Subject Code: ME6L161 Subject Name: Experimental Fluid Mechanics L-T-P: 3-1-0 Credit:  4
Pre-Requisite(s): Fluid Mechanics
Introduction to experimental data collection and analysis, in particular as they pertain to fluid flows. Covers computer-based experimental control, analog and digital data acquisition, discrete sampling theory, digital signal processing, uncertainty analysis. Also covers: LabView & Simulink, Analog Transducers, Hot-wire/Hot-Film & Cold-Wire/Cold-Film Anemomentry, Acoustic and Laser Doppler velocimetry, Full-field (2-D) quantitative imaging techniques like PIV& PLIF; Particle based techniques – PTV & PDPA, Optical Density Based Techniques – Schlieren, Shadograph.
Text/Reference Books:
  1. Tavoularis S., Measurement in Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge Univ. Press.
  2. Müller U., Roesner K.G., and Schmidt B., Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics: Compressible and Incompressible Flows, Springer.