Gain insights into using Python for mechanical and aerospace engineering. Learn about basics, graphing techniques, airfoil plotting, and dynamic pressure and orbital modeling in 2D and 3D.

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In this course, you will learn about the Python programming language in the context of mechanical and aerospace engineering. 

You will start with the basics of Python, like variables, collections, and different types of loops. Once you have the basics out of the way, the real fun begins. You will learn how to: graph thrust available and thrust required, graph dynamic pressure during a rocket launch, and how to plot airfoil coordinates. 

Towards the end, you will get a strong overview of orbital parameters and learn how to model both 2D and 3D static orbits. Once you’ve completed this course, you will have a better understanding of Python and how it works in the context of mechanical/aerospace engineering.

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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.

Getting Comfortable with Python

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

The End

Conclusion for Airfoils