Archimedes screw turbines (AST ... Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): A branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical analysis and algorithms to solve and analyze fluid flow problems.
Named for its inventor, the Greek mathematician Archimedes (237-212 BCE), the Archimedes screw is a device for raising water. Essentially, it is a large screw, open at both ends and encased lengthwise ...
The most famous of these were the Archimedes' Screw (a device for raising water that is still used in crop irrigation and sewage treatment plants today) and Archimedes' principle of buoyancy.