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Experimental Fluid Dynamics

Faculty

• Dennis K. McLaughlin
• Cengiz Camci

Activities

Research activities in the area of experimental fluid dynamics are conducted in the Department of Aerospace Engineering and the Garfield Thomas Water Tunnel. The research activities include gasdynamics, aero-and-hydroacoustics, hydrodynamic stability, cavitation, and unsteady flow control. Current projects include the following:

• Studies of Mixing Enhancement of Supersonic Shear Layers
• The Effects of High Free-Stream Turbulence on Boundary Layer Structure and Transport Processes
• Surface Acoustic Wave Sensors and Piezoelectric Actuators for Investigations of Transitional and Turbulent Flows
• Experiments on the Basic Noise Sources of Centrifugal Turbomachinery Devices
• Studies of the Aeroacoustics of Supersonic Air Jets
• Study of the Instabilities in a Swirling Jet
• Boundary Layer Stability in the Presence of Impinging Particles
• Effect of Surface Irregularities on Cavitation Inception
• Cavitation Inception and Desinence in Slots
• Boundary Layer Drag Reduction by Polymer Additives in Water
• Effect of Microbubbles on Cavitation Inception
• Hydroacoustics of Boundary Layer Transitions