Wind Tunnels and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Research

✍ Scribed by J. Lerner, U. Boldfes

• Publisher: Intech
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 724
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

preface_ Wind Tunnels and Experimental Fluid Dynamics Research......Page 1
part1......Page 15
01 Optimal Processing of Wind Tunnel Measurements in View of Stochastic Structural Design of Large Flexible Structures......Page 17
02 Wire Robot Suspension Systems for Wind Tunnels......Page 43
03_Wind Tunnels for the
Study of Particle Transport......Page 65
04_Wind Tunnel Flutter Testing of Composite
T-Tail Model of a Transport Aircraft
with Fuselage Flexibility......Page 89
05_Wind Tunnel: A Tool to Test the Flight
Response to Semiochemicals
......Page 103
06_Flow Visualization in Wind Tunnels......Page 113
07_Components of a Wind Tunnel Balance:
Design and Calibration......Page 129
08_Wind Tunnel ‘Concept of Proof’ Investigations in the Development of Novel Fluid Mechanical Methodologies and Devices......Page 149
09_Air Speed Measurement Standards
3 Using Wind Tunnels......Page 187
10_Low Speed Turbulent Boundary
Layer Wind Tunnels
......Page 211
11_Wind Tunnels in Engineering Education......Page 249
12_The Importance of Turbulence in Assessment of
Wind Tunnel Flow Quality
......Page 275
part2......Page 293
13_The Use of Wind Tunnel Measurements in
Building Design......Page 295
14_Tall Buildings Under Multidirectional Winds:
Response Prediction and Reduction......Page 315
15_Wind Tunnel Testson the
Horn-Shaped Membrane Roof......Page 339
16_Sport Aerodynamics:
On the Relevance of Aerodynamic Force
Modelling Versus Wind Tunnel Testing......Page 363
17 Active and Passive Control of Flow Past a Cavity......Page 383
18_Aerodynamic Parameters on a Multisided
Cylinder for Fatigue Design......Page 409
19_A New Methodology to Preliminary Design
Structural Components of Re-Entry
and Hypersonic Vehicles......Page 423
part3......Page 441
20_A Computer-assisted Wind Load Evaluation
System for the Design of Cladding of Buildings:
A Case Study of Spatial Structures......Page 443
21_Monitoring of Soil Surface under Wind and
Water Erosion by Photogrammetry......Page 461
22_Public Square Design with Snow and Wind
Simulations Using Wind Tunnel......Page 477
part4......Page 493
23 The Study of Details Effects in Cycling
Aerodynamics: Comparison Between Two
Different Experimental Approaches......Page 495
24_Relationships between Large-Scale Coherent
Motions and Bursting Events in a Turbulent
Boundary Layer......Page 507
25_Wavelet Analysis to Detect Multi-scale Coherent Eddy Structures and Intermittency in Turbulent Boundary Layer......Page 523
part5......Page 549
26_Evaluation of Local Effects of Transitional
Knudsen Number on Shock Wave Boundary
Layer Interactions......Page 551
27_Investigation on Oblique Shock Wave Control
by Surface Arc Discharge in a Mach 2.2
Supersonic Wind Tunnel......Page 567
28_Investigations of Supersonic Flow
around a Long Axisymmetric Body......Page 583
29_SCIROCCO Plasma Wind Tunnel:
Synergy between Numerical and Experimental
Activities for Tests on Aerospace Structures......Page 599
30_Study of Turbulent Supersonic Flow Based on
the Optical and Acoustic Measurements......Page 621
31_Guidance of a Supersonic Projectile
by Plasma-Actuation Concept......Page 643
32_Wind Tunnel Experiments for Supersonic
Optical-electrical Seeker’s Dome Design......Page 675
33 Design, Execution and Rebuilding of a Plasma
Wind Tunnel Test Compared with an Advanced
Infrared Measurement Technique......Page 699