Course Outline
(Tentative)
| Week | Class | Topic | Pre-Lab Assignment | Lab | Report | Due |
| 8/31 | 1 | Course Description |
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| 9/7 | 2 | LAB 1 - Specific Heat of Air |
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| 9/14 | 3 | LAB 2 - Measurement of Fluid Flow |
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Memo | 1 | |
| 9/21 | 4 | Pitfalls in Technical Writing | 1 rev 1 | |||
| 9/28 | 5 | Uncertainty Analysis |
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| 10/5 | 6 | LAB 3 - Fan/Duct/Filter Properties |
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Memo | 2 |
| 10/12 | 7 | LAB 4 - Forced/Free Convection |
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Presentation | 3 |
| 10/19 | 8 | LAB 5 - Heat Transfer from a Fin |
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Memo | 4 |
| 10/26 | 9 | LAB 6 - Drag on Bodies of Revolution |
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Presentation | 5 | |
| 11/2 | 10 | LAB 6 (continued) |
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| 11/9 | 11 | LAB 7 - Wind Tunnel Drag Measurement |
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Full | 6 | |
| 11/16 | 12 | LAB 7 (continued) |
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| 11/23 | 13 |
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| 11/30 | 14 | LAB 8 -Air Turbine |
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Memo | ||
| 12/7 | 15 | 8 |