Advanced Experimental Thermofluid Engineering Research Laboratory
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Contact Information: Dr. Thomas E. Diller tdiller@vt.edu
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What We Do
Our group specializes in the development and application of advanced and novel experimental fluid mechanics methods for spatio-temporally resolving complex thermo-fluids systems.
Research
Current Projects
- CAREER: Arterial flow dynamics: Effects of pulsatility compliance and curvature
- Development of a Spatiotemporal Velocimeter with Simultaneous Size Measurement for Polydispersed Multi-Phase Flows
- Robust, High Sensitivity, Dynamic Wall Shear Sensors for Flow Diagnostics
- A General Theory for the Effect of Large-Scale Freestream Turbulence on Surface Heat Transfer
- Spatiotemporal dynamic microfluidic measurements
- Flow Control Over Swept, Sharp-Edged Wings
- Effects of Leading Edge Thin Film Cooling and Surface Roughness on Downstream Film Cooling along a Transonic Turbine Blade for Low and High Free-Stream Turbulence
- Validation Of An Active Ionic Polymer Sensor For Dynamic Skin Friction Measurements
- Flow Control and Vibration Isolation for IMP Quieting
- Inlet Guide Vanes Flow Control
- Subscale studies of a water surface piercing gas jet
- Development and validation of computational model for flotation
- Foam and Froth Analysis and Modeling
Facilities
- PIV Systems
- Time-Resolved Digital Particle Image Velocimetry System
- Digital Particle Image Velocimetry
- TRDPIV system Under Development
- Other Fluid Instrumentation
- Peripheral support Equipment
- Wind/Water Tunnels