H2OH! [[electronic resource] ] : classroom demonstrations for water concepts / / edited by Amy B. Chan Hilton, Roseanna M. Neupauer ; sponsored by Excellence in Water Resources Education Task Committee of the Groundwater Council of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910452581903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Va., : American Society of Civil Engineers, c2013
• ISBN: 0-7844-7702-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): HiltonAmy B. Chan; NeupauerRoseanna M
• Disciplina: 551.48078
• Soggetti: Hydrology - Experiments; Hydrology - Study and teaching; Water - Experiments; Water - Study and teaching; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Background""; ""1.2 About This Book""; ""1.3 Intended Audience""; ""1.4 How to Use This Book""; ""2. Fluid Mechanics""; ""Fluid Properties""; ""2.1 What Is a Fluid?""; ""2.2 Drag Force for Lubricated Surfaces""; ""2.3 Shear Thinning and Shear Thickening Liquids""; ""2.4 Continuum Concept/Fluid Density""; ""2.5 Surface Tension""; ""2.6 Reynolds Number""; ""Buoyancy and Stability""; ""2.7 Buoyancy and Stability: Balls and Bowls""; ""2.8 Buoyancy and Stability: Toy Boat""; ""2.9 Bubbles and Buoyancy""; ""Hydrostatic Pressure and Forces""""2.10 Piezometers and Pressure Head""; ""2.11 Pressure in a Static Liquid""; ""2.12 Pressure Forces on Submerged Planar Surfaces""; ""2.13 Pressure Force and Fluid Weight""; ""Bernoulli Principle and Bernoulli Equation""; ""2.14 Bernoulli Principle: Straws and Cups""; ""2.15 Bernoulli Principle: Ping Pong Ball in an Air Jet""; ""2.16 Gravitational and Pressure Potential Energy""; ""2.17 ; Bernoulli and Orifice Jet""; ""2.18 Energy Grade Line and Hydraulic Grade Line with a Siphon""; ""2.19 Total Head, Piezometric Head, and Friction in Pipe Flow""; ""2.20 Bernoulli Principle and the Hose-End Sprayer""""2.21 Conservation Principles for Squirt Gun Operation""; ""2.22 Conservation of Momentum: Water Bottle Rocket""; ""2.23 Conservation of Momentum: Three-Arm Rotating Lawn Sprinkler""; ""3. Hydraulics""; ""3.1 Pipe Friction Losses Using a Soaker Hose""; ""3.2 Pipes in Series""; ""3.3 Pipes in Parallel""; ""3.4 Three-Reservoir Problem""; ""4. Surface Water""; ""4.1 Atmospheric Water""; ""4.2 Rainfall-Runoff""; ""4.3 Isohyetal Method for Precipitation Analysis""; ""4.4 Linear Reservoirs, Hydraulic Networks, and Hydrographs""; ""4.5 Watershed Delineation""""4.6 Flood Frequency Analysis: Battle of the Rivers Game""; ""5. Groundwater""; ""5.1 Porosity""; ""5.2 Specific Retention""; ""5.3 Layered Hydraulic Conductivity""; ""5.4 Flow Direction in an Anisotropic Porous Medium""; ""5.5 Head Distribution in One-Dimensional Confined and Unconfined Aquifers""; ""5.6 Well Hydraulics""; ""5.7 Molecular Diffusion in Porous Media""; ""5.8 Groundwater Contaminant Transport""; ""5.9 NAPL Ganglia""; ""6. Water Quality""; ""6.1 BOD and Remaining BOD Concepts""; ""6.2 Water Quality Testing for Aquariums and Ponds""; ""6.3 Suspended Sediments Analysis""""7. Resources for Teaching Water Resources""; ""7.1 Overview""; ""7.2 Publications""; ""7.3 Websites""; ""7.4 Equipment Vendors and Products""; ""7.5 Simple Demonstrations for Fluid Mechanics""; ""7.6 Simple Activities for Hydrology""; ""7.7 Music and Videos with Water Themes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""W""