UUM 539E - Akışkanlar Mekaniğinde Deneysel Yöntemler (Experimental Methods in Fluid Dynamics)

Course Objectives

1- To introduce different types of fluid mechanics measurement systems and techniques, their
limitations and strengths
2- To give a thorough understanding of measurement, analysis and physical interpretation of
fluctuating quantities in fluid mechanics
3- To teach elements necessary to design an experimental system in fluid mechanics, principles of
data acquisition and analysis, how to present and report the experimental results

Course Description

Measurement of mean and fluctuating quantities important in fluid dynamics. The measurement of
static and stagnation pressures and temperatures (including probe design, limitations, errors, etc.),
heat transfer rates, skin friction, boundary layer properties, flow angularity and flow visualization
methods. Fluctuating quantities will primarily include pressures and velocities. Data acquisition
systems (analog to digital converters, filters, etc.), data acquisition techniques (sampling and filtering
rates including aliasing problems) and the definition and physical interpretation of basic properties of
fluctuating signals such as mean and RMS values, power spectra, cross-correlations, probability
density distributions, etc.