| Section |
Links |
2.1
A Close-Up Look at Fluid Flow |
Queens
University. A very brief outline of what happens in
a Fluid Mechanics Lab. |
2.2
Fluid Flow Around Objects |
Laminar
Flow Airfoil. A page describing how air flows around
an airplane wing.
Wind
Tunnel Homepage. Contains Wind Tunnel Experiments, History
of Wind Tunnels, Build Your Own Wind Tunnel, FoilSim Software,
Wind Tunnels on the Web.
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2.3
Viscosity: A Property of Fluids |
Outrageous
Ooze. A recipe for a substance that can't decide whether
it's a liquid or solid (with a scientific explanation for its behaviour).
|
2.5
Viscosity and the Chocolate Factory |
Chocolate
making - a technical explanation. A tasty site from Cadbury's
that explains everything you wanted to know about chocolate. |
2.6
Measuring Matter: Mass, Weight, and Volume |
MegaConverter.
Handles all standard measurements as well as converting and
calculating units of mass, weight, volume, length, time, pressure,
and more.
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2.8
Density: Another Property of Fluids |
Density
Calculations. This page lets you practice your density,
mass and volume calculations. The problems are randomly generated
when you press the "New Problem" button. Enter your answer
in the empty square and press "Check Answer".
Aluminium
Foil Balls: Croydon Ball. View the Croydon ball, composed
entirely of Kit-Kat wrappers and then try the "ballometer"
to measure the progress and density of your own ball. |
2.10
Comparing Densities |
DJ's
Zeppelin Page A site about airships (particularly
the Zeppelin) and the letters that were written aboard these ships.
Greenland
Iceberg Paradise. Browse an educational guide to icebergs,
with info on the Greenland icecap.
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2.11
The Ups and Downs of Buoyancy |
Buoyant
Force. Play with this JAVA applet and change the buoyancy
of an object.
Buoyancy
Force. This site uses Shockwave, and allows you to set
the mass of a log, radius of a log, and so on, to see how the
buoyancy of the log is affected.
Physics
of Diving. This site explains the Archimedes principle.
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2.12
How and Why Do Things Float? |
Samuel
Plimsoll and the Load Line. Read the history of the
Load Line and why the success of the British Empire in the 19th
century was saved.
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2.14
From Bladders to Ballast: Altering Buoyancy |
Way
More Than You Ever Wanted To Know About Swim Bladder Disease
The biology and physics of being a fish. The
Unnatural Museum - Pen Cap Submarine. Step-by-step instructions
and diagrams for this simple demonstration of variable buoyancy.
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2.15
Human Impact on Natural Fluid Systems |
Zebra
Mussel Page. Images, research and links on the zebra mussel
and its colonization of the Great Lakes and beyond.
National
Ballast Water Information Clearinghouse at SERC. A clearinghouse
for the synthesis, analysis, and interpretation of national data
concerning ballast water management and ballast-mediated invasions.
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2.16
How Does Temperature Affect Viscosity and Density? |
Density
Simplified. A scientist replies to the question "I
would like to know what viscosity, density, and relative density
is." Properties
of water. A fact-packed Environment Canada site. |
2.17
Fluids and the Confederation Bridge |
Confederation
Bridge. The Northumberland Strait Bridge linking New Brunswick
to Prince Edward Island.
The
Svanen Lifting Barge. Find out from the folks who built
it. |
2.18
How Fluids Handle Pressure
2.19
Confined Fluids Under Pressure |
How
Hydraulic Machines Work. About hydraulics in general and,
also, how the brakes in your car work.
Killer
Whales: Adaptations for an Aquatic
Environment. A good site from Busch Gardens in Florida.
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2.20
Pressurized Fluid Systems: Hydraulics |
How
Your Heart Works. Everyone knows that the heart is a vital
organ. Find out why.
How
Hydraulic Machines Work. About hydraulics in general
and, also, how the brakes in your car work. |
2.21
Pressurized Fluid Systems: Pneumatics |
Acumed
Instruments Pneumatic Microsurgery Drill System. A commercial
site that sell teeny, tiny drills for surgery.
Why
do my ears pop when I dive in the deep end of the pool?
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2.23
Fluid Power at Work for Us |
Hurst
Jaws Of Life (R) Rescue Systems. A commercial site advertising
many different tools that make use of hydraulics.
Ride
simulations. Visit this site to find out about the latest
in thrill rides, using computers and hydraulics to create exciting
"virtual" experiences. |
