Week 4 AE, CE, IE, and ME
Overview:
This week our task was to build/model a rocket using Rocksim and tinkercad. We created an CO2 capture system within the rocket that would get released at the top of its trajectory. We had to make sure the rocket would launch in the right way and also have the correct flight path. We had trouble trying to get all the stages of the rocket to keep together if 3-D printed. Through this last week, we have learned a lot about aerospace, chemical and mechanical engineering. We put a lot of effort into making sure everything was done right and our project was done in the best way we could.
Aerospace Engineering:
Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering. Avionics engineering is similar, but deals with the electronics side of aerospace engineering. Aerospace engineers are employed in industries whose workers design or build aircraft, missiles, systems for national defense, or spacecraft. Aerospace engineers are employed primarily in manufacturing, analysis and design, research and development, and the federal government.
Chemical Engineering:
Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with chemical production and the manufacture of products through chemical processes. As chemical engineers work in several fields, they implement the principles of chemistry, biology, physics and math to solve problems that involve the production or use of chemicals, fuels, drugs, food and many other products. They also innovate techniques in other industries such as improve food processing techniques, and methods of producing fertilizers, to increase the quantity and quality of available food.
Mechanical Engineering:
Mechanical engineering is one of the broadest disciplines. Mechanical engineers research, design, develop, and test tools, engines, machines and other mechanical devices. They also work on power-producing machines such as electric generators and design tools that other engineers need for their work. Mechanical engineers make a difference. That's because mechanical engineering careers center on creating technologies to meet human needs. Virtually every product or service in modern life has probably been touched in some way by a mechanical engineer to help humankind.This includes solving today's problems and creating future solutions in health care, energy, transportation, world hunger, space exploration, climate change, and more.
Industrial Engineering:
Industrial engineering is an engineering profession that is concerned with the optimization of complex processes, systems, or organizations by developing, improving and implementing integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy and materials. Industrial engineers apply science, mathematics, and engineering methods to complex system integration and operations. Because these systems are so large and complex, IEs need to have knowledge and skills in a wide variety of disciplines, the ability to work well with people, and a broad, systems perspective. Industrial engineers use their knowledge and skills to improve systematic processes through the use of statistical analysis, interpersonal communication, design, planning, quality control, operations management, computer simulation, and problem solving.
Design Plan:
For Tinkercad, we first drew our designs on paper and then came to a consensus on which design we wanted to use for Tinkercad. For our design, we wanted to make sure that the product would be able to capture carbon dioxide, filter it and then store the products after the air was filtered.
For Rocksim, we first looked at sample diagrams and tested them to see which ones we wanted to use. Afterwards, we made some changes to the sample we selected and kept running simulations. However, none of the samples had three stages so then we decided to make a rocket from scratch and run simulations to make sure it works.
Conclusion:
What we learned:
how to capture CO2
the importance of protecting earth from harmful gasses
the components of a rocket
how to build a rocket
What we would change:
better sense of software before we start