With contributions from some of the world's leading experts, the second edition of this classic reference compiles all major techniques of flow visualization and demonstrates their applications in all fields of science and technology. A new chapter has been added that covers flow visualization applications in large wide tunnels for airplane and automobile testing. Several important examples of applications are included. A second new chapter details the use of infrared (IR) cameras for detecting and observing the boundary layer transition in industrial wind tunnels and flight testing of commercial transport airplanes. A final new chapter has been added on multiphase flow and pulsed-light velocimetry.

The intention of this report is to demonstrate the utility of theflow visualization water tunnel in the field of experimentalfluid dynamics and also provide guidance to its prospectiveusers. A brief description of the facility and its ancillaryequipment is followed by a short description of the flowvisualization techniques. To emphasize the diversity of subjectstested in the water tunnel, a list of typical experiments and anumber of photographs are presented.