Aerodynamics, Wakes, and Jets

Below are some interesting links to subjects concerning aerodynamics and fluid dynamics.

Bicycle Aerodynamics-an extensive hypertext document concerned with the aerodynamics of bicycle design

Drag on a Golf ball-a Scientific American magazine article comparing the aerodynamic advantages of smooth and dimpled golf balls; part of a larger article about turbulence calculation using supercomputers

Baseball Aerodynamics-really an article on baseball, but with a little scientific content at the end concerning the effects of spin on baseball pitching

Soap Film Visualization-a very neat page describing the use of flowing soap film to study two-dimensional fluid flow

Flow over a Flexible Cable-two downloadable MPEG movies showing computationally simulated flow field over a flexible cable

Tacoma Narrows Bridge-discusses the infamous Tacoma Narrows bridge incident.  It failed because of the wind-induced resonance

Sports Aerodynamics-The affects of spin on aerodynamics through the use of two familiar examples:  golf and baseball.  It is included in a larger collection of fluid mechanics related references maintained by Prof. Hiroshi Higuchi of Syracuse University.

Basic Aerodynamics-a web book designed to teach the basics of flight, but which also explains, in detail, the mechanics of flight

Advanced Aerodynamics-a comprehensive web reference concerning many advanced topics relating to aerodynamics


 

Wakes and Jets-Flow field data measured using Particle Image Velocimetry in different situations