take a look at it and provide feedback on how to further improve upon it.

Week 8: 05/20/16

Week 8: 05/20/2016

This week was the week the group got back the final report with comments and feedback. The group examined the comments and feedback and discussed it with Professor Mitchell. The group is going to plan to have a meeting sometime next week to revise the final report. The group also spoke about little tweaks that should be added to the final project. One of the small changes to be made was the addition of plywood sheathing for the boards to hold everything together. Something else brought up during our meeting was our presentation. The group will start working on the presentation next week as well. Professor Mitchell recommended a presentation outline that the group could possibly follow and tips that could be used for the final project.

Goal

Create an appendix to reference from in final report
Finalize the final report
Create the presentation

Week 7: 05/13/2016

This week was the week in which the final report draft is due. The main agenda for this meeting was to discuss the report with Professor Mitchell. The group was having a problem with shortening the report. Professor Mitchell went over the reasons why there is a requirement length to a engineering design proposal. He also addressed the group's concerns on the difference between the result and discussion sections. The result should contain the analysis of the lighting, and area of the stable, whereas, the discussion should be more of an opinion in which the group could discuss about the adversities of this project and what could be improved in the future. In addition to that, Professor Mitchell went over the definition of eccentricity in buckling load, how far right from the center the force applied.

Goals:

Shorten and revised the proposal for the final report
Work on presentation slides

Case Study: An Average Horse

Horses come in various sizes. Horses are usually categorized into three different types: light riding horses, large riding horses and heavy horses.

Light Riding Horse:

Range of height from 56 to 64 inches

Range of weigh from 840 to 1210 lb

Large Horse:

Range of height from 62 to 68 inches.

Range of weigh from 1,100 to 1,320 lb

Heavy Horse:

Range of height from 64 to 72 inches.

Range of weigh from 1,540 to 2,200 lb

The Average Horse Dimensions:

Link:

https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/recreational_trails/publications/fs_publications/07232816/page03.cfm