Fluid Mechanics

This page is managed by Dr. Robert Hesketh (Rowan University)

Syllabi, schedules, course notes

• Rowan University
• King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
• University of California Santa Barbara
• University of Notre Dame
• MIT Opencourseware

Textbooks

• Chemical Engineering Fluids Textbooks
     
• Common General Fluid Mechanics Textbooks
    

Screencasts

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 250 screencast videos for fluid mechanics, including example problems, introduction to topics, software tutorials, and exam review problems. YouTube playlist, Interactive screencasts playlist (test-yourself multiple-choice questions)
• Learnfluidmechanics (Cambridge University): 75 fluid mechanics screencasts for an undergraduate course
• Texas A&M University
• Simmy Sigma lectures
    

Interactive Simulations

• Interactive Simulations (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 30 interactive simulations, 18 of which play directly in browsers. The others require a free CDF player plug-in.

    

• Digital experiments (University of Colorado Boulder): browser-based simulations (tank emptying, hydraulic loss, Venturi meter, viscous flow, pipe flow)

Interactive Self-Study Modules

• Self-Study Modules (University of Colorado Boulder): more than 20 self-study modules that include screencasts (with questions), ConcepTests, introductory screencasts, interactive simulations, list of equations and important points, example problem screencasts, and a summary.

Concept Tests

Multiple-choice conceptual questions for use in class with student response systems (clickers)

• LearnChemE (University of Colorado Boulder): More than 225 fluid mechanics ConcepTests. Contact LearnChemE@gmail.com to obtain access.
• AIChE Concept Warehouse (Tufts University)

Software

• Polymath^plus Solves ODEs, linear equations, and nonlinear equations. Screencasts demonstrating Polymath use can be found here.
• Fluid examples in Chapter 8: Problem Solving in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering with Polymath, Excel, and MATLAB (2nd Edition)
• Team maker and team assessments tools: Creates homework teams and does peer assessment
• Cheval for fluid flow: Calculated pressure losses in pipes and fittings

Videos

• Link to fluid mechanics videos
  
• Multimedia fluid mechanics DVD: DVD-ROM that illustrates fundamental phenomena and conveys fascinating fluid flows with nearly 1,000 videos, over 20 virtual labs and simulations, and dozens of interactive demonstrations and animations.

Laboratory Experiments in Fluids

• Low-Cost Desktop Learning Modules (Washington State University)
• Digital experiments (University of Colorado Boulder): Seven experiments (Fluidized bed, Hydraulic loss in pipe, Venturi meter, Viscous flow, Tank emptying)
• Armfield F1 Complete Fluid Mechanics Mechanics Laboratory Experiment (16 videos)
• Open tank drainage: Effect of drain tube length
• Tank Efflux (drainage) counter-intuitive example
• Venturi Flowmeter Pressure Profile
• Pitot Tube in channel flow
• A Teacher's Guide to Classroom Demonstrations in Transport Phenomena (University of Notre Dame) Request free PDF from David Leighton (dtl@nd.edu)

Mixing

Example Problems and Solutions

• 22 Fluid Mechanics Problems solutions
• Calculation of the Flow Rate in a Pipeline
• 2500 Solved Problems in Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
• SACHE: Ten Safety Problems for Fluid Mechanics Student Login Solutions Login
• Transport Phenomena Problem Compendium (University of Notre Dame)

Example Pump Curves

• Price Pump® Model LT Close Coupled Horizontal Pump
• Price Pump® Model RP75 Close Coupled Plastic Horizontal Centrifugal Pump
• Price Pump® Model CL Close Coupled Horizontal Centrifugal Pump
• Lecture on Centrifugal Pumps
• Lectures on Positive Displacement Pumps

Computational Fluid Dynamics

• The Secret of Golf Balls
• Turbulent Flow is MORE Awesome Than Laminar Flow
• Boston University: 32 Computational Fluid Dynamics video lectures
• Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
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