AE 3051: Undergraduate Experimental Fluid Dynamics

AE 3051
Experimental Fluid Dynamics

Announcements

	Acknowledgements		Course Overview		SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS !!!!!
	Lab rules and grading		Lab Groups, Meeting Times and Locations		Report Format Guidelines

Each lab manual is in PDF format. This requires that the computer the student is using has the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. If your computer does not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader click Adobe Acrobat and download the latest version. To access each lab manual and associated supplement click on the lab/supplement title link below.

Written Reports

Lab Manuals	Lab Supplements	Data
Lab 1 - Force Measurement in a Subsonic Wind Tunnel	Lab 1 Supplement	Lab 1 Data
(Common Mistakes/Format Problems in Lab #1)
Lab 2 - Pressure Measurements and Flow Visualization in Subsonic Wind Tunnels	Lab 2 Supplement	Lab 2 Data
Error and Uncertainty Slides Uncertainty Example
Prof. Craig Presentations: Errors and Uncertainty, Plotting
Lab 3 - Digital Sampling of Time-Dependent Signals	Lab 3 Supplement	Lab 3 Data
Lab 4 - Unsteady Velocity Measurements in a Jet Using a Hot-Wire Anemometer	Lab 4 Supplement	Lab 4 Data
Lab 6 - Temperature and Pressure Measurements in a Turbine Engine	Lab 6 Supplement	Lab 6 Data
Lab 5 - Unsteady Velocity Measurements in a Jet Using a Laser Doppler Velocimeter	Lab 5 Supplement	Lab 5 Data
REPLACED Flow Visualization Flow Visualization Slides
Lab 7 - Measurements in Unsteady Combustion	Lab 7 Supplement	Lab 7 Data
Lab 8 - Transient Measurements in a Shock Tube	Lab 8 Supplement	Lab 8 Data
Lab 9 - Optical/Pressure Measurement in a Supersonic Flow	Lab 9 Supplement	Lab 9 Data

Oral Reports

Presentation Guidelines

Experimental Planning

Report Topics

Effective Oral Presentations

Links
The following links are not required for AE 3051 and are meant solely to expose the student to additional educational resources.

Fluid Mechanics Links

Aerospace Digital Library
This is a digital library of useful material to support undergraduate and graduate aerospace engineering programs. You will also find links to other educational resources here.

NASA's Glenn Research Center
This site contains a beginner's guide to aerodynamics and wind tunnel web pages. The best part of this web page is the free aerodynamics software called FOILSIM.

Java Applets for Engineering Education
This site has a few of fluid mechanic JAVA applets that can demonstrate many concepts.

General Engineering Links

ASME Engineering Software Library
This is the software library of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Lot's of shareware and freeware. Check out the Fluids section.

AMS-LaTeX
This powerful typesetting system was created by Donald Knuth of Stanford University. Authors and publishers worldwide use TeX to produce high-quality technical books and papers. TeX does a superior job of formatting complex mathematical expressions. The power of TeX lies in its ability to handle complicated technical text and displayed mathematical formulas. When coupled with a high-quality phototypesetter, TeX produces results equal in quality and appearance to those produced by the finest traditional typesetting systems. TeX input files are ASCII-coded representations. They are easily transported, thereby facilitating manuscript sharing among authors, editors, reviewers, and publishers. This capability enables research results to be published and distributed electronically.