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ESM-3034: Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

Description: Introduction to experimental fluid mechanics. Dimensional analysis. Experiments on fluid properties, flow measurements, and flow visualization, including manometry, determining hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces, applications of the impulse-momentum principle, velocity measurements, measuring drag forces, quantifying flow in channels. Modern data acquisition techniques.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 1 credit

Prerequisites: ECE-3054 and ESM-2304

Required By: ESM-3444

Corequisites: ESM-3234

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 51

Average GPA: 3.56 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 55.51%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Staff Behnam2006100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.941
Staff Kullback201069.1%23.8%7.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.592
Staff Rullan200693.8%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.872
Christine C Burgoyne200987.2%12.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.883
Saikat Basu201367.3%26.5%6.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.612
Nicholas S Johnson202063.8%33.1%2.6%0.0%0.5%0.0%3.5312
Staff Jana201388.7%8.8%2.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.804
Anne E Staples201892.8%3.5%3.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.842
Staff Maines200570.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%10.0%0.0%3.241
Staff Vlachakis200870.0%10.0%10.0%10.0%0.0%0.0%3.431
Sunghwan Jung201262.8%23.3%8.3%5.6%0.0%0.0%3.393
Ssu Ying Chien201530.7%41.5%20.1%7.9%0.0%0.0%3.002
Staff Gheisarieha2011100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.881
Anand Banerjee200874.2%13.7%4.4%5.1%2.6%0.0%3.483
Staff Mola200885.7%7.1%0.0%0.0%7.1%0.0%3.511
Fangchi Yan201392.8%7.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.861
Brian L Chang201565.0%10.4%7.2%3.5%13.8%0.0%3.122
Ehsan Esmaili201564.3%21.4%14.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.521
Staff Bordonaro200786.7%13.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.751
Hossain Aziz201453.3%40.0%0.0%0.0%6.7%0.0%3.351
Talia M Weiss201433.3%60.1%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.271
Mohammad H Habibi201446.7%46.6%6.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.481
Ahmed Abdelmonem Ahmed Hussein201566.6%33.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.691
Ravi Kappiyoor201372.2%16.7%0.0%0.0%11.1%0.0%3.391
Peng Zhang201384.2%0.0%0.0%5.3%10.5%0.0%3.391

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