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Computational Hydrodynamics and Optimisation, MMA160

Status: Avslutad
Öppen för svar: 2010-06-04 - 2010-08-31
Antal svar: 14
Procent av deltagarna som svarat: 77%
Kontaktperson: Rickard Bensow»
Utbildningsprogram som genomför enkäten: Chalmers
Klass: Övriga
Utbildningsprogram studenten tillhör: Maskinteknik 300 hp


Your own effort

1. How many hours per week did you spend on this course?

We mean total time, that is, it comprises the time you spent in class and the time you spent on your own work. Try to estimate the average time over the entire study period.

14 svarande

At most 15 hours/week»2 14%
Around 20 hours/week»5 35%
Around 25 hours/week»6 42%
Around 30 hours/week»1 7%
At least 35 hours/week»0 0%

Genomsnitt: 2.42

- not too much, but also not too little. the work amount was a good balance» (Around 25 hours/week)
- most time for doing the assignments» (Around 30 hours/week)

2. How large part of the teaching offered did you attend?

14 svarande

0%»0 0%
25%»1 7%
50%»2 14%
75%»6 42%
100%»5 35%

Genomsnitt: 4.07

- The lectures were good, but I was lazy. Also traveling all the way to lindholmen takes a while so it"s not something I"m likely to do for a two hour lecture.» (25%)
- Around 90% attendance. The computer exercizes were beneficial, but might have been even more helpful for the understanding if we would have had more time to discuss with the teachers about what we saw.» (75%)
- Almost 100 %» (100%)


Goals and goal fulfilment

The course syllabus states the course goals in terms of learning outcomes, i.e., knowledge, skills and attitudes to be acquired by the student during the course.

3. How understandable are the course goals?

14 svarande

I have not seen/read the goals»0 0%
The goals are difficult to understand»0 0%
The goals give some guidance, but could be clearer»1 7%
The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn»13 92%

Genomsnitt: 3.92

- They where clear and useful during the report task.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)
- And compared to other courses put much emphasis on thanks to the report writing.» (The goals clearly describe what I am supposed to learn)

4. Are the goals reasonable considering your background and the number of credits?

Answer this this question and the succeeding one, only if you do know the course goals.

14 svarande

No, the goals are set too low»0 0%
Yes, the goals seem reasonable»14 100%
No, the goals are set too high»0 0%

Genomsnitt: 2

5. Did the examination assess whether you have reached the goals?

14 svarande

No, not at all»1 7%
To some extent»1 7%
Yes, definitely»12 85%
I don"t know/have not been examined yet»0 0%

Genomsnitt: 2.78

- The report and presentation had somewhat vague descriptions. More details about the cruise ship case would have been nice.» (Yes, definitely)
- Very interesting way of examination, I´,ve never tried it berore eventhough i know it exists in other courses.» (Yes, definitely)


Lectures and course administration

6. To what extent has the lectures in viscous flow been of help for your learning?

14 svarande

Small extent»0 0%
Some extent»5 35%
Large extent»8 57%
Great extent»1 7%

Genomsnitt: 2.71

- I had done quite a bit on viscous flow previously» (Some extent)
- Much was understood first when I read it again during the report writing, but the lectures were good.» (Large extent)
- I think that the combination lectures-course material was very important for me, so I would say that the combination were most important.» (Large extent)

7. To what extent has the lectures in potential flow been of help for your learning?

14 svarande

Small extent»1 7%
Some extent»5 35%
Large extent»5 35%
Great extent»3 21%

Genomsnitt: 2.71

- Couldn"t attend any... » (Small extent)
- I did not find them that deep how its implemented in CFD. How it goes from the general pot.flow theory into CFD» (Some extent)
- same as above.» (Large extent)
- I had little exposure to potential flow» (Great extent)

8. To what extent has the lectures in optimisation been of help for your learning?

14 svarande

Small extent»0 0%
Some extent»4 28%
Large extent»7 50%
Great extent»3 21%

Genomsnitt: 2.92

- same as above.» (Large extent)
- Again I had done little with optimisation» (Great extent)
- All my knowledge in optimisation was from lectures. I would suggest some extra litterarue/text documents about optimisation in general for thoose who missed out the lectures. » (Great extent)

9. To what extent has the course literature and other material been of help for your learning?

14 svarande

Small extent»0 0%
Some extent»4 28%
Large extent»8 57%
Great extent»2 14%

Genomsnitt: 2.85

- There were equally good literature on the net as the book for the chemical engineers.» (Some extent)
- I did not buy or look at the text book as I had a text book from a previous course still. The notes, espcially the compendium for potential flow, were very helpful» (Some extent)
- mostly in viscous flow and CFD in general. Not too much about optimization in any literature. THe potential flow compendium was helpful as well.» (Large extent)
- The CFD-book is very good. The potential flow compendium lacks of the practical approach that the CFD-book has.» (Great extent)

10. How well did the course administration, web page, handouts etc work?

14 svarande

Very badly»0 0%
Rather badly»1 7%
Rather well»6 42%
Very well»7 50%

Genomsnitt: 3.42

- There were many confusions with the schedual. » (Rather badly)
- The slides from the potential flow lectures never made it to the web page? Also the delay from lecture to slides appearing on the web page was rather long. I"d prefer if the slides were available before the lecture. Actually it wouldn"t hurt if all slides for all lectures were available from day one.» (Rather well)
- Sometimes it was unclear what to hand in in the different assignments. The rest was good.» (Rather well)
- Would be nice if we got the lecture notes printed out.» (Rather well)


Assignments

11. To what extent have A1-A2 been of help for your learning?

The aim of A1 and A2 was to introduce you to the basic set-up of a viscous flow computation and give you some experience in how choices of boundary conditions, turbulence models and grids affect the results.

14 svarande

Small extent»0 0%
Some extent»2 14%
Large extent»6 42%
Great extent»6 42%

Genomsnitt: 3.28

- A1 was excellent! Especially the detailed questions that made you think twice about what was done. A2 had potential, but such a large assignment really needs more detailed instructions. Especially on what you"re expected to show when presenting the results. It was supposed to be 7 rather large simulations which is manageable. But due to unclear instructions we easily performed 50+ simulations and even after all that they were wrong. Apparently we should have used low-Re correction, which wasn"t stated in any instructions. I want clearer instructions and questions like those in A1.» (Large extent)
- Turbulence models and boundary conditions are tricky to learn how to choose, maybe more practice could be suitable.» (Large extent)
- Very good to play around with different models. Possibly there is room in A2 to play around with meshing » (Great extent)
- I liked the questions that was asked for in A1-A2. I learned a lot in those assignments.» (Great extent)
- i hadn"t work with cfd before so it was really helpfull» (Great extent)

12. To what extent has A3 been of help for your learning?

The aim of A3 was to give some hands-on experience with RANS ship hull computations: set-up, computational cost, and what kind of results and analysis you can extract.

14 svarande

Small extent»1 7%
Some extent»4 28%
Large extent»8 57%
Great extent»1 7%

Genomsnitt: 2.64

- It didn"t work as planned. It wasn"t possible to use what was done in the pre assignment in the post assignment. These kind of problems happened all the time with Shipflow and Friendship. All assignments using these applications were a total mess and you didn"t learn half as much as the fluent assignments.» (Small extent)
- Easier to understand than a1 and a2, could be due to the increased understanding gained though.» (Large extent)
- too much comments on graphs and pictures» (Large extent)
- Gave some experience in using different grids which was good.» (Large extent)

13. To what extent has A4 been of help for your learning?

The aim of A4 was to indicate what type of results you get from potential flow computations and how to design a suitable panel distribution.

14 svarande

Small extent»1 7%
Some extent»3 21%
Large extent»9 64%
Great extent»1 7%

Genomsnitt: 2.71

- There were all sorts of problems with Shipflow and Friendship. All assignments using these applications were a total mess and you didn"t learn half as much as the fluent assignments.» (Small extent)
- A4 didn"t give such a good understanding of what was being varied. No visualisation of the grid changes» (Some extent)

14. To what extent has A5-6 been of help for your learning?

The aim of A5-A6 was to introduce you to optimisation and a possible application in ship design.

14 svarande

Small extent»1 7%
Some extent»4 28%
Large extent»7 50%
Great extent»2 14%

Genomsnitt: 2.71

- There were all sorts of problems with Shipflow and Friendship. All assignments using these applications were a total mess and you didn"t learn half as much as the fluent assignments.» (Small extent)
- These two were particularly smartly designed. Doing them covered the most important part of the optimization» (Great extent)


Examination

15. What is your general opinion on the examination form with reports and seminars?

14 svarande

Not good»1 7%
Ok»1 7%
Good»7 50%
Very good»5 35%

Genomsnitt: 3.14

- Good, but clearer instructions would make it very good.» (Good)
- I would like to hand in the report first and then write the reviews. It was some problems regarding the deadlines.» (Good)
- The discussion was a great way to reflect over the course content, I just wish we could have had more discussions during the lectures where maybe the lcturer gave his opinion-on the examination he did not participate in the discussion much but asked questions, which is of course correct in that time, but more discussions during lectures would be nice!» (Very good)

16. Was the procedure for examination clear from the course documents?

14 svarande

Not clear at all»1 7%
Acceptable»1 7%
Good»5 35%
Crystal clear»7 50%

Genomsnitt: 3.28

- Maybe good if the students get the task earlier» (Good)

17. To what extent was the self-assessment helpful when writing the report?

14 svarande

Small extent»3 21%
Some extent»5 35%
Large extent»5 35%
Great extent»1 7%

Genomsnitt: 2.28

- although it maight be more helpful to teacher than students» (Small extent)
- It forced us to look at the course outline» (Some extent)

18. To what extent has the peer review been of help for your learning?

14 svarande

Small extent»2 14%
Some extent»7 50%
Large extent»4 28%
Great extent»1 7%

Genomsnitt: 2.28

- It gave another chance to show what you"ve learnt» (Great extent)

19. To what extent has the seminar been of help for your learning?

14 svarande

Small extent»0 0%
Some extent»4 28%
Large extent»8 57%
Great extent»2 14%

Genomsnitt: 2.85

- Thx to the seminar, i got a clearer idea on how to improve myself in the future.» (Large extent)
- Good discusion» (Large extent)
- reflection, repetition, perfect» (Great extent)


Study climate

20. How were the opportunities for asking questions and getting help?

14 svarande

Very poor»0 0%
Rather poor»1 7%
Rather good»4 28%
Very good»8 57%
I did not seek help»1 7%

Genomsnitt: 3.64

- Very few managed to finish the computer assignments during the time when lab assistants were available. Without lab assistants you can get stuck for hours without progress. For example in A4 some settings were missing from the downloaded files. That"s not something you can really solve by yourself without any prior knowledge about the software. The lab assistants did announce how to solve this during an exercise which helped like the two students who were that far ahead, most of the class missed it. Stuff like this really needs to be published on the web page.» (Rather poor)
- Tutors were good. Sometimes the communication between them was not great. the changes that were necessary on the tutorial guideline were not communicated to the class very well at all» (Rather good)
- I just asked questions during the assignments but there it was very good.» (Very good)

21. How well has cooperation between you and your fellow students worked?

14 svarande

Very poorly»0 0%
Rather poorly»2 14%
Rather well»1 7%
Very well»11 78%
I did not seek cooperation»0 0%

Genomsnitt: 3.64

22. How was the course workload?

14 svarande

Too low»0 0%
Low»1 7%
Adequate»12 85%
High»1 7%
Too high»0 0%

Genomsnitt: 3

- If it weren"t for all the hours spent stuck on impossible Shipflow problems the work load would have been rather low.» (Adequate)
- high due to the assignments, but it was good to do it, so it didn"t feel to high ore useless work» (High)

23. How was the total workload this study period?

14 svarande

Too low»0 0%
Low»2 14%
Adequate»10 71%
High»2 14%
Too high»0 0%

Genomsnitt: 3

- It depends on which courses you take. The structural course was a joke, no assignments and an easy exam. The fatigue course however had four rather heavy assignments and a fairly tough exam.» (Adequate)


Summarizing questions

24. What is your general impression of the course?

14 svarande

Poor»0 0%
Fair»1 7%
Adequate»2 14%
Good»5 35%
Excellent»6 42%

Genomsnitt: 4.14

- I really liked the viscous part and wish there were more of it. Potential flow was rather confusing and the potential flow assignments were terrible. I wish there were less potential flow in the course. Optimization was very interesting but we barley touched it. I want a few more optimization lectures and assignments not using friendship/shipflow.» (Fair)
- It taught us what naval architects needed to know and no superflous in depth theory was shown» (Excellent)

25. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

- The grading criteria and the examination should be preserved.»
- A1 as it is. A2 with modifications.»
- The way the course is made. Assignments, report and seminar. Very nice way of making a course.»
- The report and the seminar!»
- assignments were very helpful. so was the seminar.»
- The tutorials were really helpful.»
- the seminar»
- The report was important for the learning. The report task could have been handed out earlier so that you have more time to think it through. »
- examination»
- Everything except that there should be a deadline for the report before the reviewes. »

26. What should definitely be changed to next year?

- For the next year, some part of the lectures can be devoted to the explanation and the expected resulsts of the assignments to be done in the lab. The explanations could be theoritical based and could be related with the assignments so when we are working on the assignments we could now what to expect and be able to comment to a more extent and finally get more out of it.»
- A3-6.»
- Maybee the report should be written in groups of two and for 10 pages. There are so many areas to cover in the report it is very har to show your knowledge in all fields in only 5 pages.»
- More participation and discussino during the lectures.»
- One more lecture in potential flow including lift and drag.»
- different tutorials»
- I think that there should be a mandatory review of all the assignments together with the tutorial teachers, like in A1. To make you sure that you"ve understood everything. »
- more time for the report.»
- The potential flow compendium. Something more practical.»

27. Additional comments

- Thanks for a very interesting and structured course!»
- 1. the teacher can encourage students to do some extra reading. 2. suggestion: arrange 2 or 3 student-seminars so fellow students can get more opportunities to exchange some ideas.»
- The tutors need to prepare a little better and work as a team. People cannot always attend tutorials and therefore important developments, especially when the tutors did not load the correct files etc, these should be broadcasted to everyone on the homepage»
- I really liked this course. It was better and more interesting than my expectations.»


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