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Virginia Tech

CEE-3304: Fluid Mechanics for Civil and Environmental Engineering

Description: Introductory course in fluid mechanics. Includes concepts and measurements of fluid properties; computing hydrostatic and hydrodynamic forces on hydraulic structures; computing fluid pressures, discharges, and velocities; and determining energy losses in pipe flows. Course includes conducting hydraulic laboratory experiments and demonstrations, analyzing and interpreting collected data, and preparing technical laboratory reports. Emphasizes the fundamentals of effective interpersonal, written, and visual communication skills for technical civil engineering reports. Design Lab/Studio. For Pathways Advanced Discourse credit, must complete combination of CEE 2804, CEE 3304, CEE 4804

Pathways: 1A Discourse Advanced, 10 Ethical Reasoning

Course Hours: 4 credits

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 31

Average GPA: 2.45 (rounds to C+)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 8.28%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 4.08%

Robert P Scardina202415.9%32.4%26.0%13.9%6.6%5.1%2.3724
Jennifer L Irish201921.1%60.5%18.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.971
Hosein Foroutan202414.8%43.3%34.3%5.4%1.5%0.7%2.635
Staff Hoagland202320.7%51.7%20.6%6.9%0.0%0.0%2.841

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