19th Week (26th October 2011)

After mid sem break... everything just happen so coincidence.. my laptop got stolen and I'm unable to get my things done.. the worst there's the backup of the whole assessment.. so i have to start from a scratch....

It was the worst day i ever had but still there's nothing i can do about it but to quickly start back all the stuff that i've lost and pickup the pace and race for the time...

Meet with lecturer and request for an extension due date for the report writing and hopefully i get the approval of it...It's really a sad thing but then we had to keep move on after we fall down..

What's lucky about it is that at least i had some rough idea on what i had done so it should be no problem of getting the information and the writing out the report again but with more and more obstacles ahead, I gotta get all the information and research the needs of getting this project done... it's going to be difficult for me but i gotta break out the sweat and non-stopping moving and moving... even my supervisor told me it's like if i'm going to make it... i gotta start my speed off at 300km/h or maybe above...

From all the information gather.. i still see there's a possible for the converging and diverging to work.... by using the nozzle will increase the air flow as the flow will be in isentropic and velocity will be the same as the speed will gradually increase after a degree of negative pressure in the back pressure... However, I gotta get more information on it which I've left out... It's a big topic and covers almost damn lot of stuff.. With limited time and wide stuff for me to grab on.... I gotta say i will get it done...

18th Week (28 September 2011)

Today meet up with supervisor to get our contract sign.... but too bad my groupmate again didn't come and absent.. but still i get a sign from our supervisor and after that well i still feel that he is kinda rejecting the project we done.. cause it won't work..but anyway i'm going to try and work things out.. maybe i will try to do the project in a way where proving that this project it's not going to made it with the calculation and stuff altogether...

Although i heard that the other lecturer says that it will work and he kinda like did it before in another way... but still gotta find the root and find out myself if it's going to work with the converging diverging together with the isentropic flow.... for now what i 've research.. it seems that it still will work.. but with rejection from supervisor makes me wanna find out the source of the unsuccessful of this idea and project....

17th Week (21 September 2011)

Saw my groupmate yesterday and it seems that he also working on to the 3D visualize by using the Solid works software... we discuss a bit on the diameter and and length of the pipe that we going to design...

Found some information the venturi effect also create a flow call isentropic flow....where the velocity of the flow of air stream is approaching to the speed of the sound then both side of the flow will be constant and having the same flow.. which mean there will be no increasing in flow rate from either both side...

so this might be the reason why our supervisor reject our idea from the start.... but still there will be an increasement and from the isentropic flow.. it maintain on the same air flow and doesn't mention of decrease... so it still will works for the acceleration from the start...

Anyway.. going to do more research and see if what's more reason behind the rejection of our supervisor...

Week 16th (14 September)

Today my groupmate absent again and i can't even contact him... anyway it's really hard that doing things in group where your groupmate going to absent and doing nothing and which you don't even know what the other party are really doing on the other side.... It's an advantage if the groupmate happens to be a helpful and attend every meeting.. but it could bring on the other side of bad effect...

anyhow.. today i got a paper where we need to let the lecturer to sign every time when we meet up with our supervisor.... so finally feel like at least there are some progress... although i know that we won't be doing a very good and perfect job... just at least having the motivation to move on in the project really going to help much...

After that i continue to do some research on the converging and diverging... i know it's not going to work but what else i can think of... just to try and prove that the thing is not going to work and why it doesn't... having advise from supervisor will be a bit hard cause it's definately not going to work... and well.. i gotta know why... doing research is going to be a lot of work.. but still have to work out and get things done out... 

Week 15th (7 September 2011)

Another new day and the date line is closing in.... We consult with our lecturer and we get to know a software call Solidworks... this software is going to help in visualise the project that we going to make up... it's in 3D and also after done the drawing of the works it can then convert into movie file which can play as a movie...

The animated flowing of the air stream can also be done but that's going to get sometime cause we are new dummies to this software and there's a lot of stuff that we gotta learn and how to draw...

First time using Solid works really a big challenge; just like a baby start walking.... Gotta practise more and more to get use to the software.... Luckily my groupmate is around and also we learn it together at the computer lab at the automotive building.... 

Solid works really create an amazing artwork of anything that you wanted to create and really it's amazing if you do know how to use it though... newbie like me going to have a hard time getting a shape out of it... even the tutorial doesn't really help much but just hoping that we can get some helps from lecturer or friends.....

Week 14th (31 august 2011)

Last week make appointment with lecturer so that we can meet him and get our things to be done and approve... went to the classroom and we start to meet the lecturer and we explain to the lecturer of our findings... well he say that if we wanna carry on it ... yes we can try to do it... What he thinks is that it's not going to work but anyway we still wanna get our things done at least had a topic so that we will be able to catch up with all the things that have been left out...

Report needed to be submit on early november and we like left 1 month ++ to go.. it's not going to make it but at least we did something although is not perfect but just hope that it will move on...
Finally we are on the track and getting the things to move on and on... what will we have to do next is what we gonna think and all.. actually i was kinda worry on the research that we going to do... i'm not quite sure how the report it is to be done and all... what what should i find and how we going to do on this report...

Anyway at least now you had something up we... it's the start of research time!!!

Week 13th (24th August 2011)

This week another New week.... I was kinda fed up on finding new idea... so for the last week i was try to research more on the converging and diverging system... and it seems that to what i know it might had work but maybe it's not really going to be  perfect one...

Ask lecturer and lecturer tell me the project if we insist on it.. then we can still do it.. either it's fail or success at least we learn something... He told us project technology is actually looking at the learning curve instead of success of the project itself... the high the learning curve... the even better we will achieve in this course....

Either it's success or fail.. we learn from it.. To me it's really a good thing.. we do research and we get the result and to see if we learn the success or the mistake or failure from what we had did...

For the converging and diverging... from what i've learn is that it will increase the flow of the air intake but up to a limit and it will just stable which mean by 'choke' instead of dropping... it might helps in low engine speed or idling... as for high speed to what i think it might just stable and still had a stable intake of air which will not reduce the performance or the flow of the air...

Too bad the supervisor lecturer that we plan to meet it's not around for the week.. so had to make another appointment with him and get approval so that we really can move on with the idea and project~~~~