Tycho

Posted 04:41 by Tycho

Things are going ok. Finally finished up the Pro/E models for my project, but couldn't do one of them. Reason being is that it involves modelling a string-like cable into a knot, which would take an inordinate amount of time to model doing it the way I had envisioned. I still have to do the heat transfer analysis, which I'm not looking forward to. Our advisor has cautioned me against simplifying it to a one-dimensional system, which is all we really need. All we need is the steady-state solution along the longitudinal axis...no need for the transient aspects or the flow in the axial direction. But he still wants the full analysis, which will take hours and hours to write out, model, check, re-model to fix mistakes, and then to calculate. Doing it the way we envisioned would take no more than one hour, more likely around fifteen to twenty minutes. Go figure. But the boss says he wants it, so he'll get it. It's due this Thursday.

In other news, the third kinematics project is on track, still, and the design phase is nearly over. All's really left is to optimize our cam design, then write the tech report detailing the process and the iterations.

Experimentation...is experimentation...useful class, very interesting, but still not a good one for me. The book is weird and this isn't the professor's forte. Macroeconomics...well, I don't need that course, but I've been doing the work and such. Interesting--I'll have to reread the whole book once I start investing.

Edit: Was not happy that I will not be able to go to MMA Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Posted 16:40 by Tycho

Lots of stuff going on...it's the end of the term...by 2 March 2006, I have to do the following:

1. Kinematics Homework (not that bad)
2. Kinematics Group Project (only around 15 pages, so it's a lot smaller than the other ones)
3. Experimentation Homework (total bitch)
4. Experimentation Reading (see above)
5. Experimentation Super Lab (total super-duper want to kill people bitch...I mean "see above")
6. MQP models and assemblies (might not be so bad...except the dimensions are all messed up)
7. MQP heat transfer analysis (two and a half bitches)

So, yeah, I've got my work cut out for me.

Looking forward to fighting class tonight, it's really good stuff.

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