MECH&AE 157A
Fluid Mechanics and Aerodynamics Laboratory
Description: Lecture, two hours; laboratory, six hours; outside study, four hours. Requisites: courses 150A, 157. Recommended: 150B, C150R. Experimental illustration of important physical phenomena in area of fluid mechanics/aerodynamics, as well as hands-on experience with design of experimental programs and use of modern experimental tools and techniques in field. Letter grading.
Units: 4.0
Units: 4.0
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Spring 2023 - You will be assigned a random group at the start of the quarter, and I think your experience will depend pretty heavily on this. You will have a team project that you are working on throughout the entire quarter, while simultaneously having to complete 5 lab assignments (each pretty hefty, bigger assignments than from 157). The instructions for the lab assignments are often a bit unclear, so talking to your team is helpful, and the instructors are also very responsive on Piazza. The class will feel like a ton of work, but I think the grading is actually quite lenient. As long as you get everything done to a reasonable level of correctness, there’s nothing to worry about. Even your team project (ours were rockets, but who knows if that will stay the same) can be terrible and your grade will still be fine as long as you go through the motions.
Spring 2023 - You will be assigned a random group at the start of the quarter, and I think your experience will depend pretty heavily on this. You will have a team project that you are working on throughout the entire quarter, while simultaneously having to complete 5 lab assignments (each pretty hefty, bigger assignments than from 157). The instructions for the lab assignments are often a bit unclear, so talking to your team is helpful, and the instructors are also very responsive on Piazza. The class will feel like a ton of work, but I think the grading is actually quite lenient. As long as you get everything done to a reasonable level of correctness, there’s nothing to worry about. Even your team project (ours were rockets, but who knows if that will stay the same) can be terrible and your grade will still be fine as long as you go through the motions.
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