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Fluids Index |
Demonstrations are listed under the major divisions in the PIRA DCS. See here for subheadings in the DCS.
Audio visual materials
- 2A-Surface Tension
- 2A.10. Force of Surface Tension
- floating needle, razor blade, coin
- soap on pepper
- 2A.15. Minimal Surface
- ring and thread
- soap film frames
- 2A.20. Capillary Action
- 2A.30. Surface Tension Propulsion
- 2B-Statics of Fluids
- Hydrodynamical fluid
- 2B.20. Static Pressure
- Pascal's vases
- Pressure syringe
- Bag blowup
- 2B.30. Atmospheric Pressure
- Crush the can (boiled water)
- Crush the can (vacuum pump)
- Crush the can (invert in cold water)
- Card and glass
- Lift a stool
- soda straw contest
- stick and newspaper
- 2B.35. Measuring Pressure
- 2B.40. Density and Buoyancy
- Table of densities
- Weigh submerged bowling ball
- Coke vs diet coke
- Archimedes' principle
- Cartesian diver
- Galileo's thermometer
- 2B.60. Siphons, Fountains, Pumps
- Hero's fountain
- siphon
- 2C-Dynamics of Fluids
- 2C.10. Flow Rate
- 2C.20. Bernoulli Force
- aspirator
- floating ball, pop bottle, alligator eyeballs
- rolling can
- ball in funnel
- airflow across sheet of paper
- venturi
- Trac balls
- 2C.30. Viscosity
- Coffee filters
- 2C.40. Turbulent and Streamline Flow
- 2C.50. Vortices
- 2C.60. Non Newtonian Fluids
Disclaimer: All demonstrations are posted for the convenience and benefit of faculty and staff in the Department of Physics at Simon Fraser University and are not intended for outside use. The author(s) assume no responsibility or liability for the use of information contained on this site. Warnings and precautionary measures listed on this site assume normal operation of equipment and are not inclusive. Demonstrations may pose a significant hazard and can, in some instances, result in death; reasonable safety precautions must be taken. Demonstrations should be performed by qualified individuals only.
Prepared by Jeff Rudd, 1999
Revised by Laura Schmidt, 2007