AOE-3114: Aerodynamics & Compressibility
Description: Inviscid aerodynamics. Wings and wing theory for low speed flight. How and when compressibility becomes important. Integral form of the conservation equations and thermodynamics. One-dimensional steady compressible flow, nozzle flows. Compressible flow with heat addition. Oblique shock waves and Prandtl-Meyer expansions. Supersonic airfoils. Aerodynamics at subsonic and transonic speeds.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: AOE-3164
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 27
Average GPA: 3.05 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 31.02%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.74%
| Vidya Vishwanathan | 2022 | 52.3% | 19.1% | 14.4% | 9.6% | 4.8% | 0.0% | 2.96 | 1 |
| Staff Marineau | 2007 | 60.3% | 36.0% | 3.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.54 | 2 |
| Serhat Hosder | 2006 | 73.4% | 20.4% | 5.8% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 3.62 | 4 |
| William J Devenport | 2024 | 30.5% | 40.5% | 21.6% | 4.4% | 2.2% | 0.8% | 2.92 | 17 |
| Staff Inger | 2008 | 24.4% | 53.1% | 16.7% | 4.5% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 2.91 | 2 |
| Shuo Mao | 2023 | 26.6% | 13.3% | 39.9% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 6.7% | 2.46 | 1 |