Experimental Methods in Fluid Mechanics

3 cr · Graduate

Topics will be chosen from: Review of fluid mechanics, combustion and turbulence theory; role of experiments; conventional measurement methods for temperature, pressure and velocity; laser-based techniques for local and global velocity measurements (Laser Doppler Anemometry (LDA), Phase-Doppler Anemometry (PDA), Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)); other laser-based techniques for imaging and concentration measurements in reacting and non-reacting single and two-phase flows.