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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: 6

Average GPA: 3.64 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 30.97%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Bhuvana Srinivasan202267.9%32.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.624
Gregory Young202075.0%25.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.662

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