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The fluid dynamics of drag

Title
The fluid dynamics of drag / produced by Education Development Center ; directed by Quentin Brown.
Publication
Chicago, Ill. : Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp. [distributor], [1988?], ©1960.

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pt.1Moving imageRequest in advance TL574.D7 .F58 1988g pt.1Off-site
pt.2Moving imageRequest in advance TL574.D7 .F58 1988g pt.2Off-site
pt.3Moving imageRequest in advance TL574.D7 .F58 1988g pt.3Off-site
pt.4Moving imageRequest in advance TL574.D7 .F58 1988g pt.4Off-site

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Additional Authors
  • Brown, Quentin.
  • Shapiro, Ascher H.
  • Education Development Center.
  • Physical Science Study Committee.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation.
Description
4 videocassettes (120 min.) : sound, black and white; 1/2 in.
Summary
Ascher H. Shapiro uses experiments and models to introduce and explain certain concepts and laws of drag.
Series Statement
Fluid mechanics films
Uniform Title
Fluid mechanics films.
Alternative Title
  • Some curious experiments
  • Fundamental concepts
  • Laws of drag in fluids of high and low viscosity
  • How to reduce drag
Subject
  • Drag (Aerodynamics)
  • Fluid dynamics
  • Frictional resistance (Hydrodynamics)
Note
  • "[Presented by] the Physical Science Study Committee with the support of the National Science Foundation, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation [and] the Ford Foundation."
  • Correlated with the book: Shape and flow : the fluid dynamics of drag / A.H. Shapiro.
  • Originally produced as a 16 mm motion picture in 1960.
Credits (note)
  • Photography, Abraham Morochink ; editors, Jack Kaufman, Lawrence Silk.
Audience (note)
  • Physicists, college, and general.
System Details (note)
  • VHS format.
Contents
pt. 1. Some curious experiments -- pt. 2. Fundamental concepts -- pt. 3. The laws of drag in fluids of high and low viscosity -- pt. 4. How to reduce drag.
OCLC
ocm28719950
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries