LMNO Engineering's new drag force calculation site: FluidDrag.com

Discussion Groups:
Piping & fluid mechanics engineering forum at Eng-Tips (Piping & fluid mechanics engineering technical support forum and mutual help system for engineering professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden)

PipingDesign forum (very active for all piping/design issues): Send a blank email to PipingDesign-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

Centrifugal pumps forum: Send a blank email to centrifugal_pumps-subscribe@yahoogroups.com

WaterForum (technical and non-technical water topics)  Groundwater Forum    AWWA Technical Forum (mainly for water treatment plant operators)  

Environment resources - directory of Environment related websites  Civil Engineering resource - directory of Civil Engineering related websites.

You can always ask us a question here at LMNO Engineering:  LMNO@LMNOeng.com  

Manufacturers/Suppliers:
Flumes, Weirs:  Corrosion Control Systems  TRACOM (flumes, weirs)   PlastiFab (flumes)   Baski (flumes)  Accura-Flo (flumes)   FreeFlow (flumes, weirs)  
Other:
Imperial Flange and Fittings (orifce plates, venturi tubes, nozzles. Ben Moradian, owner. Mention LMNO Engineering) 
Minivac Industrial Vacuum Pump (automotive, refrigeration engineering, medical and industrial applications - in United Kingdom) 
Trident Supply Company - Industrial Hose Fittings, Dixon Valve Couplings, Hydraulic Hose Fittings, Kuriyama, Eaton, BostonCampbell
Savage Machine (products for Oilfield, Refinery, Petro-Chem, Solar, Geo-Thermal, Nuclear Industries, Utility and Waterworks Industry) 
Advanced Measurements and Controls (meteorology, hydrology, water quality, oceanography, fisheries)
G Instruments (sensors, digital signal processing)
CULTEC - Stormwater and Wastewater Systems (chambers, headers, filters) 
CIH Equipment Company (flow calibration equipment, air, particle ventilation, gas monitoring)
Universal Flow Monitors (flowmeters.com)
PiezoPlus and Associates (mechanical, electronic, and pneumatic piezo applications, solenoid valves)
Stan-Cor ANSI Centrifugal Pumps - Wanner Engineering (also peristaltic and diaphragm pumps)
Superior Products (flow measurement devices such as orifice plates, venturis, nozzles. Good diagrams and explanations)
Vector Pumps (peristaltic pumps)
RS Hydro Flowmeter Consultants - Europe and UK (open channel flow meters and instrumentation) 
HydraCell Industrial Pumps
Townsend Enterprises (Environmental Air, Water & Food Purification Systems)
Rieker (inclinometers, accelerometers and tilt indication devices)
Accepta (water and wastewater treatment chemicals, water analysis equipment, laboratory testing, water test kits, pumps, dosing)
Instruments Direct (flowmeters, level control)
Go Stainless.com (fittings, strainers, couplings, etc)
Centrifugal Pumps and Centrifugal Pump Manufacturers
AEP Valve Boxes - Landscape Irrigation, Golf Course Irrigation, Municipal Water, CATV, Plumbing, Telephone, and Electrical Transmission
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Tanks (Belding Tank Technologies)
Averaging Pitot Tubes
Solenoids - Rotary and Linear Solenoids from Ledex and Dormeyer
Sensors (pressure, flow, level, velocity, humidity, acoustic, etc)
Snap Action Switches (micro switches) by Saia-Burgess USA, Inc. (technical data and specs)
Preso Flowmeters (pitot, wedge, venturi meters)
Jezek Tool & Machine Co. (Production Machining, Prototyping and Experimental Work)
ValveDirectory.com (find valve suppliers and manufacturers)
Australian Dynamic Technologies (personal breath testers, coal mine gas analysis instrumentation, air pollution and breath alcohol analysis equipment)
Gulf Atlantic Equipment (air compressors, PD blower and vacuum systems)
ABM Sensor Technology (ultrasonic transducers, probes, flowmeters, pulse radars, force sensors)
Yokota Manufacturing (fluid control, liquid-gas separation, anti-corrosion)
AquaStream (Water well rehabilitation; sand suction flow control device for pumping)
Process Industries Suppliers Register (supplier directory for process and energy industries)
Pump-Flo (internet pump selection)
Trivikram Flowtech (Specialty pumps and valves - India)
EESIFLO.com (open channel flow meters, depth instrumentation for weirs and flumes) 
Marsh-McBirney (depth and velocity instruments)
Global Water Instrumentation  FlowMeterDirectory.com (flowmeter mfg's and suppliers) 
Pump-Manufacturers.com (pump types, suppliers, manufacturers)
EngineerSupply.com (supplies for drafting, surveying, measuring, marking) 
Master Pumps and Equipment   Lambda Square (flow meter mfg)
U.S. Pipe (ductile iron pipe)  Crane Co. 
Collins Pipe and Supply   Summit Valve supplier 
Armortec (concrete erosion control systems) 
Guardian Services (fire protection) 
Fluid Flow (measurement, control, and instrumentation)
Hach (chemical test kits)  Rotron Blowers 
FlowHow (orifice, nozzle, venturi meters - Finnish company)
Unified Machine and Design (specialty fabrication. New Jersey)
Advantage Pool Supplies (swimming pool and spa chemicals, cleaners, heaters, parts, filters)
Hydraulic Press Manufacturers
vectorpump.com (Wanner Engineering for industrial and process applications)
stancorpump.com (Wanner Engineering Hydra-Cell pumps for industrial and process applications)
parkermotion.com (Parker Hannifin motion control systems) 
cleanairproducts.com (Clean Air Products - cleanrooms and cleanroom equipment) 
midsouthchemical.com (water treatment chemicals for boiler, cooling, waste, and potable water products)
Flirthermography (infrared, aerial. and thermal imagery cameras)
Wastewater Treatment (AguaChem)
ThermoWell Supply (New Zealand - temperature instrumentation for natural gas and liquids)
Spray Nozzles ( China - Changyuan Spraying & Purification Tech.Co., Ltd.)
Aerotech (motion control)
Bullseye Scale (weighing and counting equipment)   

Engineering/Science Search Engines:  Environment Resources  Scientopica   VirtualDesignBuild (excellent for finding additional interactive calculations, products, and consulting info)   Algorithms.org   GeoIndex    WaterOnLine    OilSurvey.com (the independent oil and gas information center)  aigam web directory  mc2link  HotVsNot.com web directory 

Lots of Links: 1stEngineers.com  Hydraulics QED - all about Hydraulics from brakes to large industrial  plumbingweekly.com  GlobalSpec.com  AtoZpumps.com (Pump directory. Various mfg and types of pumps. Lots of info)   Manufacturing Software Directory    Environmental Management (Immediate Spill Response Solutions)  Pipe flow software  Todd Von Behren's mega list of Civil Engineering links    Eng-Tips Forums (Technical support forums and mutual help system for engineering professionals. Selling and recruiting forbidden.)   Kumar Links to Hydrology Resources WebBBusterZ Engineering Software   Metal Resources Directory  Electronics Automation  

Shareware:    Shareware    WinZip

On-line Calculators:  Kinematic Viscosity of Oils, Fuels, Liquids   Oil and Gas unit conversions   Steam properties  Natural gas compressibility  Probability functions (normal, Student t, Chi Square, Fisher F)  Virginia Tech isentropic flow, normal shock, and oblique shock calculators  Aerospace web Isentropic flow, normal shock, and oblique shock calculators  Fanno flow calculator  Saline water density   Dr. S.D. Filip To (volumes, unit conversions, more)  Rocket Scientists (useful calculators; not just for rockets)   PumpUniversity  ConvertPlus unit conversions  Rigzone unit conversions  

Useful Information:
PipingDesign.com (comprehensive site for all piping issues)
LightMyPump (formerly FluideDesign.com, excellent for pump information)
Flow Meters Guide
Air Dispersion forumulas and unit conversions (air-dispersion.com)
CivilDesigner.com (integrated data gathering, drawing, surface modeling and design system for civil engineering infrastructure)
ChE Plus (chemical engineering resources: spec sheets, library, spreadsheets, calculations. Enter referrer: LMNO)
Derivations and applications of Bernoulli's Law   Fluid animations  Reasonable velocities in pipes, Moody chart, equations
ENSYS Engineering Training   Water Jetting Directory  Measurement Directory   Qudata.com (data mining and on-line tools)  efluids.com (fluids and flow engineering)  SewerConnection  Pump-Magazine.com  GeoCHEM  Pipe inside diameters, wall thicknesses   CleanDryAir (compressed air calculations, information)  CivilWorld (design, drafting software and info)  StuffInTheAir.com (air quality)  Science Clarified 

Commercial Engineering/Science Software:
HEC-RAS (free from Corps of Engineers)  HEC-HMS (free from Corps of Engineers)
Applied Flow Technology (pipe system modeling for incompressible, compressible, water hammer, steam)
PipeFlow.co.uk (Pipe flow software. If you decide to buy their software, enter Promotion Code "LMNOENG" to receive 10% discount)
Fire sprinkler software  Process Ace Software (Palm OS hand-held computer software for Process & Mechanical Engineers: Titles include Gas Fired Heater Calculations, Process Ace Steam Properties, Pump Calculations and Steam Turbine Calculations)  ABZ Inc (pipe networks)  UKTN orifice, nozzle, venturi flowmeter software    hydroxpert.com (environmental software and consulting)  3D Groundwater GIS software (EnviroInsite.com)  Fire Flow Software (OptiWater)
Production Scheduling and Production Planning Software  Geotech Computer Systems (data management and graphics)  
gINT software (integrated geotechnical and geoenvironmental software)   Pressure-Drop.com    Piping Analysis Software for Professionals (SST Systems)   DAIHM (Data Assimilation in Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Models - forecasting and model calibration)   Interactive chemistry/equilibrium calculations (JESS-Australia)  FluidFlowInfo (Resources and Software for fluid flow)   Currency, time, finance, and other useful conversions    2Pines Drinking Water Information and Software   G&P Engineering (Chemical Engineering Software)   megaConverter (lots of interactive unit conversions)   GAEA Software for geoscience and engineering   KYPIPE Water Distribution Program    Haestad Methods    BOSS International     Eagle Point    StreamlineGroundwater    Scientific Software Group    HydroModel    Data-Surge   HydroCAD Stormwater Modeling   Scientific Software   MINTEQ (geochemistry software)   Hydrocomp (hydrologic simulation software)    Remote Data Systems (instrumentation, sensors)    SoilVision (geotechnical, geo-environmental, and soil sciences data)   allyCAD.com (professional CAD package)

Science Education/Alternative Energy:  PicoTurbine (great site for small renewable energy and educational products)   HowStuffWorks.com (great site!)

Government Sites: TR-55  USBR Water Measurement Manual  USEPA    National Climatic Data Center    USDA    USGS   Environmental Remediation Acronyms  

Research Institutes:  International Assn of Hydraulic Research   Florida Institute for Phosphate Research

Organizations/Resources:
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)    ISO  ASTM  The Engineers' Club - On-line Services  Chemical Engineers' Resource Page   Ductile Iron Pipe Research Assn   American Geophysical Union    American Institute of Hydrology    American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers     American Society of Civil Engineers     American Society for Engineering Education    American Society of Surface Mining and Reclamation    American Water Resources Association    American Water Works Association    Association of Environmental Engineering Professors    Association of Water Technologies    Canadian Water Resources Association    Groundwater Foundation     International Association for Environmental Hydrology   MicroIrrigation Forum     National Ground Water Association    Nature Conservancy   Soil & Water Conservation Society    Water Environment Federation

High Tech Design Safety  Meniscus (process engineering, England)   Augusta Engineering and Design (Charleston, WV USA)  Green Engineering Jobs  Heritage HVAC Contractor in New Hampshire  Technalysis Engineering Software (CAE-CFD consulting and software)  

Fire Hydrants
FireHydrant.org   Water Supply Information page at FireHydrant.org   Fire hydrant links 
Hydrant Flow Test Information at FireHydrant.org:  Equipment for flow test    Data needed for hydrant flow test   Conducting a flow test    Hydrant flow test data to collect   Fire hydrant test form  Flow calculator 

Java Sites:    Sun    JavaSoft     JavaBoutique     Developer    Microsoft

Textbook Publishers: WaterTreatmentBooks.com (on-line bookshop for water-related material)   DirectTextBook.com (compare prices of engineering textbooks)  McGraw-Hill    Wiley    CRC/Lewis     Nolo    Amazon

Automobile Sites (pricing, testing, etc.):    Edmund's    CarPrices    Kelley Blue Book  TheCarConnection  JDPower  AutoMall   AutoBuyGuide  Cars, classifieds, and prices at automotive.com  

Newspapers:    USA Today    L.A. Times

Sports:    CBS Sportsline

Screen Capture Programs:  Techsmith (great for capturing Java applets in older browsers) 

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