18.311 Rodolfo R. Rosales. rrr@math.mit.edu	MIT, Spring 2008.
18.311 (Problem Set # 0).
Principles of Applied Mathematics.
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KITCHEN EXPERIMENTS: Play with the faucet water jet, as it impinges on a dish. Notice the hydraulic jump that forms, and see how it changes as you vary the jet velocity, flux, and dish depth (horizontal dish). Try changing the inclination of the dish.
BATHTUB EXPERIMENTS: Fill the bathtup with an inch-deep amount of water, and see if you can produce "solitary" waves (use a rule to excite them).
WEB SEARCH: Search the WEB for pictures of flood waves moving down rivers and/or washes in deserts. Search also for tidal waves moving up rivers.