List of Instructional Experimental Facilities Developed at IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering
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Development of instruction facilities at IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering has largely been a collective effort. The table below indicates the original authors of the facilities. Over the years experiments have been developed by D.W. Appel, T.J. Carmody, C.J. Chen, C.G. DeHaven, W. Eichinger, R. Ettema, J. Goss, D. Harris, F.M. Holly, P. Hubbard, S Jain, J.F. Kennedy, L. Landweber, E.M. Laursen, J. Marshall, D.E. Metzler, M. Muste, A.J. Odgaard, V.C. Patel, F. Stern, T.E. Strelkoff, A. Touch, L. Weber.

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Facility

Original Author(s)

Location

Air-jet tables

 C.J. Chen Dismantled
Air-flow kit E. Macagno HL
Air pipe unit H. Rouse EA
Cavitation unit H. Rouse EA
Hydrostatic unit E. Macagno HL
Open-throat wind tunnel F. Stern, M. Muste WTA
Oil flow unit H. Rouse Dismantled
Pelton turbine F. Holly, M. Muste EA
Porous media unit E. Macagno Dismantled
Viscosity unit M. Muste, R. Ettema HL
Water hammer M. Muste EA
Water pipe unit H. Rouse MA
Water Table H. Rouse MA
1-Ft flume H. Rouse Dismantled
2-Ft flume R. Ettema, and M. Muste MA

HL = Hydraulics Lab Building; EA = East Annex; MA = Model Annex

References

Rouse, H. (1981). "Laboratory Instruction in the Mechanics of Fluids," The University of Iowa, Studies in Engineering, Bulletin 41, IIHR-Hydroscience & Engineering, Third Printing

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