Experimental Aerodynamics

Stefano Discetti, Ph.D., and Andrea Ianiro, Ph.D., are visiting professors at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain.

"This is a reasonable one-stop-shop for the academic practitioner, especially at doctorate level. It would make a good foundation text for postgraduate students using wind tunnel testing."— Andrew Rae, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland"This book is intended to expose aerodynamicists to different measurement methods and provide a gateway for individuals to further develop their interest. A unique aspect of this book is the problem sheet at the end of each chapter and this would certainly allow users to test themselves. This type of content is usually not available in experimental techniques books and usually users have to carry out the experiment to demonstrate their understanding of the methods. However, this unique aspect allows this book to be accessible to non-experimentalists and therefore could have a wider reach. If this was the intention, then I applaud the authors for editing a good book that has something in it for all aerodynamicists."—The Aeronautical Journal November 2018 Issue

• 1. Theoretical fundamentals of experimental aerodynamicsAndrea Ianiro & Stefano Discetti2. Statistical data characterization and elements of data processingStefano Discetti & Andrea Ianiro3. Experimental Facilities – Wind TunnelsAndrea Sciacchitano4. Principles of flow visualizationJavier Rodriguez5. Pressure measurementsDaniele Ragni6. Temperature and heat-flux measurementsFrancesco Panerai7. Density-based methodsFyodor Glazyrin8. From interferometry to color holography Jean-michel DESSE9. Thermal AnemometryRamis Örlü and Ricardo Vinuesa10. Laser VelocimetryJohn J. Charonko11. Volumetric VelocimetryFilippo Coletti12. Measurement of wall shear stressRicardo Vinuesa and Ramis Örlü13. Force and moments measurementsMarios Kotsonis