IAHR MEDIA LIBRARY

MULTIMEDIA LIBRARY - METHODS IN HYDRAULICS


FLUID MECHANICS

 Effects of Fluid Compressibility (Hunter Rouse)

 

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Wave generation in fluids

Compressibility, analogy between gravitational and elastic waves, effects on fluid patterns, elastic waves, surges, water and blood hammer, isothermal and adiabatic departure from the constant-density flow

(0:00 to 9:27)

Shock waves

Analogy with two-dimensional patterns produced by concentric waves, analogy with the surge in open channel flow, Schlierern measurements applied to the subsonic and supersonic flows around simple body forms - sphere, plate, cylinder-and lifting vanes

(9:28 to 15:36)


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.