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Boundary Layers
Computer Aided Learning course developed at the Universities of Glasgow and Paisley. Covers boundary layer concept, equations, and numerical solution.

Centrifugal Pump Tutorial
From Pump World, terms, operation, pump curves, calculation of total dynamic head and system head curves, NPSH and cavitation, operation in parallel and in series, and charts.

Duct Friction Loss and Velocity Pressure Calculation
Online calculator for compressible fluid pressure drops in rectangular or cylindrical ducts.

Fluid Flow Calculator
Tool that calculates flow velocity, Reynolds number, Moody friction factor, head loss, and pressure loss for water-ethylene glycol mixtures. Only for turbulent flow.

Fluids Movie Archive
From Innovative Technology Solutions Corporation, computer generated animations of fluid flow phenomena in MPEG format.

Introduction to Cavitation
From St. Anthony Falls Lab. at U of Minnesota, an introduction by Professor Roger E.A. Arndt: description, inception, influence of dissolved gas, effects and damages, relation to erosion, monitoring techniques, and references.

Introduction to Continuum Mechanics
Book by Brian Kennett in PostScript format. Covers the concepts of deformation and stress field, constitutive relations for various materials including fluids, and the Navier-Stokes equation.

Modern Numerical Methods for Fluid Flow
Online book by P. Colella and E.G. Puckett. Individual chapters can be downloaded in Acrobat (PDF) format

On-Line Friction Piping Loss
Calculation of pressure losses for flowing liquids in piping, fittings, and valves.

On-Line Pump System Design
Interactive (JavaScript) application for pump sizing and design, contains extensive "Pump Terminology" and "Technical Data" screens.

The Pissing Bucket
Analysis of the factors governing drainage rates through orifices in the bottom of containers and excellent illustration of the solution of real world problems using the principles of fluid mechanics.

Polymer Multimedia Tour
From Northwestern University, a collection of video clips (QuickTime or MPEG format) illustrating some interesting effects in polymer rheology.

Pumps and Fluid Systems
Frequently asked questions (and answers) about pumps and fluid systems. Long (80 kB + many figures).

A Rheological Perspective of Elastomers
A good introduction into the rheology of elastomers.

Rheology Nomenclature
Dealy, J. M., "Official nomenclature for material functions describing the response of a viscoelastic fluid to various shearing and extensional deformations," J. Rheol., 39(1), 1995, Acrobat (PDF) format.

What is Rheology?
An introduction to viscosity and viscoelasticity by Mats Stading.