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AOE-6124: Hypersonic Aerodynamics

Description: Theory of inviscid hypersonic flows; blunt body and Newtonian aerodynamics; nonlinear small disturbance theory; and approximate methods and comparisons with experiment. Viscous hypersonic flow theory; skin friction and heat transfer on blunt and slender bodies; and vorticity, entropy layer, and viscous-inviscid inter-action effects.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AOE-5114

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 4

Average GPA: 3.62 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 28.13%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Gregory Young202075.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.662
Bhuvana Srinivasan202262.5%37.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.572

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Fall 2020Fall 2022Term050% W