Optical Metrology for Fluids Combustion and Solids
Optical Metrology for Fluids, Combustion, and Solids
by Carolyn R. Mercer (Editor)
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"Seeing is understanding," stated by Mach of shock waves travel faster than the speed of sound fame, could be the mantra of modern flow visualization. Mercer (optical instrumentation, NASA's Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH) further notes that technological advances over the past 20 years have revolutionized research use of the unique properties of light as a measurement tool. In 14 chapters, contributor(s) from government and industry present one or two methods: its historical background, basic concepts, and examples of applications in fluid, combustion, and solid surface diagnostics. Images illustrate such techniques as schlieren, interferometry, and holography.Book News, Inc.®, Portland, OR
Book Description
Optical Metrology for Fluids, Combustion and Solids is the first practical handbook that presents the assemblage of the techniques necessary to provide a basic understanding of optical measurement for fluids, combustion, and solids. The use of light as a measurement tool has grown over the past twenty years from a narrowly specialized activity to a mainstay of modern research today.
Until recently, the knowledge that could be extracted from the light interaction of light with physical objects was limited to specialized activities. The invention of the laser, the computer and microelectronics has enabled a measurement revolution such that virtually every parameter of engineering interest can be measured using the minimally intrusive properties of light. The authors of this book's chapters are leaders in this revolution. They work on the front lines of research in government, industry, and universities, inventing yet more ways to harness the power of light for the generation of knowledge.
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