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AOE-5144: Boundary Layer Theory and Heat Transfer

Description: Conservation equations and constitutive relations, exact Navier Stokes solutions; boundary layer approximation and special solutions; approximate methods; compressibility and heat and mass transfer effects; and numerical methods and simple turbulence models.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AOE-5104

Required By: AOE-6114, AOE-6154

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 10

Average GPA: 3.64 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 49.95%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Joseph A Schetz202248.1%48.6%3.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.426
Luca Massa202498.2%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.964

Grade Distribution Over Time

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