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ME-3414: Fluid Dynamics

Description: Comprehensive first course in fluid dynamics. Fluid properties. Hydrostatics. Mass, momentum,and energy conservation in control volumes. Elementary dynamics and Bernoullis equation.Dimensional analysis and similitude. Laminar and turbulent flows. Introduction to Eulers and Navier-Stokes equations. Pipe flows. External flows and boundary layers. Introduction to compressible flows. Includes laboratory experiments.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 4 credits

Corequisites: ME-2134

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 32

Average GPA: 2.88 (rounds to B)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 19.50%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.92%

Jonathan B Boreyko202446.6%25.1%19.9%7.4%0.0%0.9%3.083
John A Palmore202355.8%30.1%8.9%3.8%0.7%0.7%3.353
Alexandrina Untaroiu202440.0%37.8%12.8%6.3%1.5%1.8%3.054
Staff Masroor202232.5%37.2%21.0%2.3%7.0%0.0%2.851
Bahareh Behkam202421.9%41.4%27.2%5.8%1.3%2.3%2.804
Chang Min Son202318.1%51.3%25.4%3.1%0.5%1.7%2.884
Wing Fai Ng202416.8%40.4%29.2%8.2%2.0%3.3%2.614
Mark R Paul202119.7%32.9%36.1%4.9%4.9%1.6%2.581
Rui Qiao202423.7%39.9%25.2%6.7%2.3%2.3%2.758

Grade Distribution Over Time

1234GPA
Spring 2020Fall 2020Spring 2021Fall 2021Spring 2022Fall 2022Spring 2023Fall 2023Spring 2024Fall 2024Term050% W