IAHR MEDIA LIBRARY

MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY - METHODS IN HYDRAULICS


FLUID MECHANICS

 Characteristics of the Laminar and Turbulent Flows (Hunter Rouse)

 

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Effect of viscosity on flow pattern

Visualization of viscous effects, Couette, rotational-irrotational, and Poiseuille flow, deformation drag, principle of lubrication, laminar and turbulent flows, establishment of axisymmetric flows, boundary layer flow

(0:00 to 13:02)

Laminar and turbulent flows

Flow regimes and transition in pipe flows, velocity distributions, Moody diagram

(13:03 to 16:47)

Introduction to the Turbulent Flows Characteristics

Flow regimes and transition in pipe flows and shear layer flows, molecular and eddy viscosity, turbulence intensity, turbulence scales, production, mixing, dissipation

(16:48 to 24:56)


Courtesy of Dr Marian Muste, IIHR - Hydroscience & Engineering, University of Iowa.

The Fluids Laboratory is an integrated learning environment developed by IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering for the College of Engineering of The University of Iowa.