Login/Logout
After you create an account, you should receive an email (make sure to check your spam box) with a temporary password. Point your browser to www.thermofluids.net or thermofluids.sdsu.edu. Right above the login block you would find the link change password. Use it to change your password instantly. Now use the new password to log in. The Guest Mode should turn to Evaluation, Academic, or Professional mode (based on your account status). Note the Logout button on the task bar at the bottom. When you are done with a session, make sure to log out; otherwise, you may not be able to log in from another computer.
Of course, if you are running TEST installed in your computer from a CDROM, there is no need for logging in. However, you may still need to access the web portal for using the Forum and to check out the latest version of TEST.
The login block should display your name after you log in.
Animations
Click the Animations module on the task bar. Select a chapter, say, Chapter 15 and then on Sec. B, High Speed Flows. Animation 15.B.machWave should start playing. Click on different radio buttons (Mach 1, Mach 0.5 etc.). Click on the stop button to freeze the animation and then use the slide bar to move to a desired instant.
To select a specific animation, say, Anim. x.y.z, you can select chapter x from the chapter menu, section y from the section menu, and slide z from the slide menu. You may also use the green left and right arrows to sequentially view the slides.
Note that the animation size scales with your browser window size. To view the animations in their original size, have the Original Size checkbox checked. The space bar and the Enter key can be used to step through the slides if the short cut box is checked.
Selecting
Anim. 15.B.machWave
If you do not see the control bar, your browser has Javascript turned off (the default settings for most modern browsers allows Javascript). See Troubleshooting section below to find out how to activate Javascript in your browser.
If the animation does not appear, your browser does not support Flash. In the Troubleshooting section below, read about how to install Flash.
Tables/Charts
On the left column of the home page, Click on the icon named Tables & Charts. Alternatively, click on the Map link on the task bar, and then on the node TESTapps.Basics.Tables & Charts. This should bring up a list of tables and charts. Select one, say, the superheated steam table. A formatted table should be displayed.
TESTapps
To check if your browser is set to run Java applets, start with the simplest of all TESTapp, the unit converter. On the left column of the home page, click on the icon named UnitConverter.
Wait for up to 30 seconds (the second time you load a TESTapp it will take a much shorter time) for the unit converter TESTapp to be displayed as shown below.
If you see a security message or a gray box appears, or nothing happens, , your browser does not have the required java support. Jump to the Troubleshooting section for instructions on installing Java and setting permissions in your browser to run Java applets.
After you make the Unit Converter work, try a few more TESTapps by going to the TESTapps module and clicking the States & Properties > Uniform Systems branch. The perfect gas state TESTapp should load in less than a minute. As your browser caches important files, the loading time should decrease noticeably for the TESTapps you use frequently.
The unit converter TESTapp
Interactives
Click the Interactives (rich interactive animation) module on the task bar. Click on the Combustion Chamber Simulator, for example.
Wait for up to 15 seconds for the Interactive to be displayed as shown below.
Click the Calculate button and emissions generated by a combustion chamber (for the default conditions) are calculated and displayed in a table.
Interactives will work only on the web edition of TEST.
The combustion chamber Interactive
Examples/Problems
Click on the Examples link on the task bar and select, say, chapter 8 from the table of content. Each problem description can be seen to be associated with several links - TEST solution, manual solution, and even the schematic is linked (to an animation). As you click on any of these links, the linked page should be displayed right below the problem description. The Problems link similarly takes you the end-of-chapter problems. However, the solution manual is accessible to approved educators and professionals only. Write to prof.bhattacharjee@gmail.com, if you need access to manual solution.
Forum
Click on the Forum link on the task bar. The home page of the Forum may take a while (10-15 sec) to load for the first time, but it will be very responsive from second time onward.
Click on any topic on the margins and the threads and comments posted will be displayed. You can select multiple topics by clicking the checkboxes. To post a new question or comment, select a topic and click on the New Thread button. To reply to a posted comment, click the reply link under the comment.
You can search the Forum for previously posted comments.
