Recent content by JayhawkerME

I was fortunate enough to find this site fairly early in my studies. I'm proud to say that I passed Thermal Fluids on my first attempt through self-study, largely thanks to the guidance of those on this forum. I wrote up a study guide for a buddy that's taking the exam, but then I realized that...

You're in good company-- I fell into this trap early on. It turned out to be too much of a time sink. I found it better to work problems, diagnose my weaknesses, and then hit the MERM chapters that were common stumbling points.

Probably so, but I didn't study with it. I answered all the questions, but spent more time on them than I'd have liked. Hindsight's 20/20.

Passed! ME Thermal Fluids, Oklahoma.  Many thanks to those on this board; I self studied using many of the techniques memorialized here. 

For the Thermal Fluids exam: Items used: MERM - I lightly tabbed it. By exam time, I had a pretty good idea of the topics covered by each of the relevant chapters / where to find stuff in the Appendices. Lindeburg Unit Conversions - This was a big time saver, especially on metric problems or...

Yep. Sitting in a similar situation here. If nothing else, the long days ensure we can go the distance on test day. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ In all seriousness-- I'm sorry to hear that. There are lots of good, and competent folks on tough times right now. With a few days to go, I'm just reviewing some past...

Thanks to everyone on their input. A few takeaways here: * This problem is an example of where the MERM falls short on the steam tables. The steam charts don't cover the superheated region required for this problem. I've augmented my reference materials accordingly. * For those using the 2013...

Not to beat this dead horse any further, but I had a separate question related to this problem. I'm not sure where they found their h2 value-- the rest of the problem makes perfect sense. Here are my steps: 1) Assume a throttling, steady-flow system: > T1 = T2 under ideal gas law (suspected...