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Senna CFD – Vortex Shedding

CFD – Wake Characterization / Dynamic Loading

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

The Classic Airfoil

Controlling the B/L

Wings Come in Various Forms

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

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X35 Joint Strike Fighter Harrier Jump Jet (VTOL)

Avro Arrow: “Nobody’s building fighters anymore – everyone wants missiles”

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

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Trailing Wing Tip Vortices

Vortex Persistence

Take Off and Landing Staging

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

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Who Knew Santini Air WasJust a Cover?

A Rotating Wing

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

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Wine Is a Fluid

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

Solvang, Ca Home to “Sideways” and “Airwolf”

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Bigger WingsMean Bigger Lift

Sikorsky Sky Crane

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

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Another Flying Spinning Wing

The Prolate Spheroid

Dimpley Goodness

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

Tehachapi Pass, California

FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics

Vertical Axis Wind Turbines

SavoniusDarrieus

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: River Mechanics

Open Channel Flow – Exceeds Rocket Science?

Free Surface Deformations are Extremely Difficult to Predict

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: River Mechanics

Meandering Rivers - Secondary Flows

- Alluvial Beds- Material Transport

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Closed Conduits

Pipe Flow- Well Developed

Theory - A Multitude of Applications

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Hemodynamics

Blood is a Tricky Fluid with a Tricky Flow (pseudo steady in the mean)

Aerteries are Irregular Conduits

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Hydrostatics

Dams Can Offer Hydraulic Controls for Open Channels

They Can Also Provide Substantial Clean Power

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Naval Hydrodynamics

Who Said the Destroyer was Finished? – Northrop Grumman’s ddx

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Rec Hydrodynamics

SAR’s Slalom Ski – Good Hydrodynamics The “Chariot” – Poor Hydrodynamics

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Hydrodynamic Power

Offshore Tidal Turbines Offer Another Promising Renewable Power Source Water has Higher Power Density than Air

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Wave Energy

Many Creative Variants Exist to Harvest Energy From the Waves

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Meteorology

Hurricanes – Massive Devastation We Know Too Well The Complexity of Formation and Duration is Still Being Unravelled

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Meteorology

The Tornado Still Owns the Land Speed Record

(And is No Better Understood)

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FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Turbomachines

The Turbocharger

(Who Needs Nitrous?)

The Supercharger

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