AEP 4340

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  • Schedule of Classes - September 22, 2025 1:06PM EDT

AEP 4340
Fluid and Continuum Mechanics

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

Intro to elasticity (including stress and strain tensors and their linear relations for isotropic materials), very brief intro to plastic deformation, fluid properties and some hydrostatics, conservation laws with applications (including pipes), dimensional analysis, vorticity, ideal flow (including forms of Bernoulli equations and potential flow), flow past objects (including boundary layers, drag, lift, and model aerofoils), instabilities, a brief introduction to turbulence (including Reynolds stress from time averaging), some topics in compressible flow (including choking and shock waves).


Prerequisites AEP 3330, AEP 4200, AEP 3550, or equivalent, or permission of instructor.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2025SP, 2023SP, 2022SP, 2021SP

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Syllabi: none

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Choose one lecture and one discussion. Combined with: AEP 5340

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  •  8261 AEP 4340   LEC 001

  •  
    • MWF
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Wickham, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person

    Prerequisite: AEP 3330 and APE 3560 or equivalent.

  •  8263 AEP 4340   DIS 201

  •  
    • W
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Wickham, L

  • Instruction Mode: In Person