1. FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
Senna
CFD – Vortex Shedding
CFD – Wake Characterization / Dynamic Loading
Fluid Mechanics

2. Wings Come in Various Forms
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

3. Harrier Jump Jet (VTOL)
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
X35 Joint Strike Fighter
Harrier Jump Jet (VTOL)
Avro Arrow: “Nobody’s building fighters anymore – everyone wants missiles”
Fluid Mechanics

4. Trailing Wing Tip Vortices
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
Vortex Persistence
Trailing Wing Tip Vortices
Take Off and Landing Staging
Fluid Mechanics

5. Who Knew Santini Air Was Just a Cover?
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
A Rotating Wing
Who Knew Santini Air Was
Just a Cover?
Fluid Mechanics

6. FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
Wine Is a Fluid
Solvang, Ca  Home to “Sideways” and “Airwolf”
Fluid Mechanics

7. Bigger Wings Mean Bigger Lift Sikorsky Sky Crane
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
Bigger Wings
Mean Bigger Lift
Sikorsky Sky Crane
Fluid Mechanics

8. Another Flying Spinning Wing
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
Another Flying Spinning Wing
Dimpley Goodness
The Prolate Spheroid
Fluid Mechanics

9. Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
Horizontal Axis Wind Turbines
Fluid Mechanics

10. Tehachapi Pass, California
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
Tehachapi Pass, California
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

11. Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Bluff Body Aerodynamics
Vertical Axis Wind Turbines
Darrieus
Savonius H
Fluid Mechanics

12. Free Surface Deformations are Extremely Difficult to Predict
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: River Mechanics
Open Channel Flow – Exceeds Rocket Science?
Free Surface Deformations are Extremely Difficult to Predict
Fluid Mechanics

13. Meandering Rivers - Secondary Flows - Alluvial Beds
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: River Mechanics
Meandering Rivers
- Secondary Flows
- Alluvial Beds
- Material Transport
Fluid Mechanics

14. - Well Developed Theory
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Closed Conduits
Pipe Flow
- Well Developed Theory
- A Multitude of Applications
Fluid Mechanics

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

16. Dams Can Offer Hydraulic Controls for Open Channels
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Hydrostatics
Dams Can Offer Hydraulic Controls for Open Channels
They Can Also Provide Substantial Clean Power
Fluid Mechanics

17. FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Naval Hydrodynamics
Who Said the Destroyer was Finished? – Northrop Grumman’s ddx
Fluid Mechanics

18. FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Rec Hydrodynamics
SAR’s Slalom Ski – Good Hydrodynamics
The “Chariot” – Poor Hydrodynamics
Fluid Mechanics

19. 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
Fluid Mechanics

20. Many Creative Variants Exist to Harvest Energy From the Waves
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Wave Energy
Many Creative Variants Exist to Harvest Energy From the Waves
Fluid Mechanics

21. 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
Fluid Mechanics

22. The Tornado Still Owns the Land Speed Record
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Meteorology
The Tornado Still Owns the Land Speed Record
(And is No Better Understood)
Fluid Mechanics

23. The Supercharger The Turbocharger (Who Needs Nitrous?)
FLUID MECHANICS - NOW THAT’S A GOOD TIME!: Turbomachines
The Supercharger
The Turbocharger
(Who Needs Nitrous?)
Fluid Mechanics