Dec 08, 2025  
2025-2026 University Catalog 
    
2025-2026 University Catalog
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AAE 33300 - Fluid Mechanics


Credit Hours: 3.00.  Kinematics of fluids and conservation equations for mass, momentum, and energy. Viscous and inviscid incompressible flow. Lift and drag in subsonic flow. Introduction to compressibility and boundary layers. Potential flow.
Learning Outcomes
1. Calculate hydrostatic pressure distributions, forces, and moments.
2. Calculate aerodynamic forces and moments from pressure and shear stress distributions.
3. Apply similitude to scale data.
4. Apply global conservation of mass and momentum (Control Volume analysis) to engineering systems.
5. Apply Bernoulli’s equation to relate velocity and pressure.
6. Calculate velocity and pressure fields using potential theory.
7. Apply the Navier-Stokes Equations to obtain exact solutions and compute shear stress and other flow quantities.
8. Apply the Blasius Boundary Layer Solution and integral methods to obtain boundary-layer flow properties.
Credits: 3.00



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