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...
View ArticleVideo 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...
View ArticleVideo 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...
View Article‘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...
View ArticleVideo 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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