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Python for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

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FizzBuzz

Introduction to FizzBuzz and Writing a Python Program Creating a FizzBuzz Program Conclusion for Your First Python Program

Graphing Thrust Available and Thrust Required

Introduction to Modeling Engine Thrust Learning about Functions Thrust Available and Thrust Required at Sea Level Thrust Available and Thrust Required at 10,000 ft Thrust Available and Thrust Required at FL350 Conclusion for Graphing Engine Thrust

Graphing Dynamic Pressure During a Rocket Launch

Introduction to Rocket Launches and Dynamic Pressure

Science & Physics Discussion

Getting Set Up with Matplotlib

Dynamic Pressure for an Average Rocket

Adding a Second Average Acceleration

Finishing with a Third Average Acceleration

Putting It All Together

Conclusion for Rocket Launches and Dynamic Pressure

Bonus - Correction to Dynamic Pressure Equations

Getting and Plotting Airfoil Coordinates

Introduction to Requests and Airfoils Getting Airfoil Coordinates Troubleshooting Your Program Standardizing Airfoil Coordinates Finishing the Airfoil Plotter Conclusion for Airfoils

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

Overview of Orbital Parameters 2D Static Orbits 2D Animated Orbits 3D Static and Animated Orbits Creating a GIF Ending Thoughts and the Molniya Orbit

Unit Conversions

Introduction to Tkinter Creating a GUI with Hard-Coding Creating a GUI with Dropdown Menus Creating a GUI with Entry Fields Conclusion for Units and GUIs

Introduction to Web Scraping

Introduction to Material Properties Fetching Text from a Website Narrowing in on the Data Interacting with Excel and Finishing the Program Conclusion for Web Scraping and Saving to Excel

Modeling Camera Shutter Effect

Introduction to Advanced Numpy Usage Showing Camera Shutter Effect Conclusion for Advanced Modeling

Writing Reports with Pweave

Introduction to Pweave and Saving PDFs Using Pweave Pweaving a Program Conclusion for Pweave

Conclusion

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Introduction to Rocket Launches and Dynamic Pressure

Introduction to Rocket Launches and Dynamic Pressure

Introduce the reader to the subject of dynamic pressure and rocket launches.

If you have ever watched a broadcast of a rocket launch, about 30 seconds after liftoff, the announcer indicates that the rocket is lowering the throttles for “Max Q” or maximum dynamic pressure. Max Q represents the maximum ...