ME 562Experimental Methods in Fluids

Units: 0.50
Faculty: Engineering
Subject: Mechanical Engineering

When it runs

Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

This course is focused on theory and practice of experimental analysis of fluid mechanics problems. It covers the following topics: experimental facilities and techniques for measurements in fluid flows, flow visualization, identification of appropriate tools for experimental assessment, planning of experiments, laboratory experiments, data acquisition, analysis of experimental results and uncertainty estimation.

Prerequisites

Complete all of the following
- Must have completed the following:
  - ME362 - Fluid Mechanics 2 (0.50)
- Students must be in level 4A or higher
- Enrolled in H-Mechanical Engineering

Antirequisites

None listed.

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

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Not a bird course... Basic concepts related to the project are introduced in lecture, but most of the work for the project is not taught in class and requires a lot of extra time. Course would be much better if they guided you a bit more on how to complete the project. There's also a 45% final for some reason which was quite difficult and seemed unnecessary since the course is entirely project based. Only take if you are interested in fluids

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