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ESM-5054: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics

Description: Fundamentals of fluid mechanics, including approximations, flow regimes, boundary conditions, vorticity, Bernoulli equations, boundary layers, lift, separation and drag, introduction to turbulence, waves in fluids.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: ESM-5014

Required By: ME-6454

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 8

Average GPA: 3.74 (A)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 60.02%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Saad A Ragab202252.3%35.3%12.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.432
Anne E Staples202488.8%11.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.791
Mark S Cramer201991.0%9.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.903
Mark A Stremler202384.7%15.4%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.792

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