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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1950 on: February 01, 2016, 01:46:20 AM »
Hi, Reg! I know there are a few other aviation peeps here (I'm waffling around the edges of that interest, it's really cool but I'm not super super invested). What do you think of Mechanical? I'm trying to decide between doing that or Aerospace when I go to college (next school year).

Also, G0vnah, Mechanical is sort of the general Engineering when you want to distinguish it from, say Civil (bridges, sewers, etc.) or Electrical. It more has to do with "how do these pieces that could be part of anything interact and move together?"

I'm not very far into the program just yet, but I'm liking it so far! I opted for ME partly because of the school, and partly because of the fact that Mechanical Engineers have skills that are applicable in pretty much any field, including Aeronautics and Aerospace. It's not something that you should take my word on, however- you should try to talk to an Aerospace Engineer and get their feedback on the subject.

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1951 on: February 01, 2016, 06:07:18 AM »
Welcome, Regolith :) :squirrelcookie:
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1952 on: February 01, 2016, 08:02:36 AM »
Welcome to the forum, Regolith! I've also been a reader since the aRTD days, but didn't start obsessively hanging out in the forum until a few months ago. It's good to have you here!
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1953 on: February 01, 2016, 09:22:43 AM »
Welcome Regolith247

(Interesting you should say that about mechanical and aerospace.  My dad's undergraduate degree is in aeronautical engineering (which is what they called it way back then), but when he went to grad school he switched to mechanical.  My own degree is physics, which is pretty much useless ;) )


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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1954 on: February 01, 2016, 09:49:06 AM »
Also, G0vnah, Mechanical is sort of the general Engineering when you want to distinguish it from, say Civil (bridges, sewers, etc.) or Electrical. It more has to do with "how do these pieces that could be part of anything interact and move together?"

Ah, I see. Thanks!
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« Reply #1955 on: February 02, 2016, 05:44:31 AM »
I'm Regolith. I'm a first year Mechanical Engineering student, aviation enthusiast, hobbyist writer, and dedicated Minnion from back in the aRTD days. This is maybe my second time actually posting in the forum, so hey guys!

Welcome, I'm 6 years into a Mechatronic Engineering degree so hopefully you get through it a bit faster than me. ;) And yeah you can use an engineering degree for anything that involves projects, management or, surprisingly, project management, so my advice is to try all the different facets. Process engineering, management, validation, project planning and so on, find what you enjoy the most while you're studying so you know what you want to do once you get out.

Noodly, it pretty much depends what you want out of the study. I would recommend Aerospace if what you're planning to do is quite related to it, otherwise Mechanical is a bit more widely applicable. One of my friends I started with in my Mechatronic degree is currently studying part-time while he runs his orbital payload deployment start-up company, so as long as you're passionate, you'll make it work.
However if you want a job at an established aero company (Boeing, Lockheed, Space-X) you will need an Aerospace degree to work directly on their main projects, or so I've heard. They can be... selective in that sense.

I am a little biased because the fluid mechanics equations you use for flow look like this (and I have to do my next Fluid Mechanics subject this upcoming semester), though fortunately a large percentage of the terms drop out for most applications.

(Yes that is a single equation.)
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1956 on: February 02, 2016, 06:32:59 AM »
I am a little biased because the fluid mechanics equations you use for flow look like this


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« Reply #1957 on: February 02, 2016, 06:45:04 AM »
You lie! That clearly summons Nyarlathotep!

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1958 on: February 02, 2016, 08:41:52 AM »


(Yes that is a single equation.)

Wait wait wait... *presses nose against screen* It's been years since I've seen a proper fluid mechanics equation! That's a topic I obviously decided not to study further in, but I always get a little bit of geek-out when I see something I recognize.
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1959 on: February 02, 2016, 08:45:23 AM »




It's bee so long that I'm sure I no longer understand any of that.
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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1960 on: February 02, 2016, 09:49:33 AM »

(Yes that is a single equation.)

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Re: The Introduction Thread
« Reply #1961 on: February 02, 2016, 12:06:45 PM »
(Yes that is a single equation.)

Though, I also have the feeling you made it longer than it had to be by writing out the gradient etc. ;)
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« Reply #1962 on: February 02, 2016, 12:09:48 PM »
Ohai new engineering people!

Though, I also have the feeling you made it longer than it had to be by writing out the gradient etc. ;)

Exactly! Don't be afraid people. The equation is scary but it just says that energy (in all its possible forms) is conserved and it could be written in a more compact way. There is also one (or three, depending on how you count) for momentum and one for mass, and they are shorter.
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« Reply #1963 on: February 02, 2016, 12:53:12 PM »
Don't be afraid people. The equation is scary but it just says that energy (in all its possible forms) is conserved and it could be written in a more compact way. There is also one (or three, depending on how you count) for momentum and one for mass, and they are shorter.
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« Reply #1964 on: February 02, 2016, 01:16:31 PM »
Engineering people clearly speak an other language ::)

Yes! The language of calculus! ;D
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