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AOE-3044: Boundary Layer and Heat Transfer

Description: Concepts of viscous flows and physical properties equations of laminar motion with heat and mass transfer; exact and approximate solutions; finite-difference methods; transition to turbulence; analysis in turbulent flows. Conduction and convective heat transfer.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AOE-3014 and (AOE-3264 or AOE-3164 or ME-2134 or ME-3134) and MATH-4564

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 5

Average GPA: 3.48 (rounds to B+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 36.00%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 3.28%

Matthew Kuester202153.5%35.3%6.7%0.0%0.0%4.5%3.363
Luca Massa202477.4%14.6%6.6%0.0%0.0%1.5%3.672

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2019Fall 2020Fall 2021Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W