Is a 2D Fluid Flow Simulator Useful for Learning Basic Fluid Dynamics?

[sa1988]

I've made a fluid flow simulator, for anyone interested in fluid dynamics.

The simulator models some basic flows which I learned on a 2nd year fluid dynamics course. It doesn't include viscosity, density or whatever else (hence for example the flow past a sphere in the simulator is a perfect flow without any turbulence at the back).

Anyone interested in it, feel free to have a look (download and run from RAR file) - https://github.com/Stuart88/Flow-sim/blob/master/Flow Sim.rar

Also - why no fluid dynamics section on this forum? Is it more of a niche subject than I realize? If the mods can think of a better place for this thread, please feel free to move it.

 

[berkeman]

I've made a fluid flow simulator, for anyone interested in fluid dynamics.

The video runs when I click on it, but all I see is the words and the rest is black...

Also - why no fluid dynamics section on this forum? Is it more of a niche subject than I realize? If the mods can think of a better place for this thread, please feel free to move it

The Mechanical Engineering forum generally works well for fluid dynamics threads. Thread moved with an extended re-direct left in the General Physics forum

 

[sa1988]

The video runs when I click on it, but all I see is the words and the rest is black...

Yeah I noticed it was coming out dark too. Only solution is to change your screen brightness or try it on full screen. Alternatively skip to a later part of the video here there's a lot more going on. The program itself is perfectly vivid, so it must be due to the screen capture software I used. I'll have a look at making another recording with higher quality settings.

Update: New video is up, it seems to be a bit better.

The Mechanical Engineering forum generally works well for fluid dynamics threads. Thread moved with an extended re-direct left in the General Physics forum

Thanks