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AOE-3014: Fluid Dynamics for Aerospace and Ocean Engineers

Description: Fundamentals of fluids: stress, statics, viscosity, laminar and turbulent flow. Conservation of mass and momentum. Vorticity, circulation, and lift. Navier-Stokes equations. Ideal flow in two dimensions, streamlines, stream function, velocity potential, superposition. Thin airfoil theory. Physics of laminar and turbulent boundary layers and of transition. Boundary layer equations and basic tools for boundary layer calculation. Collaborative problem solving.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 15

Average GPA: 2.81 (B-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 14.49%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.07%

Colin Adams202223.8%70.0%2.5%1.3%1.3%1.3%3.171
Christopher J Roy202016.0%37.2%29.7%12.0%4.0%1.1%2.472
Luca Massa202324.9%38.7%27.3%7.7%0.6%0.9%2.776
John N Gilbert202225.0%34.2%24.1%7.5%1.9%7.4%2.773
Staff Balantrapu202066.6%22.2%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.521
Candace E Wall202325.9%55.5%14.8%3.7%0.0%0.0%3.011
Justin Jaworski202416.2%45.9%32.4%5.4%0.0%0.0%2.661

Grade Distribution Over Time

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Spring 2019Fall 2019Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Term050% W