| SECTIONS | RESOURCES |
|---|---|
| 2. Static Fluids | Liquid Mirrors - A useful application of rigid body rotation (large mercury liquid mirror technology). Microgravity Media Clips - From the NCSER K-12 Educational Program, with links to nice NASA movies of liquids in free fall (rigid body acceleration). |
| 4. Inviscid Flow | Astarita, G., and M. E. Mackay. "The generalized engineering Bernoulli equation (GEBE) and the first and second laws of thermodynamics for viscoelastic fluids." J Rheol 403 (May/June 1996): 335-346. A recent research article discussing the full form of the Bernoulli equation and its connection to dissipation, 'stress-power' and the first/second laws of thermodynamics. Dornheim, M. A. "Flying In Space For Low Cost." Aviation Week and Space Technology (April 20, 2003). Virgin Galactic - Links to Virgin Galactic video and information on SpaceshipOne, from Bert Rutan's company Scaled Composites. |
| 5. Control Volume Theorems | Centrifugal Turbine (PDF - 1.8 MB)# - These notes outline a complicated example involving conservation of linear and angular momentum; the centrifugal turbine. |
| 10. Potential Flow, Lift, Drag and Thrust | Dragonfly Flight - Prof. Jane Wang's site on dragonfly flight and the role of vorticity shedding in fluttering and tumbling. |
| 11. Surface Tension and its Importance | Thoroddsen, S. T., and K. Takehara. "The coalescence cascade of a drop." Phys Fluids 12, no. 6 (June 2000): 1265-1267. Woodward, I. "Tall Storeys" Nature 428 (April 22, 2004): 807-808. A paper on the fundamental limitations on tree height as a consequence of capillary phenomena in the xylem. Complex Fluids and Interfacial Physics - Bouncing droplets Web site by Prof. Kavehpour (UCLA), including an MPEG movie of the "bouncelet" droplet cascade. Gobbling droplets - A movie of the "gobbling droplet" phenomenon shown in class and considered in Quiz 2. It shows how complicated the effects of surface curvature can be on the evolution of a fluid thread. |