Unlike the first semester, the second half of the design phase does not concern itself with the design of the column.  This half of the project is much more involved with proving or disproving the effectiveness of the system's design and making recomendations for improvements to the system.

The tasks for this half are:
1)    Produce a physical model of the support column system
2)    Test the model for thermal and strength performance
3)    Compare the test values against the expected theoretical values

Our Timeline can be described by using either of two methods.  The first method would include a strict interpretation of due dates for our deliverables and design goal deadlines to describe our project flow over the spring semester.  The other method would be to map our processes from start date to finish date for each design goal and deliverable.  Our Timeline uses the first method with modifications and additions where additional data is deemed necessary.

Our requirements for performance are contained within the initial requirements for the project and have been strictly interpreted for the strength requirements.  However, the temperature profile had an infinite number of possible configurations based upon the inlet position and the initial allowable temperature for the cooling fluid.  This allowed the team to choose a liberal estimate for the inlet temperature and adjust the inlet location accordingly.