Thermofluid Learn

Explore the core equations of undergraduate thermal fluid courses through interactive simulations and dynamic visualizations.
Developed by Prof. Ke Tang with the assistance of Aarav Shah.

How to use ↓

Viscous Flow in Pipes

Parallel Plates

Steady, Laminar, Viscous, Incompressible Flow in Between Fixed Parallel Plates

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Circular tubes

Steady, Laminar, Viscous, Incompressible Flow in Circular Tubes

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Entrance length

Entrance Length

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Inclined circular tubes

Steady, Laminar, Viscous, Incompressible Flow in Inclined Circular Tubes

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Pipes

Reynolds Number of Viscous Flow in Pipes

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Darcy Friction Factor (Moody Chart)

Flow over Immersed Bodies

Reynolds number

Reynolds number of viscous external flow over a flat plate

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Blasius boundary layer

Blasius Boundary Layer Thickness and Wall Shear Stress of Steady, Laminar, Viscous, Incompressible Flow over Flat Plates

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Terminal velocity

Terminal Velocity of Small Spherical Particles

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Open-Channel Flow

Wave speed

Wave Speed

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Froude Number

Froude Number

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Specific Energy and Multiple Possible States

Specific Energy and Multiple Possible States

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Manning equation

Manning Equation

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Hydraulic jump

Hydraulic Jump

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Compressible Flow

Sound Speed of Ideal Gases
Mach number

Mach Number of the Isentropic Flow of an Ideal Gas with Constant cp and cv

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Ratio of Static Properties / Stagnation Properties of the Isentropic Flow of an Ideal Gas with Constant cp and cv

How to use

Pick a course tab, use the left outline to jump to a topic, then click a card to open a simulation. Change one control at a time and watch the plots & equations update together.

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About this project

Built by Aarav Shah (UIUC ME ’26) under the guidance of Prof. Tang. Ongoing effort to create interactive teaching tools for fluids & thermal sciences. Tech: JavaScript/D3, HTML, CSS. Questions or ideas? Email me.