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Fluid Mechanics and Dynamics
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| Compressible Aerodynamics Calculator |
| Advanced Aero/Hydrodynamics - Course materials from University of Vermont. |
| Antibubbles - An antibubble is a ball of liquid surrounded by a thin film of air. Pictures, documentation and links. |
| Bernoulli's Principle Animation - Interactive animation shows how pressure and velocity in a fluid behave according to Bernoulli's Principle. |
| Calculations and Equations of Fluid Mechanics - An online fluid dynamics calculator. |
| Classical Fluid Mechanics Problem Solutions - Solutions to Classical Fluid Flow and Momentum Transfer Problems. |
| Convection in a box. - Experiments with smoke inside a plexiglass box challenge convectional wisdom. Smoke can unexpectedly act heavier than air and then spontaneously reverse. |
| The Effects of Water Hammer And Pulsations - Explanation of water hammer and pulsation inclusive the formula used to calculate the pressure increase. |
| eFluids - A one-stop internet resource for fluid dynamics and flow engineering professionals |
| eMicroNano - A free one-stop information resource for bio-, micro-, and nano-fluidic systems. |
| Engineers Edge - fluid flow, hydraulic and pneumatic - Fluids section of engineering directory. Provides definitions and practical applications. |
| ePower Propulsion and Combustion - A one-stop resource for professionals working in propulsion, power, and combustion fields. |
| ERCOFTAC - European Research Community on Fluids, Turbulence and Combustion. Portal to Fluid Dynamics database resources. Free registration required. |
| Flow optimization - The site demonstrates a method of flow visualisation by using an optically active liquid. The advantages of the method and some example applications are described. |
| Fluid Power Net International (FPN) - Provides information and links to fluid power (hydraulics and pneumatics). |
| Fluid Salients in Air, Water, and Solids - Site discusses fluid salients as a cause for ocean wave formation, cloud formation and geologic structure formation. Several small physical models of salients are also discussed. |
| Incompressible Navier-Stokes equations reduce to Bernoulli's Law - Integrates the vector Navier-Stokes equation to obtain a vector form of Bernoulli's law. Provides interpretation and a mathematical basis for doing calculations. |
| Investigation into Aerodynamic Flutter Test Systems - An investigation into aerodynamic vibration excitation systems for in-flight flutter testing of general aviation aircraft. Richard R. Western, Melbourne, 1999. |
| Irrotational Plane Flows of an Inviscid Fluid - Lecture for those who need a refresher course on hydrodynamics fundamentals. |
| PivNet 2 - An introduction to the European Collaboration on Particle Image Velocimetry. Links to participating partners, information about courses, conferences and literature. |
| Transforming Ellipsodial Into Translatory Motion - A report in pdf format describes how ellipsoidal water wave motion can be transformed into translatory motion to exchange polluted water in an almost closed sea bay. |
| University of Colorado Flow Visualization Course - A course in the physics and art of fluid flow for engineering and fine arts photography students at the University of Colorado, Boulder. The student gallery has a wide assortment of images ranging from soap films to clouds. |