Course Outline (Preliminary)

Lectures and experiments and demonstrations in the laboratory (4 half days each) will run from 8:30 to 12:30 from Monday to Thursday and in the afternoon from 13:30 to 17:00 from Monday to Thursday, respectively. All presentations will be given in English. Registration will start on Monday 24.02.2025 from 8 AM.

Monday, 24.02.2025

  • Welcome by Lars Koop, Head of Department of Experimental Methods, Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology.
  • General overview, physical and historical background
  • Intensity based PSP/TSP
  • Lifetime based PSP
  • Practical session I

Tuesday, 25.02.2025

Wednesday, 26.02.2025

  • Principle of Temperature-Sensitive Paint (TSP)
  • Current challenges to increase the application fields of PSP/TSP techniques
  • Camera systems and their properties
  • Advanced Analysis of TSP data
  • Practical session III

Thursday, 27.02.2025

  • Practical session IV
  • TSP applications in aerothermodynamic investigations
  • Open session for Software Solutions for PSP/TSP image analysis
  • Future aspects of PSP technique
  • Final discussion and assessment

Practical sessions

  • PSP and TSP coating techniques
  • Optical filter transmission + Characterisation of PSP/TSP samples
  • Application of PSP in a low speed wind tunnel
  • Fast response PSP in a Ludwieg-Tube