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  1. Teaching Equipment

    Date released
    Jul 1971
    Series name
    Roundabout
    Issue no
    110
    NoS ID
    328044
    Story no
    4 / 5

    COI synopsis: The College of Advanced Technology, in Liverpool, where civil engineering students use specially designed equipment to study fluid mechanics.

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  2. Flow Instabilities (1968 Film)

    Director
    Erik Mollo-Christensen
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The main experiment, generation of surface waves by wind in a water channel, is used to illustrate the general features of flow instability. The curve of neutral stability is developed by systematically...

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  3. Vorticity (2 Parts) (1965 Film)

    Director
    J Churchill
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows simple experimental demonstrations relating to vorticity and circulation in fluids and explains their concepts and usefulness in understanding fluid motion. Vorticity and circulation are defined in...

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  4. Secondary Flow (1965 Film)

    Director
    Q Brown
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The concept of secondary flow elucidated by experiments. Practical examples indicate the importance of secondary flow to the engineer.

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  5. Ancient China: Ancient China: Masters of the Wind and Waves (2006)

    Subject
    Archaeology; Aviation; Technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC), $24.95

    Twenty-five hundred years before modern air travel the ancient Chinese had learned the complicated principles of fluid and aerodynamics. The notion of "hard air" (air pressure) was understood by Taoist monks...

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  6. Waves on Water (1965 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Using large experimental tanks, explains how waves are created and shows that even though waves may travel at a good rate of speed, the water does not move. It also notes that high-energy waves are created...

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  7. Stratified Flow (1969 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The experiments show that density variations, together with gravity, make possible forces that can generate internal waves; inhibit turbulent diffusion, or create strong velocity gradients and jets....

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  8. Fluid Flows (1986 Video)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Five sections which illustrate aspects of fluid flows. 1: The no-slip condition between a fluid and a wall, flow over a thin plate, laminar and turbulent flows, flow over a section of a cylinder and the...

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  9. Cavitation (1968 Film)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Cavitation is seen on hydrofoils, marine propellers, pumps, turbines, and dam spillways. Shows some of the harmful or annoying effects of cavitation, such as noise, increased lift and damage to solid...

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  10. Boundary Layer Control (1965 Film)

    Director
    J Churchill
    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Experiments in a smoke tunnel show how changes in the geometry or angle of attack of an air foil affect the pressure field, and how boundary layer stabilisation can be achieved by suction devices or through...

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