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A Beginners Guide to
HTML. Maintained by NCSA. |
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A Physical Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
by A.J. Smits, published by John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-25349-9 (out November, 1999).
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology This site contains brief description
on most of the fluid dynamics terminology
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Aero Design Team Online.
Middle school level introduction to aeronautics. Excellent source material, and an extensive list
of internet links on similar topics.
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AIAA Educational Programs
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AIAA Pre-College Program
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AIMS (Activities Integrating Math, Science & Technology) Education Foundation
--- a classroom teacher movement!!
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Applied Aerodynamics: an online aerodynamics textbook by Ilan Kroo.
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Astronomy and Space Science Education for K-12:
An educational website about astronomy and space science for K-12.
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Beginners Guide to Aerodynamics
:This site was prepared at NASA Glenn by the Learning Technologies project (http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/K-12) to provide background information on basic aerodynamics as teaching aids
for math and science teachers.
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Bicycle Aerodynamics.
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Bicycle Aerodynamics site, including links.
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Bob Haimes Visual3 Software
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Bob Haimes pV3 Software
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Bob Haimes CAPRI Software
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Building Big
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College Atlas A World of Higher Learning
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Compressible Aerodynamics Calculator, This calculator
computes the standard relations for compressible flow of a perfect gas (developed by
Prof. W.
Davenport).
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Computerized Educational Project
in Heat and Power Technology, by Dr.
Torsten H. Fransson.
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Computer
Simulations for
MSDOS, demonstrating the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and the Von Karman vortex street, by David Porthouse.
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Convection Experiments. Easily reproduced convection experiments (smoke in a box) with bizarre
results, by Phil Henshaw.
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Desktop Aeronautics, Inc.
Demonstrations of some commercial software, and a couple free examples of source code for airfoil & wing analysis.
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Discussion on the
Connection Between Pressure and Velocity, and the Interpretation of Bernoulli's
Equation.
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Education Atlas the Online Education, Degrees, and Distance Learning Guide.
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Educational CFD program which computes subsonic, transonic, and supersonic flow over 2-D elements. Free
download. Program by Axel Rohde.
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Education Online Search a deep, unbiased resource for learning and career choices.
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Engineering Applets. Interactive Java programs for
Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics
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Engineering Fundamentals (eFunda). A premier online publisher for original engineering content and software.
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Engineering Software (EngWare). One stop source for energy conversion systems (power and propulsion) software,
slide shows, online calculators, textbooks, educational and consulting services.
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Engineers Edge. a preferred online destination for designers,
engineers and manufacturing professionals.
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Engineers Tools Box. a freely available collection of web-based engineering design, analysis, and
reference modules intended to fill the gap between an engineering handbook and
complex CAE software.
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Eric Weisstein's Treasure Trove of Physics. Contains
material about astronomy, scientific biography, scientific books, physics, and other areas of science.
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Excel/VBA Spreadsheets for Heat Transfer (and Fluids). Contains
heat transfer and fluid dynamics spreadsheets.
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Flow Visualizations and Educational Material.
Maarten Rutgers' Website (look under Science category)
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Fluid Dynamics Video Course. a video blank-study course on fluids
in motion (A Course of 39 Video Lectures by Ascher H. Shapiro -- Institute Professor, M.I.T.)
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Fluid Dynamics animation library CFDLAB. CFDLAB is a FORTRAN software library containing
a variety of animation and visualization applications in fluid dynamics -- Prof. C. Pozrikidis, UCSD, CA
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Fluid Dynamics software library FDLIB. FDLIB is a comprehensive software library written in standard
FORTRAN 77 (compatible with FORTRAN 90), covering a broad spectrum of fundamental and applied topics in fluid
dynamics.
The codes are suitable for blank-study, classroom instruction, and fundamental or applied research -- Prof. C.
Pozrikidis, UCSD, CA
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Fluid Flow Calculations Website, On-line calculations for fluid flow
(developed by Dr. Ken Edwards).
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Foundation Center Online. | |
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Foundation Coalition. One of Eight Engineering
Coalitions Funded by National Science Foundation | |
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Free Software.
Developed by NASA Glenn Research Center in an effort to foster hands-on, inquiry-based learning in
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Glenn Learning Technologies Project.
Developed by NASA Glenn Research Center. | |
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Greatest Engineering Achievements of the 20th Century.
National Academy of Engineering Collection. | |
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High Performance Finite Elements.
An FEM Software World which has FEAT, FEAST, FEATFLOW, DeViSoR, etc.
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How to
convert your document to HTML. Maintained by International Journal of Fluid Dynamics.
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Hypermedia version of James Fay's Fluid Mechanics textbook.
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Hypertext Help with LaTeX.
Maintained by GISS.
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Index to Shareware on the Net.
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Informal
introduction to Proper Orthogonal Decomposition.
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Instructional Resources from
IIHR -- Hydroscience & Engineering (formerly Iowa Institute of
Hydraulic Research) This website contains General References, Special References, Displays, Movies, Internet Links, IIHR Library and
world-wide famous series of Rouse Educational Movies
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Interactive website featuring fluid flow, hydrology, hydraulics, and unit
conversion calculations, maintained by Ken Edwards from LMNO Engineering, Research, and Software, Ltd.
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Interactive windows program for studying 2D turbulence, A interactive fluids program involving two-dimensional turbulence (256x256) and tracer particles.
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K-8 Aeronautics Internet Text Book,
teaches about principles of aeronautics, sports science, etc.
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Kids.net.au,
provides children with a database of over 30,000 kid safe sites. In
addition, the site also has a Thesaurus, Dictionary and
Encyclopedia.
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Les Houches Summer School program: " New trends in turbulence ".
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Lighter-than-Air Craft
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MacAirplane
Graphics-oriented, conceptual aircraft design program developed at Notre Dame and on display at the
Smithsonian Air and Space Museum.
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Materials Information
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Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics. The demo is now
available on eFluids for download at MMFM Demo.
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NACA Report on
Investigation of Separated Flows in Supersonic and Subsonic Streams with Emphasis on the Effect of Transition
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NASA's Atmosphere Simulator.
This is an interactive program in which one can investigate changes in the atmosphere.
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NASA Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project. This web site describes the methods and
activities of the NASA's Breakthrough Propulsion Physics Project.
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NASA's CurveBall Software.
With this software you can investigate how a big league pitcher throws a curveball by changing the values of the
factors that affect the aerodynamic forces on the ball.
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NASA's Engine Simulation Software This software allows one to investigate how a turbine
engine produces thrust by changing the values of different engine parameters.
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NASA's FoilSim Software.
With this software one can investigate how an aircraft wing produces lift by changing the values of different factors
that affect lift.
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NASA's Kite Modeler Software.
With this software one can study the physics and math which describe the flight of a kite.
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NASA
Observatorium: How Planes Fly.
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NASA's RangeGames Software.
With this software one can solve problems involved with determining an aircraft's motion and performance.
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NASA's RocketModeler Software.
With this software you can investigate how a model rocket flies by changing the values of different design
variables.
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NASA Technical Reports Server at Langley Research Center.
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NASA Thesaurus. Contains the authorized subject terms by
which the documents in the NASA STI (Scientific and Technical Information) Databases are indexed and retrieved.
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NASA Virtual Visits.
Contains Student Videoconferences and Presentation Descriptions.
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NIST Industrial Fluids and Chemical Engineering Database. This website
contains databases of fluids properties.
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Numerical Methods for 1D Compressible Flows (Interactive
Book).
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Numerical Methods software library NCSE. An advanced undergraduate entry-level graduate textbook on numerical methods
in science and engineering -- Prof. C. Pozrikidis, UCSD, CA
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Particle Image Velocimetry Data of
Wake and jet Flow Fields. Prof. Chiang Shih (FAMU/FSU College of Engineering)
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Peterson's Guides.
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Piping Friction Loss Calculator.
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PumpSchool. An introductory Site about Positive-Displacement (PD) Pumps
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Purdue Engineering Salary Data.
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Quick 'n Simple: A Computational Fluid Dynamics program by Scott Forbes and Gerald
Recktenwald. Free download, examples, etc.
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Road Map for the Teaching of
an Integrated Thermal & Fluids Course. Prof. Chiang Shih's web
courseware (FAMU/FSU College of Engineering)
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School-Wide Modular Program for Fluid Mechanics at MIT
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SimScience Fluid Dynamics Modules. Three levels of instruction.
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Soap films made easy. Maarten Rutgers' website (look under
science category)
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Source for Computing and Technology. A good source for reviews on
hardware, software, electronics, and a source for buying electronics related products
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Tacoma Narrows Bridge
Failure. Includes mpeg movie of the disaster.
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Teaching thermal and fluids related disciplines
by providing visualization-enhanced courseware, by Prof. Chiang
Shih (FAMU/FSU College of Engineering)
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The Expert System for Thermodynamics©
, by Subrata (Sooby) Bhattacharjee, San Diego State University.
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The Java Virtual Wind Tunnel. An interactive two-dimensional inviscid CFD simulation of a
channel with a bump. You can experiment with different inlet conditions and change 2nd and 4th order
damping, while you see how the solution evolves. The numerical method is a standard Jameson
explicit Runge-Kutta scheme. Written by David Oh.
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The K-8 Aeronautics Internet Textbook. A very
attractive site that is worth a visit. Some of the materials make sense even at a high-school level.
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This link leads to an extensive bibliography on turbulence and related subjects.
Maintained by Peter Bradshaw.
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Turbulence Program Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Royal Academy of Engineering.
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UCLA Engineering Salary Data.
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Virtual Fluids Laboratory at The University of Iowa by Marian Muste, Anton Kruger, and Wiliam Eichinger of IIHR.
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Viscous Fluid Dynamics course material by Geoffrey K Aldis at the
Australian Defence Force Academy.
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VKI Lecture Series Announcements.
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Von Karman Institute (VKI).
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Web-Based Instructional Laboratory.
designed by Prof. Greg Elliott of Rutgers University
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Wind
Tunnel Connection.
Contains useful information for engineers
engaged in the design, testing and fabrication of aerospace vehicles,
hardware and software. |
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Wind
Tunnel Design.
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