This book describes unified image-based measurement methods (theories, numerical methods, and algorithms) to determine the important physical quantities of complex flows in engineering and natural systems, including velocity, pressure, temperature, heat transfer, and skin friction.
Dr. Tianshu Liu is The John O. Hallquist Endowed Professor and The Presidential Innovation Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA.Dr. Zemin Cai is a Professor in the Department of Electronics, School of Engineering, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong, China.
Introduction.- Velocity from Flow Visualizations.- Skin Friction from Global Luminescent Oil-Film Visualizations.- Skin Friction from Surface Pressure Visualizations.- Skin Friction from Surface Temperature Visualizations.- Skin Friction from Surface Scalar Visualizations.- Skin Friction from Surface Optical Flow Pressure from Velocity.- Heat Flux from Surface Temperature Visualizations.- Analysis of Physics-Based Optical Flow.