| Preface | 6 |
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| Table of Contents | 7 |
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| Biography of Professor Hermann Schlichting | 9 |
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| Hermann Schlichting and the Boundary-Layer Theory | 11 |
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| Boundary-Layer Theory | 11 |
| Schlichting s Boundary-Layer Research | 14 |
| Tollmien Schlichting Waves | 14 |
| Points of Indifference (Transition Start) | 14 |
| Points of Completed Transition | 17 |
| Equivalent Sand Roughness | 20 |
| Research Just after the War | 22 |
| Automobile Aerodynamics | 22 |
| Cascade Flows for Turbomachines | 22 |
| Book Boundary-Layer Theory | 22 |
| References | 23 |
| Hermann Schlichting s Work and Wake in Airplane-Aerodynamics | 26 |
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| An Approach | 26 |
| Scientific Acitivities in the 30ies and 40ies | 27 |
| Collapse and Reconstruction | 34 |
| Supervisor and Mentor in Aerodynamics | 39 |
| Schlichting Today | 44 |
| References | 45 |
| Numerical Simulation Complementing Theory and Experiment as the Third Pillar in Aerodynamics | 47 |
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| Introduction | 47 |
| Numerical Simulation in Science and Engineering | 49 |
| Basic Principles and Historical Development | 51 |
| Principle of Numerical Flow Simulation | 52 |
| Overview of Development of Computational Fluid Dynamics | 53 |
| Status of Numerical Flow Simulation at DLR | 55 |
| Civil Transport Aircraft at High-Lift Conditions | 55 |
| Unsteady Maneuver Simulation for Military Aircraft | 58 |
| Helicopter | 59 |
| Two Challenges | 61 |
| Perspectives | 62 |
| Center for Computer Applications in Aerospace Science and Engineering | 63 |
| References | 64 |
| Modern Wind Tunnel Techniques for Unsteady Testing Development of Dynamic Test Rigs | 67 |
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| Introduction | 67 |
| Criteria to Be Considered for Designing Dynamic Wind Tunnel Testing | 68 |
| Historical Development | 69 |
| Dynamic Testing Capabilities in Germany | 71 |
| Conclusion | 83 |
| References | 84 |
| Principle and Perspective of Optical Multipoint Methods for Aerodynamic Investigations | 86 |
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| Introduction | 86 |
| Particle Image Velocimetry | 87 |
| Basic Principle | 87 |
| Evaluation | 90 |
| Application of PIV and Time-Resolved PIV | 91 |
| Extensions of the Particle Image Velocimetry | 93 |
| Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry | 93 |
| Multi-plane Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry | 94 |
| Long-Range Microscopic Particle Image Velocimetry | 94 |
| Tomographic Particle Image Velocimetry | 95 |
| Background Oriented Schlieren Method | 96 |
| Basic Principle | 96 |
| Evaluation | 97 |
| Application | 97 |
| Tomographic Extension of BOS | 98 |
| Image Pattern Correlation Technique | 99 |
| Basic Principle of Translation Estimation | 99 |
| Basic Principle of 3D Deformation Estimation | 100 |
| Infrared Thermography | 102 |
| Basic Principle | 102 |
| Evaluation | 102 |
| Application | 103 |
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