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I've narrowed down my 4th year Mechanical Engineering course selections down to a few. I'll post the descriptions below. Tell me what you think and what courses I should take! For my future career I want to have building/HVAC design skills as a safety net but I don't want to skip on knowledge that will one day allow me to design awesome things like planes and cars.
Note that I can only take 2 of the 4 courses below. I'm already taking Building Energy Performance and Energy Conversion.
Finite Element Methods:+ Show Spoiler +A course presenting the fundamental ideas involved in conventional finite element analysis in Mechanical Engineering. Domain discretization, interpolation and shape functions, element derivation and types, element stiffness or property equations, assembly procedure, boundary conditions, solution methods for the algebraic equation system, applications in heat transfer, fluid flow, and stress analysis. Students will, throughout the course, write and test their own finite element code through individual subroutine construction as the course progresses.
Poll: Take Finite Element Methods?Yes (11) 58% No (8) 42% 19 total votes Your vote: Take Finite Element Methods? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Fluid Power Control Systems:+ Show Spoiler +Properties of hydraulic fluids. Design and function of conventional hydraulic and pneumatic circuits. Characteristics of flow and pressure control valves. Speed control in fluid power circuits. Performance of pumps and fluid motors. Hydrostatic and hydrokinetic transmission systems. Principles of sealing, filtration and heat control in hydraulic circuits. Industrial applications of fluid power systems.
Poll: Take Fluid Power Control Systems?Yes (11) 58% No (8) 42% 19 total votes Your vote: Take Fluid Power Control Systems? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Industrial Metallurgy:+ Show Spoiler +This course is intended for those students interested in acquiring a working knowledge of metallurgy. It covers: metals and alloy systems, iron-carbon alloys, heat treatment and the function of alloying elements in steel, corrosion and scale resistant alloys, copper and nickel base alloys, light metals and their alloys; casting, hot and cold working of metals; soldering, brazing and welding; corrosion and oxidation; metal failure analysis.
Poll: Take Industrial Metallurgy?Yes (9) 60% No (6) 40% 15 total votes Your vote: Take Industrial Metallurgy? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Heat Transfer 2:+ Show Spoiler +Selected topics in heat transfer fundamentals and applications. Topics to be covered include the fundamentals of convection with analytical solutions to simple laminar flow problems and approximate solutions to turbulent flow problems based on analogies between momentum and heat transfer. Also covered is radiant exchange in grey enclosures and in black enclosures containing emitting-absorbing gases. The remaining topics will be chosen from design of heat exchangers; condensation heat transfer; boiling heat transfer; and the treatment of problems in heat conduction.
Poll: Take Heat Transfer 2?Yes (15) 75% No (5) 25% 20 total votes Your vote: Take Heat Transfer 2? (Vote): Yes
(Vote): No
Thanks in advance for the help!
 
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On June 08 2011 00:26 bobwhiz wrote:
A protoss player? Focus on upgrades.
Always. I aim to be 3/3/3 in life.
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Calgary25997 Posts
I'm a mechanical engineer in oil and gas. The courses that you've listed that have helped me the most, in order, are:
Heat Transfer 2
Fluid Power Control Systems
Industrial Metallurgy
Finite Element Methods
Either of the bolded ones are the best, in my opinion. If you're interested in fluid systems, take Fluid Power Control Systems. If you're not, take Heat Transfer 2.
Edit: Do not take Finite Element Methods. It is too theoretical for a 4th year course and will do you practically no good.
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Asking the internet what you should take is a dangerous game, my friend...
EDIT: Of course, when Chill steps in the thread, that's different
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On June 08 2011 00:33 Chill wrote:
I'm a mechanical engineering in oil and gas. The courses that you've listed that have helped me the most, in order, are:
Heat Transfer 2
Fluid Power Control Systems
Industrial Metallurgy
Finite Element Methods
Either of the bolded ones are the best, in my opinion. If you're interested in fluid systems, take Fluid Power Control Systems. If you're not, take Heat Transfer 2.
Edit: Do not take Finite Element Methods. It is too theoretical for a 4th year course and will do you practically no good.
Thanks for elaborating, Chill. Always nice to have you around.
Finite Element Methods does seem very math-y considering I've already done 5 math courses. I also don't really see its usability given that everything from here on is about practical knowledge and experience. It's also part of the Solids group and although most Solids courses have a lot to do with machine/vehicle design I think I can get away with skipping it. Plus I haven't had the best marks in Solids in the past (I've done way better in Fluids and Materials). TBH I don't want to do it.
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Fluid dynamics FTW! Curse my shitty uni and its funding woes. Cutting all the good lecturers and keeping all the shit ones just cause they do research grrrrr. I have pretty much no chance to do any fluid dynamics units even though i have an interest in them, and since Chill recommended it, heck why not =)
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Update: I enrolled in Fluid Power Control Systems so it's now just 3:1. I'm leaning towards Heat Transfer 2 but I still don't know if I should take Industrial Metallurgy so I can be more diverse. Let me know what you think.
Poll: Which 1 of these 3 courses should I take?Heat Transfer 2 (3) 75% Finite Element Methods (1) 25% Industrial Metallurgy (0) 0% 4 total votes Your vote: Which 1 of these 3 courses should I take? (Vote): Heat Transfer 2
(Vote): Industrial Metallurgy
(Vote): Finite Element Methods
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Calgary25997 Posts
Bump. Which ones did you end up taking?
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Of course Chill's interested in this XD
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