Increasing possibilities of computer-aided data processing have caused a new revival of optical techniques in many areas of mechanical and chemical engi neering. Optical methods have a long tradition in heat and mass transfer and in fluid dynamics. Global experimental information is not sufficient for de veloping constitution equations to describe complicated phenomena in fluid dynamics or in transfer processes by a computer program. Furthermore, a detailed insight with high local and temporal resolution into the thermo and fluiddynamic situations is necessary. Sets of equations for computer...

Mobility is a prime need of mankind. It is the basis not only of economical and technical but also of cultural progress. Many questions arise with respect to the development and the problems of mobility in the 21st century. This book presents the results elaborated by a project team consisting of students of the "Bayrische Elite-Akademie." They applied themselves to four main topics: - Bimodal transport system. - Mobility and transport in agglomoration areas. - Analogies of physical and virtual traffic. - How communication technologies influence the future of mobility. The book is of interest...

Dargestellt werden sowohl die "klassischen" als auch die modernen optischen Beobachtungsmethoden, die sich bei der Behandlung von Problemen in der Warme- und Stoffubertragung bewahrt haben: Schlieren-, Schatten- und Interferenzmethoden ebenso wie holographische Interferometrie, Zweiwellenlangen-Interferometrie und optische Tomographie. Theorie, Aufbau und Auswertungsmethoden werden beschrieben und an zahlreichen praxisbezogenen Anwendungsbeispielen erlautert."