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I give some hints to help you here: link

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I can recommend the book "Flow: Nature's Patterns: A Tapestry in Three Parts", I found it on a liberary or you can find it on amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Flow-Natures-Patterns-Tapestry-Three/dp/0199604878

It is fairly short and has no equations iirc while still covering a lot of different type of flows and in an interesting way.

That's what I have been reading... I'd want to try and find candy coloring.

The problem though, is i live in a small town with little choices. I have Michael's, Hobby Lobby, and Walmart. Everyone I checked, the very first ingredient listed is water 🙄

I try not to buy online unless I'm desperate... I bought these on Amazon. Some of the research I've done has mentioned candle dye as a good oil based colorant.

The following book by Nathan Kutz:

https://www.amazon.com/Data-Driven-Modeling-Scientific-Computation-Methods/dp/0199660344

is really excellent. The title is pretty general, but a lot of the techniques described in the book are commonly applied to the analysis of time-dependent flow phenomena such as spectral and wavelet analysis, principle component analysis/POD, etc.

Look at a solution of a flow over a backward facing step to gain some sort of idea of how a flow would look like.

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Azadeh_Akhavan_Taheri_Borojeni/publication/274138149/figure/fig17/AS:294949770809357@1447332914014/Figure-316-Mean-flow-streamlines-behind-the-backward-facing-step-27.png

I think you were too. I actually love talking to pilots because they have an intuition and physical understanding of the complicated physics and math of aerodynamics. I can write out the equations but the math is tedious enough that it basically becomes abstract for me.

If you liked my description I highly recommend the Fundamentals of Aerodynamics by Anderson. It doesn't skip any of the math but is written in a way that isn't too difficult to follow. Chapters 4 and 5 cover what you were asking about.

Also, you didn't hear it from me but you may be able to find that very text here for a very agreeable price.

https://www.amazon.ca/Fluid-Mechanics-Fundamentals-Applications-Cengel/dp/0073380326

I used this textbook for my undergrad fluid mechanics course, chapter 4 has a really good explanation on the RTT and fluid mechanics in general, easily one of the best textbooks I've ever owned. It's a bit pricy but if you scour the internet you can probably find a pdf of it.

https://www.amazon.com/Fundamentals-Aerodynamics-John-Anderson-Jr/dp/0073398101

This book had an excellent explanation of RTT starting from basic principles leading to the derivation of the differential form of mass, momentum, and energy conservation.

I had an issue where my run was too long for the current air situation - pulling through a carbon filter is a good idea! Here is the inline turbo fan I used in my setup and it works amazingly. It may be overkill for your setup but BOY DOES SHE SUCK. It comes with a wired remote with a dial to select the power as well.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0894RP1Y2?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

Best of luck!

Sure we used Applied Partial Differential Equations with Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems by Haberman:

https://www.amazon.com/Applied-Differential-Equations-Boundary-Problems/dp/032179706X

I didn't crack it too much though. The course didn't really line up with the book so maybe Kreyszig is a better option.

Sure I'm finishing my PhD in Mechanical Engineering and my major is fluid mechanics. My research involves the study of a particular liquid metal and how its material properties affect its dynamic behavior.

Ordered this to see if it works. Bad color, but way cheaper than the color matched ones:

Anti-Vortex Main Drain Suction Cover Plate For In-Ground Swimming Pools https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EEEH7UO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_WimkFbN58SF8C