ENME640

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics

Prerequisite: Must have completed partial differential equations at the level of MATH 462; or permission of ENGR-Mechanical Engineering department. Formerly: ENME651. Equations governing the conservation of mass, momentum, vorticity and energy in fluid flows. Low Reynolds number flows. Boundary layers. The equations are illustrated by analyzing a number of simple flows. Emphasis is placed on physical understanding to facilitate the study of advanced topics in fluid mechanics.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.25 between 296 students*

ENME640 Grade Distribution+-05101520253035404550% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 12.5%
A: 28.38%
A+: 8.78%
B-: 9.46%
B: 21.62%
B+: 5.41%
C-: 1.01%
C: 2.7%
C+: 0.34%
D: 0.34%
F: 0.68%
W: 4.73%
other: 4.05%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.