This test had several questions all of which were targeting the nature of fluids and the different fluid properties such as viscosity and pressure, also to compute pressure and the forces associated with it, and finally to know what buoyancy is and determine object stability while floating or submerged in a fluid.

The mistakes I made in this test were easily avoidable if I studied more and put more time in this course, however for my first question I did everything right however i did not neglect the column of air, for my second problem I was not able to determine the final result due to my equations being wrong and not following the class procedures. Finally for my last question i failed to calculate the distance as well as the right inequality for stability. Also my writing rubric was not the one desired, it also did not include any of the required points. If i did this test again i would definitely spend more time on studying for it, as well as time on solving it and taking the time to get familiar with the questions so that i would not miss out on these problems. I would also follow the writing rubric in order to get more points and be more professional.

I think that engineers use the concepts discussed in day to day problems, whether it is stability with ships, or pressure in a pipe or so forth, I think what i learned will be useful in day to day problems i might face and i think it is not very important to my professional career from an information base however for a critical thinking and solving base it has definitely helped me. I feel that i was most successful with properties of fluids as well as the nature of fluids. This course would intersect with my career when there is a faulty machine with oil or liquids in it for instance or if the water is cut off somewhere.

 

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Test 1