Academic Catalog

ME483 EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES IN FLUID MECH.

Course Code: 5690483
METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): 3(3-0)
ECTS Credit: 5.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering
Language of Instruction: English
Level of Study: Undergraduate
Course Coordinator: Prof.Dr. MEHMET METÝN YAVUZ
Offered Semester: Fall and Spring Semesters.

Course Content

Instrumentation and measurement techniques in fluid mechanics. Pressure measurements and probe techniques. Fluid velocity and flow measurements. Hot-wire and laser-Doppler anemometry and flow visualization. Scale modeling. Design of experiments. Statistical data analysis. Data acquisition. Designing, constructing and performing fluid mechanics experiments. Experiments and term project.