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Flow attachment, wakes, and blowing a candle out around a cup

Most undergraduate engineering textbooks have a schematic diagram of the flow around a cylinder at different Reynolds numbers. The one below is styled on the diagram from Munson et al.  However, the...

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Video of “Flow attachment, wakes, and blowing a candle out around a cup”

Here is animated GIF of the “Flow attachment, wakes, and blowing a candle out around a cup” demonstration. The full video is here. An index of all the demonstrations posted on this blog can be found...

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Video of “Hydrostatics under solid body acceleration: dropping leaky bottles”

Here is a link to a  slow motion video (gif below)of the “Hydrostatics under solid body acceleration: dropping leaky bottles” demonstration. The video shows the dyed water flowing out of the base of...

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‘Rotational buoyancy’ update – potting wheels and fishing tackle

This is an update to the “Rotational buoyancy – Hydrostatic pressure in solid body rotation” post but with much better visualization. The analysis is identical to the previous post however, the...

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Video of “Solid body rotation – measuring the rotational velocity of a...

Here is a link to a video from the “Solid body rotation – measuring the rotational velocity of a potting wheel” demonstration. The video shows the parabolic cavity forming as the water spins up until a...

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