The Fluid Dynamics Demo Kit: Part II

ORAL

Abstract

This talk will focus on the current contents and efforts building a fluid dynamics demonstration/experiment kit through the APS-DFD Mentoring and Outreach Committee and with funding from the APS DFD. The current experiments include predicting how far the water from a water gun will go, predicting how long a Heron's fountain will run, measuring the viscosity of corn syrup by measuring terminal velocity, and measuring the flow rate through a siphon. We will discuss the testing and development of these experiments and the results of field testing. Ideas for future experiments will also be discussed.

Authors

  • Patrick Underhill

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Hannah Fix

    • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Timothy Haines

    • University of Washington
  • Kathy Prestridge

    • Los Alamos National Laboratory
  • Karen Flack

    • United States Naval Academy