CCE 102 – Computational Exercise 5

Due Friday February 14 at midnight. Submit via TEACH

Part 1. Guided Activity

In this lab we will obtain more practice using Excel to solve some of the engineering problems
you will encounter in future engineering classes and in professional practice. Each of these will
teach you a few new Excel functions and reinforce those you already know.

1. Create a worksheet called “Grading” and copy in the following table:

Grading (20 points possible)

Worksheet Maximum points
Linear interpolation calculator 5
Practice with linear interpolation 5
Working with trend lines 5
On your own 5

Points will be deducted for incomplete or incorrect work and for incorrect calculations and
formatting.

Remember:
Times New Roman 12 point font for all cells in worksheet
Bold font for column headings
Numbers and labels in columns centered
No excessive significant figures
Chart axis numbers = Times New Roman bold 16
Chart title and axis titles = Times New Roman bold 18
Use proper notation: greek letters, superscripts and subscripts

2. Create a new worksheet in Excel called “Linear interpolation calculator”.

First, go to The Engineering Toolbox and copy a table of air density and specific weight
values at standard pressure into your worksheet. Here is a portion of the data table you are
looking for:
Format the table in Excel using Times New Roman 12 point font for all numbers and use Times
New Roman bold font for the column headings. Use black font throughout but include the
yellow highlighting in the column header. Prepare a scatter chart that shows temperature
(horizontal axis vs density (left vertical axis) and specific weight (right vertical axis). For this
scatter chart use no markers; use smoothed solid black line for density and smoothed dashed
black line for specific weight.

Now create a linear interpolation tool. In this tool, the user will enter two values of a dependent
variable at two corresponding values of an independent variable. Then the tool will calculate the
value of dependent variable for any intermediate values of the independent variables. Create
clearly labeled input and output fields and test your calculations by obtaining values of density
and specific weight at temperatures of 7.32, 47.5, and 165.4 oC. Tabulate these in your
worksheet. The calculator portion of your worksheet should look like this:
Densityand Specific Weight ofAir at Standard Atmospheric Pressure inSI Units:

Specific
Temperature Density
Weight
Enter pairsofvalues fromdata table here -t- - ρ- - γ-
o 3 3
( C) (kg/m ) (N/m )
Independent Dependent -40 1.514 14.85
variables variable -20 1.395 13.68
0 1.293 12.67
10 1.247 5 1.269 12.45
10 1.247 12.23
15 1.225 15 1.225 12.01
20 1.204 11.81
Enter intermediate value ofindependent variable here 13.5 25 1.184 11.61
30 1.165 11.43
Compute value ofinterpolateddependent variable 1.2316 40 1.127 11.05
50 1.109 10.88
60 1.06 10.4
70 1.029 10.09
Tabulate yourinterpolatedvalues here 80 0.9996 9.803
90 0.9721 9.533
Temperature Density SpecificWeight 100 0.9461 9.278
o 3 3
( C) (kg/m) (N/m) 200 0.7461 7.317
300 0.6159 6.04
7.32 400 0.5243 5.142
47.5 500 0.4565 4.477
165.4 1000 0.2772 2.719

Check your answers for Temperature = 47.5 oC using Wolfram and paste those checks into your
worksheet using the snipping tool.

3. Create a new worksheet called “Practice with linear interpolation”. The following data
show the relationship between temperature and the elastic modulus of a new composite
material:
 Temperature (oC) Elastic modulus (psi)
0 1.60 x 107
5 1.58 x 107
10 1.53 x 107
20 1.45 x 107
30 1.12 x 107

Prepare two scatter chart of these data. One chart will have Temperature on the horizontal axis
and elastic modulus on the vertical axis. One chart with have Elastic Modulus on the horizontal
axis and temperature on the vertical axis. Format your data series as solid black circles with no
lines. Format your chart in the usual way with superscripts, fonts, bold, etc.).

Use linear interpolation to complete the following table (show all your work on the Excel
worksheet, use four copies of your interpolation calculator to show your work, (one copy for
each missing entry in the table below).

Temperature (oC) Elastic modulus (psi)

1.57 x 107
1.38 x 107
3
19

4. Create a new worksheet called “Working with trend lines”. Copy the following data table
into your worksheet:
Curing temperature Compressive strength
(oF) (ksi)

52 6.5
74 5.4
88 4.9
103 4.5
118 4.2

Create a scatter chart with Curing temperature on the horizontal axis and compressive strength
on the vertical axis. Use solid black markers and no lines and format the chart in the usual way
(lines, fonts, etc.).

Now add a logarithmic trend line. Show the trend line as a black dashed line. Show the trend
line equation and R2 on your chart.
Curing temperature Compressive strength
Prepare the (oF) (ksi) following table:

50
51
52
Etc.
120
Use your trend line equation to complete the table by computing values of compressive strength
for each temperature.

Copy your scatter chart above and delete the trend line and trend line labels. Add the data from
the completed table to your chart as a smoothed solid dashed line with no markers.

Part 2. On Your Own

Create a new worksheet called “Histogram practice”. A record of FEMA (Federal Emergency
Management Agency) assistance payments for natural disasters. This file is posted on Canvas as
an Excel workbook called “FEMA Claims data”. A portion of the workbook looks like this:

a. Prepare a histogram of Project amounts with bin sizes of $ 100,000 (i.e. 0 to $

100,000, $ 100,000 to $ 2,000,000 etc.). Put project amounts on the x axis and
frequency on the y axes. Format your chart using 16 pt Times New Roman font
bold for axis numbers and 18 pt Times New Roman font bold all axis titles.
b. Answer these questions (Hint: Use the COUNTIF command, Filters or Pivot
Tables):
1. How many project amounts were less than $100,000 ?
2. How many project amounts were between $ 50,000 and $150,000 ?
3. How many project amounts were greater than $ 500,000 ?