Online - Introduction to Measurement Techniques

Monday 05 October 2020 - Friday 09 October 2020

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This online lecture series gives a complete overview of measurement techniques for fluid mechanics. The lectures are designed to balance theoretical and applied perspectives and address both students and professionals: every technique is analyzed from the physical principles underpinning the measurement process, to the measurement chain and implementation, and the related data processing and uncertainty quantification.

The online lecture series is organized from 5 to 8 October in the morning. Due to the current COVID situation, the on site lab sessions are only availble for the VKI students.

The lecture series consists of frontal classes and hands-on activities in the VKI laboratories (only for VKI students). The classes are organized in thematic areas, with the theoretical fundamentals presented along with the constraints set by practical applications, drawing from the long-standing experience of the VKI. A choice of relevant techniques will be demonstrated in dedicated laboratory sessions. This will allow the participants to acquire hands-on experience and to discuss their particular application.

At the end of the course, the attendees will have a robust background to support the design, implementation, operation, and uncertainty evaluation of the most appropriate technique for a given application. The balance between theory and hands-on sessions will show the attendees a wide range of problems and solutions at the forefront of experimental fluid mechanics research.

 

The Dancing Jet shows a high-speed flow visualization of a laminar jet impinging on a moving surface (moving towards the right). The jet's dance is controlled by the ratio of jet velocity over wall velocity. When this approach one, the bifurcation of the flow at the stagnation point loses its symmetry: the wall jet in countercurrent detaches and interacts with the entrainement flow in a chaotic regime. The dancing is revealed by millions of micro oil droplets dispersed in the gas and illuminated by a laser sheet.

 

Location

Online (4 days) - A "questions and answers" session of 15 minutes is organized after each lectures.

Online Programme

Monday 5 October 2020

09:15 Welcome address

09:30 Principles of measurement systems
Prof. Miguel Mendez, von Karman Institute

11:00 Break

11:30 Measurement chains and Uncertainty Quantification
Prof. Fabrizio Fontaneto, von Karman Institute

13:00 Lunch

14:00 Temperature Measurements
Prof. Fabrizio Fontaneto, von Karman Institute

16:00 Break

16:30 Heat Transfer Measurements
Prof. Fabrizio Fontaneto, von Karman Institute

17:45  End of the Day

Tuesday 6 October 2020

09:00 Pressure Measurements
Prof. Christophe Schram, von Karman Institute

10:30 Break

11:00 Pressure Measurements (cont’d)
Prof. Christophe Schram, von Karman Institute

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Flow visualization and optical density measurements
Prof. Olivier Chazot, von Karman Institute

15:00 Break

15:30 Hotwire Anemometry
Prof. Fabrizio Fontaneto, von Karman Institute

16:30 Mass flow Measurements
Prof. Delphine Laboureur, von Karman Institute

17:30 End of day

Wednesday 7 October 2020

09:00 Aerodynamic Force Measurements
Dr. Guillaume Grossir, von Karman Institute

10:30 Break

11:00 Laser Doppler Anemometry
Prof. Jeroen van Beeck, von Karman Institute

12:15 Lunch

13:30 Image Processing for Optical Metrology
Prof. Miguel Mendez, von Karman Institute

15:00 Break

15:30 Particle Image Velocimetry
Prof. Miguel Mendez & Prof. Delphine Laboureur, von Karman Institute

17:30 End of day

Thursday 8 October 2020

09:00 Spectroscopy
Andrea Fagnani, von Karman Institute

10:30 Break

11:00 Signal and Data Processing
Prof. Christophe Schram, von Karman Institute

12:30 Lunch

13:45 Lab sessions (only for VKI students)

15:35 Break

16:05 Lab sessions (only for VKI students)

16:55 End of the day

Friday 9 October 2020

09:00 Lab sessions (only for VKI students)

10:40 Break

11:00 Lab sessions (only for VKI students)

12:00 Lunch

13:30 Lab Sessions (only for VKI students)

14:30 End of the Lecture Series

Lab Sessions (only for VKI students)

LDV
Prof. Jeroen van Beeck

PIV
Prof. Delphine Laboureur

Flow visualization
Ing. Vincent Van der Haegen

Hot wire measurements and data acquisition
Prof. Christophe Schram

Schlieren shadowgraph, holographic interferometry
Prof. Olivier Chazot

Thermocouples, thin films, liquid crystals
Prof. Fabrizio Fontaneto

Steady and unsteady pressure measurements
Prof. Fabrizio Fontaneto

Infrared thermography
Ing. Vincent Van der Haegen

Eligibility Criteria

The citizens of the following countries are eligible to attend the von Karman Institute Lecture Series:

- EU member countries
- NATO member countries
- NATO's Mediterranean Dialogue (Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia)
- Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates)
- Argentina, Australia, Bolivia, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Japan, India, Indonesia, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mexico, Montenegro, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland, Thailand, Uruguay, South-Africa and Vietnam.

VKI reserves the right to request a clearance check with Belgian authorities.

The participants will have to present their ID card (for EU citizens) or passport (for other citizens) the first day of the lecture series.

Fee and Registration (4 days for external and 5 days for VKI students)

 

Early bird registration fee (until August 5, 2020 included)

Price for citizens of NATO countries funding VKI

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Luxemburg, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Turkey and the United States

  Early registration Late registration
Undergraduate students 189   210
PhD students  504   560
Staff from recognized universities / research center 1008   1120
Staff from commercial organizations  2520  2800

 

 

Price for citizens of other countries

  Early registration Late registration
Undergraduate students 270 300
PhD students  720 800
Staff from recognized universities / research center 1440 1600
Staff from commercial organizations  3600  4000

Information for PhD candidates and undergraduate students: To obtain the reduced price, the applicant must provide a recommendation letter from his or her professor; if not, the request will not be taken into consideration.

Special reduction

Rebates can be given for group subscriptions along the following scheme :

- 5 persons of the same organization -2%
- 10 persons of the same organization -5%
- 20 persons of the same organization -10%

Location : von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Waterloosesteenweg 72, B-1640 Sint-Genesius-Rode