Staff Sign-Off Sheet(NLD)
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I. Non-Linear Dynamics and Chaos
II. Staff Sign-Off Sheet(NLD)
IV. The custom VI's for this experiment & Appendix
Student's Name______________________
Partner's Name______________________
Before The Lab
View the [NLD Video], discuss pre-lab questions with an instructor and get the Staff Sign-Off Sheet(NLD) signed.
Pre-lab Discussion Questions
It is your responsibility to discuss this lab with a professor or GSI on the first day of your scheduled lab period. This signed sheet must be included as the first page of your report. Without it you will lose 1/3 of a grade for the report (e.g. A- ? B+). You should think about and be prepared to discuss at least the following before you come to lab:
- What is Non-linear Dynamics? (NLD) Specifically what is it that is non-linear?
- What is chaos? What are the defining characteristics of chaos?
- Present and solve at the board the problems 9.3.1 and 11.4.2 in Ref. 1.
- What is the Feigenbaum ratio? What does it mean?
- What is a Poincaré map? What is a return map?
- What is a Fourier Transform? What does the power spectrum of a square wave look like? What is aliasing?
Staff Signature_______________________
Completed on the first day of lab? (circle) Yes / No
Mid-lab Questions
- Demonstrate the Cobweb VI that you wrote, showing regions of chaos and periodicity.
Staff Signature______________________
Completed on the fourth day of lab? (circle) Yes / No
INCLUDE THIS SHEET AS THE FIRST PAGE OF YOUR REPORT
Physics 111 Advanced Lab Student Evaluation of Experiment
