writeup landing soon
I just wrapped this lab sequence and am pulling together the writeup. Expect it within the week — full lab-by-lab summary, reduced data, error analysis, and the parity check between measured and predicted values.
what the course covers
ME 379 is a six-lab experimental sequence on incompressible internal and external flow. Each lab pairs a hands-on rig with a theory section that has to predict the result before the run; the post-lab is a reconciliation between the two.
- Pipe flow & major losses. Friction factor across Reynolds regimes, Moody-chart parity.
- Minor losses. Bends, sudden contractions/expansions, valves — coefficient extraction.
- Drag on bluff bodies. Wind-tunnel CD versus Re for canonical shapes.
- Pressure measurement & instrumentation. Manometers, transducers, calibration, uncertainty propagation.
- Pump & system curves. Operating-point identification on a real loop.
- Open-channel / final integration lab. End-of-term capstone.
what the writeup will be
One page per lab, in the same idiom as the other case studies on this site:
- The setup — what we instrumented and how.
- The theory — closed-form prediction, including assumptions.
- The data — reduced, with uncertainty bars.
- The parity — measured vs. predicted, with the disagreement explained.
- What I'd change next time.
Check back next week. If you want a heads-up when it lands, drop me a line.