ISBN-13: 9781138038158 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 410 str.
ISBN-13: 9781138038158 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 410 str.
A practical guide for the design of laboratory and field experiments, selection of appropriate instrumentation and experimental methodologies, as well as for conducting and analyzing experimental studies. Providing an end-to-end guidance to support experimentalists in the design and collection of the targeted data with prescribed accuracy. Currently, many studies are carried out in laboratories under less than ideal conditions that significantly influence the experimental outcomes (e.g., secondary currents, flume aspect ratio and development length, etc) and with instruments that are not always well tunned to the measurement environment (i.e., adequate temporal and spatial resolution for the flow under investigation). These limitations need to be understood and counteracted with appropriate measures. Practical information on many topics of experimentation presently can only be found in scientific papers or specialized monographs on laboratory practice.