Digital Fluid Mechanics Laboratory: Sudden Expansion Pressure Loss

August Frechette, Zbigniew J. Kabala

We asked engineering students at Duke to numerically simulate flow through a sudden expansion using a digital fluid mechanics lab. At the end of the project, students understood the physical limitations associated with the experiment and gained experience using Wolfram Language. The digital nature of this exercise can be used in any course when physical experimentation is challenged by nuance like the observer effect.