Abstract
This research includes the development of a set of experimental flow-diagnostics techniques for low speed aerodynamics applications and an interactive software for flow field data acquisition and presentation called AeroView. The data collection and diagnostics are integrated into an interactive, real-time, multimedia experimental flow-diagnostics environment for laboratory research and teaching in fluid mechanics and aerodynamics. In graduate research of aerodynamic design and evaluation, this environment is a valuable tool in documenting and modeling complex three-dimensional flows. In undergraduate and graduate education, it improves on conventional approaches to lecture-laboratory combining courses in aerodynamics and fluid mechanics. The control of experimental equipment as well as the analysis of the data are achieved through the graphical user interface incorporated in AeroView. The graphical user interface features advanced scientific visualization techniques such as those developed over the past ten years to visualize three dimensional data generated by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The engineer or student can interrogate the flow field by positioning probes, collecting data, and analyzing results using the interactive environment.
Galls, Samuel Fernando (1996). Development of AeroView: an interactive flow diagnostics laboratory. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from
https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -1996 -THESIS -G34.