Subject Code: ME6L161 Prerequisites: None	Experimental Fluid Mechanics	L – T – P : 3 –1 – 0	Credits: 4
Introduction to experimental data collection and analysis, in particular as they pertain to fluid flows. Covers computer-based experimental control, analog and digital data acquisition, discrete sampling theory, digital signal processing, uncertainty analysis. Also covers: LabView& Simulink, Analog Transducers, Hot-wire/Hot-Film & Cold-Wire/Cold-Film Anemomentry, Acoustic and Laser Doppler velocimetry, Full-field (2-D) quantitative imaging techniques like PIV& PLIF; Particle based techniques – PTV & PDPA, Optical Density Based Techniques – Schlieren, Shadograph. Recommended Books: Measurement in Fluid Mechanics, Stavros Tavoularis, Cambridge Univ. Press, (2005). Recent Developments in Theoretical and Experimental Fluid Mechanics: Compressible and Incompressible Flows, U. Müller, K. G. Roesner, B. Schmidt, Springer London,(2011).