Caspar Hewett

Short videos covering various aspects of fluid mechanics, civil engineering hydraulics and computational hydraulics, including hydrostatics, derivations of the fundamental equations (conservation of mass, energy and momentum), flow measurement (weirs and orifices), finite difference methods for advection and diffusion.

Trigonometric Functions 2 - the tangent function
Trigonometric Functions 2 - the tangent function
Trigonometric Functions1
Trigonometric Functions1
Hydrostatics: Hydraulic Thrust on Curved Surfaces Part 1 (Theory)
Hydrostatics: Hydraulic Thrust on Curved Surfaces Part 1 (Theory)
Hydraulic Jump
Hydraulic Jump
Hydraulic Thrust Using Pressure Diagrams
Hydraulic Thrust Using Pressure Diagrams
Hydraulic Thrust On Plane Surfaces
Hydraulic Thrust On Plane Surfaces
Hydrostatic Pressure
Hydrostatic Pressure
Finding the eigenvalues of a 3x3 matrix
Finding the eigenvalues of a 3x3 matrix
Fourier series over finite interval
Fourier series over finite interval
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors
Fourier series for periodic functions
Fourier series for periodic functions
The rules of logarithms
The rules of logarithms
Logarithms 1: What is a logarithm?
Logarithms 1: What is a logarithm?
Numerical Integration - trapezium rule and Simpson's rule
Numerical Integration - trapezium rule and Simpson's rule
Definite Integration
Definite Integration
Non-linear equations: The Newton-Raphson method
Non-linear equations: The Newton-Raphson method
Stability & Accuracy of Numerical Schemes (2024)
Stability & Accuracy of Numerical Schemes (2024)
Understanding Calculus: What Is Integration?
Understanding Calculus: What Is Integration?
Understanding Exponential Functions
Understanding Exponential Functions
The Chain Rule (Calculus 3)
The Chain Rule (Calculus 3)
Differentiating Trigonometric Functions (Calculus 2)
Differentiating Trigonometric Functions (Calculus 2)
What Is Differentiation? (Calculus 1) Differentiation from first principles.
What Is Differentiation? (Calculus 1) Differentiation from first principles.
Flow Measurement: Orifices
Flow Measurement: Orifices
Consistency and Numerical Diffusion
Consistency and Numerical Diffusion
Finite Difference Schemes for Advection and Diffusion
Finite Difference Schemes for Advection and Diffusion
Implicit Upwind Finite Difference Solution to the Advection Equation
Implicit Upwind Finite Difference Solution to the Advection Equation
Explicit Upwind Finite Difference Solution to the Advection Equation
Explicit Upwind Finite Difference Solution to the Advection Equation
Fluid Mechanics: The Continuity Equation
Fluid Mechanics: The Continuity Equation
Finite difference approximations to the first derivative
Finite difference approximations to the first derivative
1D Hydrodynamic Models
1D Hydrodynamic Models