ABSTRACT

With contributions from some of the world's leading experts, the second edition of this classic reference compiles all major techniques of flow visualization and demonstrates their applications in all fields of science and technology. A new chapter has been added that covers flow visualization applications in large wide tunnels for airplane and automobile testing. Several important examples of applications are included. A second new chapter details the use of infrared (IR) cameras for detecting and observing the boundary layer transition in industrial wind tunnels and flight testing of commercial transport airplanes. A final new chapter has been added on multiphase flow and pulsed-light velocimetry.

part 1|39 pages

Fundamentals

part 2|197 pages

Methods

chapter 4|608 pages

Liquids

chapter 5|19 pages

Gases: Smokes

chapter 6|30 pages

Spark Tracing and Electric Discharge

chapter 7|12 pages

Surface Tracing Methods

chapter 8|19 pages

Liquid Crystals

chapter 9|49 pages

Tufts

chapter 10|4 pages

Streaming Birefringence

chapter 13|7 pages

Interferometry

part 3|153 pages

Image Processing and Computer-Assisted Methods

chapter 17|16 pages

Optical Image Processing

chapter 20|22 pages

Optical Tomography

chapter 21|22 pages

Thermography

chapter 22|8 pages

Flow Solutions

chapter 23|11 pages

Flow-Field Survey Data

chapter 24|17 pages

Computer-Aided Flow Visualization

part 4|290 pages

Applications

chapter 25|13 pages

Aerospace and Wind Tunnel Testing

chapter 28|5 pages

Water Tunnel Testing

chapter 29|43 pages

Internal Flows

chapter 30|21 pages

Vortices

chapter 33|17 pages

Double-Diffusive Convection

chapter 36|21 pages

Gas Turbine Disk Cooling Flows

chapter 39|16 pages

Medicine and Biology

chapter 40|5 pages

Indoor Environments

chapter 41|10 pages

Agriculture

chapter 42|6 pages

Building Aerodynamics

chapter 43|16 pages

Land Vehicles