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Virginia Tech

AOE-2204: Introduction to Ocean Engineering

Description: Introduction to the design of ocean vehicles and offshore structures. Buoyancy. Hull geometry, body plan drawing, coefficients of form. Hydrostatic calculations. Intact and damaged stability of ocean vehicles and offshore structures. Large angle stability. Stability criteria for design and related rules and regulations. Marine economics.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHYS-2305

Required By: AOE-3014, AOE-3264, AOE-4265

Corequisites: MATH-2204

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 21

Average GPA: 2.77 (B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 19.55%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.97%

Heng Xiao201641.1%35.9%17.4%3.5%2.1%0.0%3.084
Wayne L Neu200915.9%34.2%31.0%10.9%8.0%0.0%2.345
Charles R Weil200824.2%54.5%18.2%0.0%3.0%0.0%2.961
Nikolaos Xiros201140.0%37.4%11.5%2.0%6.6%2.3%3.052
Delgosha Olivier Coutier202328.3%33.8%23.9%9.3%2.4%2.3%2.766
Ryan G Coe201228.3%28.3%26.1%6.5%8.7%2.2%2.581
Erin D Crede20148.3%73.3%10.0%8.3%0.0%0.0%2.962

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