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.

Python for Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

You were able to demonstrate the powerful ability to go to a website, get information from it, and put that information into a spreadsheet. The program will handle any column or row additions because of how you scrape the HTML. That does, however, make the program sensitive to any changes in the website’s HTML or general layout. If the layout does change, you would have to re-find the proper HTML tag that identifies the information. This is part-and-parcel of depending on websites for information; occasionally, the style changes, and you have to make your program reflect the changes. This is why APIs are preferred: they typically will not change or will not change significantly.

The ability to interface with Excel with the `Openpyxl` library means you can decouple VBA from Excel and use Python to run any code you have. The days of seeing `IF(AND(OR(IFERROR(A5=A4, ""), A1 <> A6), B4 = TRUE), B3 = 1)` may be over. Writing in Python is a better way to see readable logic, and now you know how to scrape websites and use Excel to display the results. 


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 Web Scraping and Saving to Excel