Laser Techniques Applied to Fluid Mechanics

I.1. Wavenumber Spectrum Estimation from Irregularly Spaced Data: Application to PIV Data Processing.- I.2. PIV Error Correction.- I.3. Effect of Sensor Geometry on the Performance of PIV Interrogation.- I.4. Micron-Resolution Velocimetry Techniques.- I.5. PIV in Two-Phase Flows: Simultaneous Bubble Sizing and Liquid Velocity Measurements.- I.6. Measuring Water Temperatures by Means of Linear Raman Spectroscopy.- I.7. A New Approach to Eliminate the Measurement Volume Effect in P DA Measurements.- I.8. Concentration Measurement by Molecular Absorption Using Narrow Band Tunable Infrared Laser.- II.1. The Kármán Vortex Street - LD V and P IV Measurements Compared with CFD.- II.2. A Flow Structure at Reattachment Region of a Two-Dimensional BackwardFacing Step by Using Advanced Multi-Point LDV.- II.3. PIV Measurements of Turbulence Statistics in the Three-Dimensional Flow Over a Surface-Mounted Obstacle.- II.4. Turbulence Analysis of the BFS with Iterative Multigrid PIV Image Processing.- II.5. Characterization of a Bluff Body Wake Using LD V and PIV Techniques.- II.6. Reynolds Number Dependence of Near Wall Turbulent Statistics in Channel Flows.- II.7. Weakly Interacting Two Parallel Plane Jets.- III.1. Instantaneous Doppler Global Velocimetry Measurements of a Rotor Wake: Lessons Learned.- III.2. LDV-Measurements on a High-Lift Configuration with Separation Control.- III.3. Flow Field in the Vicinity of a Thick Cambered Trailing Edge.- III.4. Instantaneous Flow Field Measurements for Propeller Aircraft and Rotorcraft Research.- IV.1. Analysis of Orderliness in Higher Instabilities Toward the Occurrence of Chaos in a Taylor-Couette Flow System.- IV.2. Experimental Investigations on Nonlinear Behaviour of Baroclinic Waves.- IV.3. Dissipation Estimation Around a RushtonTurbine Using Particle Image Velocimetry.- IV.4. Visualization of the Trailing Vortex System Produced by a Pitched Blade Turbine Using a Refractive Index Matched Automated LDA-Technique.- IV.5.