Learn how to implement Python in the context of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

Python for Scientists and Engineers

In this module, we'll learn about the Python programming language in the context of mechanical and aerospace engineering. We'll learn how to plot airfoil coordinates and graph thrust available, thrust required, and dynamic pressure. Moreover, we’ll get a firm overview of orbital parameters and how to model both 2D and 3D static orbits. By the end of this module, we'll have a good knowledge of how Python works in the fields of mechanical and aerospace engineering.

Python for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Using the `Requests` library, you were able to scrape the airfoil coordinates from the UIUC website, clean the data, account for a variable number of spaces separating the two coordinates, and graph the resulting points with `Matplotlib`. The beauty of Python and its dependent packages is that you can fetch the data with Python (via `Requests`), clean the data with built-in methods, and display the data (via `Matplotlib`) all from the same program. If you wanted to, you could even save the coordinates in an Excel spreadsheet with the `Openpyxl` library and graph the points in Excel. You will get into saving data to Excel in a few lessons.


Conclusion section for getting and plotting airfoil coordinates.

FizzBuzz

Graphing Thrust Available and Thrust Required

Graphing Dynamic Pressure During a Rocket Launch

Getting and Plotting Airfoil Coordinates

Modeling a 2-Body Orbit in 2D and 3D

Unit Conversions

Introduction to Web Scraping

Modeling Camera Shutter Effect

Writing Reports with Pweave

Conclusion

Conclusion for Airfoils