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Tony Vo

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arXiv2025

An Open Workflow Model for Improving Educational Video Design: Tools, Data, and Insights

Educational videos are widely used across various instructional models in higher education to support flexible and self-paced learning. However, student engagement with these videos varies significantly depending on how they are designed. While several studies have identified potential influencing factors, there remains a lack of scalable tools and open datasets to support large-scale, data-driven improvements in video design. This study aims to advance data-driven approaches to educational video design. Its core contributions include: (1) a workflow model for analysing educational videos; (2) an open-source implementation for extracting video metadata and features; (3) an accessible, community-driven database of video attributes; (4) a case study applying the approach to two engineering courses; and (5) an initial machine learning-based analysis to explore the relative influence of various video characteristics on student engagement. This work lays the groundwork for a shared, evidence-based approach to educational video design.

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arXiv2018

From three-dimensional to quasi-two-dimensional: Transient growth in magnetohydrodynamic duct flows

This study seeks to elucidate the linear transient growth mechanisms in a uniform duct with square cross-section applicable to flows of electrically conducting fluids under the influence of an external magnetic field. A particular focus is given to the question of whether at high magnetic fields purely two-dimensional mechanisms exist, and whether these can be described by a computationally inexpensive quasi-two-dimensional model. Two Reynolds numbers of $5000$ and $15\,000$ and an extensive range of Hartmann numbers $0 \leq Ha \leq 800$ were investigated. Three broad regimes are identified in which optimal mode topology and non-modal growth mechanisms are distinct. These regimes corresponding to low, moderate and high magnetic field strengths are found to be governed by the independent parameters, Hartmann number, Reynolds number based on the Hartmann layer thickness $R_H$, and Reynolds number built upon the Shercliff layer thickness $R_S$, respectively. Transition between regimes respectively occurs at $Ha \approx 2$ and no lower than $R_H \approx 33.\dot{3}$. Notably for the high Hartmann number regime, quasi-two-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic models are shown to be an excellent predictor of not only transient growth magnitudes, but also the fundamental growth mechanisms of linear disturbances. This paves the way for a precise analysis of transition to quasi-two-dimensional turbulence at much higher Hartmann numbers than is currently achievable.

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arXiv2017

Linear stability of horizontal, laminar fully developed, quasi-two-dimensional liquid metal duct flow under a transverse magnetic field and heated from below

This study considers the linear stability of Poiseuille-Rayleigh-B\'enard flows, subjected to a transverse magnetic field to understand the instabilities that arise from the complex interaction between the effects of shear, thermal stratification and magnetic damping. This fundamental study is motivated in part by the desire to enhance heat transfer in the blanket ducts of nuclear fusion reactors. In pure MHD flows, the imposed transverse magnetic field causes the flow to become quasi-2D and exhibit disturbances that are localised to the horizontal walls. However, the vertical temperature stratification in Rayleigh-B\'enard flows feature convection cells that occupy the interior region and therefore the addition of this aspect provides an interesting point for investigation. The linearised governing equations are described by the \qtwod\ model proposed by Sommeria and Moreau (1982) which incorporates a Hartmann friction term, and the base flows are considered fully developed and 1D. The neutral stability curves for critical Reynolds and Rayleigh numbers, $Re_c$ and $Ra_c$, respectively, as functions of Hartmann friction parameter $H$ have been obtained over $10^{-2}\leq H\leq10^4$. Asymptotic trends are observed as $H\rightarrow\infty$ following $Re_c\propto H^{\,1/2}$ and $Ra_c\propto H$. The linear stability analysis reveals multiple instabilities which alter the flow both within the Shercliff boundary layers and the interior flow, with structures consistent with features from plane Poiseuille and Rayleigh-B\'enard flows.

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