CVEN 679
Experimental
Fluid Mechanics Modeling
Fall 2008, TR 2:20 - 3:35, 203 Civil Engineering Building
Course Description (from Graduate Catalog): Dimensional analysis; modeling laws; measurement techniques and instrumentation; experimental control and data acquisition; sampling theory and signal processing; applications to coastal, ocean, and hydraulic engineering models.
Prerequisite: Approval of instructor
Instructor: Kuang-An
Chang
Office: CE/TTI Building Room 802C
Tel: (979) 845-4504
Email: kchang@tamu.edu
Office Hours: By appointment (refer to my weekly schedule for best time to meet)
References:
1. Physical Models and Laboratory Techniques in Coastal Engineering,
Steven A. Hughes, World Scientific, 1993
2. Fluid Mechanics Measurements, 2nd Edition, Richard J. Goldstein (Ed.),
Taylor & Francis, 1996
3. Random Data - Analysis and Measurement Procedures, 2nd Edition, Julius
S. Bendat and Allan G. Piersol, Wiley-Interscience, 1986
4. An Album of Fluid Motion, Milton Van Dyke, Parabolic Press, 1982
5. Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics, 2nd Edition, Homsy et al., Cambridge
University Press, 2008
6. LabVIEW Tutorial