zdas04
Mechanical
- Jun 25, 2002
- 10,274
I recently had a class full of engineers (range from 6 months to 22 years experience with the average around 6 years) try to work this exercise. The comments were mostly "its too hard" and "you didn't give us enough information". I allowed 16 minutes for them to work on it and let them work in groups (I'm too easy). I figured that most of the class would finish in less than 5 minutes and have a long break. When no one was finished in 16 minutes I gave them a 15 minute break and let them continue if they wanted. After 31 minutes there was still no solution (this exercise comes at the end of a discussion of the Bernoulli Equation so they have that equation on the previous page).
Is it really that hard a problem for practicing engineers? Do I need to dumb it down for the little darlings?
David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
Is it really that hard a problem for practicing engineers? Do I need to dumb it down for the little darlings?

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist