Session AW: Mini-Symposium: Videos and Multimedias for Fluids Instruction

8:00 AM–10:10 AM, Sunday, November 23, 2008
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Chair: Jean Hertzberg, University of Colorado

Abstract ID: BAPS.2008.DFD.AW.3

Abstract: AW.00003 : Interactive multimedia demonstrations for teaching fluid dynamics

8:52 AM–9:18 AM

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Author:

  Clarence Rowley
    (Princeton University)

We present a number of multimedia tools, developed by undergraduates, for teaching concepts from introductory fluid mechanics. Short movies are presented, illustrating concepts such as hydrostatic pressure, the no-slip condition, boundary layers, and surface tension. In addition, we present a number of interactive demonstrations, which allow the user to interact with a simple model of a given concept via a web browser, and compare with experimental data. In collaboration with Mack Pasqual and Lindsey Brown, Princeton University.

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