29 Mechanical Engineering
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Mechanical Engineering (MCG)
Aerodynamics and Aircraft Performance, 3rd ed.∗
James F. Marchman III (Virginia Tech)
2021
Licence: CC BY 4.0
Intended for undergraduates, this text provides “stand-alone” coverage of basic, subsonic, aircraft performance preceded by an introduction to the basics of aerodynamics that will provide a background sufficient to the understanding of the subjects to be studied in aircraft performance.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, PDF, and EPUB
Suggested for:
MCG 4345 Aerodynamics [esp. for first part of the course]
All Things Flow: Fluid Mechanics for the Natural Sciences
William D. Smyth (Oregon State University)
2019
Licence: CC BY-NC 4.0
The textbook covers fundamentals of basic flow processes, emphasizing on vortices, waves and hydraulic jumps.
Format: PDF
Includes: Homework exercises
Suggested for:
MCG 3340 Fluid Mechanics I
MCG 3341 Fluid Mechanics II
A Guide to MATLAB for ME 160
Austin Bray and Reza Montazami (Iowa State University)
2022
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This textbook provides an introduction to the MATLAB programming language for first-year mechanical engineering students enrolled in ME 160. Designed to follow the content taught in class, this book provides a supplement to in-class learning that is presented at a level that is understandable to a student with no coding experience.
Formats: Pressbooks webbook, EPUB, and PDF
Reviews: Open Textbook Library
Suggested for:
MCG 1100 Introduction to Mechanical Engineering
Intermediate Fluid Mechanics∗
James Liburdy (Oregon State University)
2021
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
This book is meant to be a second course in fluid mechanics that stresses applications dealing with external potential flows and intermediate viscous flows. Students are expected to have some background in some of the fundamental concepts of the definition of a fluid, hydrostatics, use of control volume conservation principles, initial exposure to the Navier-Stokes equations, and some elements of flow kinematics, such as streamlines and vorticity. It is not meant to be an in-depth study of potential flow or viscous flow, but is meant to expose students to additional analysis techniques for both of these categories of flows. We will see applications to aerodynamics, with analysis methods able to determine forces on arbitrary bodies. We will also examine some of the exact solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations based on classical fluid mechanics. Finally, we will explore the complexities of turbulent flows and how for boundary layer flows one can predict drag forces. This compilation is drafted from notes used in the course Intermediate Fluid Mechanics, offered to seniors and first-year graduate students who have a background in mec