Lectures related to Drag (physics)

Sailboat Dynamics: Key Parameters and Drag Forces

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

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

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

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.

Drag, Momentum, and Center of Mass

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

Viscosity experiment

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

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

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

Prandtl-Meyer Flows: Aero

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

Fluid Dynamics: Viscous Flow

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

Gliding Paper Experiment

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

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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.

Viscosimetric Flow: Understanding Rheology Principles

Explores rheology principles, focusing on viscosimetric flow and reducing variables complexity in experimental setups.

Potential Flow: Equipotential Lines and Streamlines

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

Boundary Layer: Blasius Solution

Explores the Blasius solution for boundary layer analysis and drag force calculations.

Non-inertial Reference Frames & Constraints

Covers forces in non-inertial reference frames, constraints, and the use of pulleys and ropes.

Spring Clutches and Torque Limiters

Explains energy injection and reduction in spring clutches and torque limiters.

Hydrovélo Project: Fast Hydrobike

Explores the Hydrovélo engineering project, focusing on sustainable human-powered transportation using hydrofoils to increase speed.