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Drag (physics)

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Sailboat Dynamics: Key Parameters and Drag Forces

Explores sailboat dynamics, key parameters, and drag forces in internally dominated flow.

Boundary Layers: Recap and Effects on Drag and Lift

Covers the importance of boundary layers, viscosity effects on drag and lift.

Boundary Layer Concepts

Explores boundary layer concepts, viscosity impact, drag and lift forces, and dimensional pipe flow analysis.

Gliding Paper Experiment

Delves into the dynamics of lubricated flow through a project with a gliding piece of paper.

Tailoring Flexible Sheets Behavior: Origami and Kirigami in Fluid Flows

Delves into manipulating flexible surfaces in fluid flows using origami and kirigami techniques to control shape deformation and mechanical properties.

Potential Flow: Equipotential Lines and Streamlines

Covers potential flow around 2D bodies, stagnation points, lift and drag forces, and vortices.

Kolmogorov Turbulence Theory

Explores Kolmogorov's turbulence theory, covering Navier-Stokes equations, conservation laws, energy budgets, and experimental laws of turbulence.

Fluid-Structure Interactions: Vortex Dynamics and Energy Harvesting

Delves into unsteady deformations of elastic structures driven by vortex shedding and their application in energy harvesting.

Flow Around a Cylinder

Explores the flow around a cylinder, including drag, lift, pressure distribution, and stagnation points.

Orbital Decay and Lifetime MOOC: Space Mission Design and Operations

Explores orbital decay in Low Earth Orbit, drag equations, ballistic coefficient, and satellite data.

Sailing Ships: Dray, Sailing & Foiling

Explores the dynamics of sailing ships, including drag, sail design, and foiling.

Sailboat Keel Design Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores sailboat keel design and its impact on performance, emphasizing the importance of reducing induced drag.

Wind Turbines Technology Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores wind turbine physics, blade design, power regulation, and aerodynamic principles for efficient energy generation.

Drag, Momentum, and Center of Mass Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores drag, momentum, impulse, and center of mass, emphasizing the application of forces and the conservation of momentum.

Viscosity experiment Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers a viscosity experiment using a falling sphere viscometer to determine fluid viscosity and understand the forces involved.

Drag on a Sphere and Newtonian Fluid Mechanics Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the analysis of drag on a sphere in Newtonian fluid mechanics, focusing on key parameters and the significance of Reynolds number.

Thermal Instabilities: Rayleigh-Benard Analysis Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores fluid instabilities, focusing on Rayleigh-Benard analysis and key concepts like buoyancy and temperature gradients.

Prandtl-Meyer Flows: Aero Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores lift and drag forces, supersonic flow, and wave drag in Prandtl-Meyer flows.

Fluid Dynamics: Viscous Flow Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores viscous fluid dynamics, including drag force, lift force, turbulence, viscosity, and the Magnus effect.

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