Fluid-Mechanics Calculators

These calculators were written by David Apsley (University of Manchester). They rely on Javascript, so you may have to accept any browser warnings to permit them to run.

Pipe Flow and Pipe Networks

• Colebrook-White equation (description)
• Pipe-flow calculations (description)
• The three-reservoir problem (description)

Civil Engineering

• Linear wave theory (description)
• Hydraulic jump (description)
• Normal flow in open channels (description)
• Sediment transport (bed load) (description)
• Particulate settling velocity (description)
• Unit Hydrograph theory (under development)
• Alternate depths from specific energy (description)
• Broad-crested weir (description)

Aerodynamics

• Isentropic gas flow (description)
• Normal shock (description)
• Oblique shock (description)
• Prandtl-Meyer expansion (description)
• Converging-diverging nozzle (description)

Fluid Properties

• Equation of state (description)

Date of last edit: 6 June 2011