"Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid Mechanics" ed. by Cameron Tropea, Alexander L. Yarin, John F. Foss (Repost)

This Handbook has been prepared for physicists and engineers in research and development in universities, industry and in governmental research institutions or national laboratories. The book consolidates authoritative and state-of-the-art information from the large number of disciplines used in experimental fluid mechanics into a readable desk reference book.

Both experimental methodology and techniques are covered fundamentally and for a wide range of application fields.

Key Topics
Experiments in fluid mechanics
The boundary-value problem
Measurement of material properties: density, surface tension, contact angle, thermal conductivity and thermal diffusivity, diffusion, electric and magnetic parameters of liquids and gases
Fundamentals of data acquisition, processing and analysis
Measurement systems for temperature, density, flow velocity, vorticity, Mach number, heat flux, pressure shear stress, forces and moments
Applications: non-Newtonian flows, turbulence, turbomachinery, aerodynamics, hydraulics, microfluidmechanics, flow visualization, atmospheric and oceanographic measurements, electrohydrodynamic systems, combustion diagnostics

Features
Contains over 900 two-color illustrations.
Includes over 100 comprehensive tables summarizing experimental techniques and properties of materials.
Emphasizes physical concepts over extensive mathematical derivations.
Parts and chapters with summaries, detailed index and fully searchable DVD-ROM guarantee quick access to data and links to other sources.
Delivers a wealth of up-to-date references and further reading.

This book comprises four parts covering Experiments in Fluid Mechanics, Measurement of Primary Quantities, Specific Experimental Environments and Techniques, and Analyses and Post-Processing of Data.

Brief Contents
List of Abbreviations
Nomenclature
Part A: Experiments in Fluid Mechanics
1 Experiment as a Boundary-Value Problem
2 Nondimensional Representation of the Boundary-Value Problem
Part B: Measurement of Primary Quantities
3 Material Properties: Measurement and Data
4 Pressure Measurement Systems
5 Velocity, Vorticity, and Mach Number
6 Density-Based Techniques
7 Temperature and Heat Flux
8 Force and Moment Measurement
Part C: Specific Experimental Environments and Techniques
9 Non-Newtonian Flows
10 Measurements of Turbulent Flows
11 Flow Visualization
12 Wall-Bounded Flows
13 Topological Considerations in Fluid Mechanics Measurements
14 Flow Measurement Techniques in Turbomachinery
15 Hydraulics
16 Aerodynamics
17 Atmospheric Measurements
18 Oceanographic Measurements
19 Microfluidics: The No-Slip Boundary Condition
20 Combustion Diagnostics
21 Electrohydrodynamic Systems
Part D: Analysis and Post-Processing of Data
22 Review of Some Fundamentals of Data Processing
23 Fundamentals of Data Processing
24 Data Acquisition by Imaging Detectors
25 Data Analysis
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Detailed Contents
Subject Index