Vortex dynamics in the wake of a mechanical fish

A novel Stereo PIV technique, with improvements over other techniques, is presented. The key feature of the new technique is the direct measurement of calibration data at each point in space on the measurement grid, so that no interpolation is necessary. This is achieved through the use of a contiguous target which can be analysed using standard PIV processing software. The technique results in three-dimensional measurements of high accuracy with a significantly simpler calibration phase. This has the benefit of improving ease of use and reducing the time taken to obtain data. Thorough error analysis shows that while previously-described error trends are correct, additional facets of the technique can be optimised to allow highly accurate results. The new technique is rigorously validated here using pure translation and rotation test cases. Finally, the technique is used to measure a complex swirling flow within a cylindrical vessel.     

An inexpensive and versatile technique for wide frequency range surface pressure measurements: an application for the study of turbulent buffeting of a square cylinder

This work presents the development of an inexpensive measurement technique based on miniature microphones for the measurement of pressure fluctuations in a wide frequency range, starting from infrasound up to several kilohertz. Special emphasis has been put on achieving accurate calibration of the system at very low frequencies and good agreement with reference measurements have been achieved at frequencies as low as 1 Hz, therefore opening new low-budget research possibilities in many fields of fluid mechanics. The measurement technique proposed is specially indicated when the number of simultaneous pressure measurements is high since the sensors used are inexpensive, contrarily to common research equipment. One particular area in which this technique results useful is bluff-body aerodynamics. As an example of the potential of the technique, the structural response of a finite-square cylinder immersed in a turbulent flow is studied.     

A four-sensor hot-wire probe system for three-component velocity measurement

 A velocity measurement system based on a miniature four-sensor hot-wire probe capable of simultaneous three-component measurements throughout a wide range of flow angles has been developed. The calibration technique allows measurements to be made throughout the acceptance cone of the probe without being restricted by the errors associated with analytic angle response equations. This technique is based upon look-up tables with values which tend to vary slowly, allowing a simple interpolation scheme to be used. Measurements made in a turbulent pipe flow verify the accuracy of the technique. Received: 27 September 1996/Accepted: 20 October 1997     

Stereoscopic micro particle image velocimetry

A stereoscopic micro-PIV (stereo-μPIV) system for the simultaneous measurement of all three components of the velocity vector in a measurement plane (2D–3C) in a closed microchannel has been developed and first test measurements were performed on the 3D laminar flow in a T-shaped micromixer. Stereomicroscopy is used to capture PIV images of the flow in a microchannel from two different angles. Stereoscopic viewing is achieved by the use of a large diameter stereo objective lens with two off-axis beam paths. Additional floating lenses in the beam paths in the microscope body allow a magnification up to 23×. The stereo-PIV images are captured simultaneously by two CCD cameras. Due to the very small confinement, a standard calibration procedure for the stereoscopic imaging by means of a calibration target is not feasible, and therefore stereo-μPIV measurements in closed microchannels require a calibration based on the self-calibration of the tracer particle images. In order to include the effects of different refractive indices (of the fluid in the microchannel, the entrance window and the surrounding air) a three-media-model is included in the triangulation procedure of the self-calibration. Test measurement in both an aligned and a tilted channel serve as an accuracy assessment of the proposed method. This shows that the stereo-μPIV results have an RMS error of less than 10% of the expected value of the in-plane velocity component. First measurements in the mixing region of a T-shaped micromixer at Re = 120 show that 3D flow in a microchannel with dimensions of 800 × 200 μm² can be measured with a spatial resolution of 44 × 44 × 15 μm³. The stationary flow in the 200 μm deep channel was scanned in multiple planes at 22 μm separation, providing a full 3D measurement of the averaged velocity distribution in the mixing region of the T-mixer. A limitation is that this approach requires a stereo-objective that typically has a low NA (0.14–0.28) and large depth-of-focus as opposed to high NA lenses (up to 0.95 without immersion) for standard μPIV.     

Measurement of laminar,transitional and turbulent pipe flow using Stereoscopic-PIV

Stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (SPIV) is applied to measure the instantaneous three component velocity field of pipe flow over the full circular cross-section of the pipe. The light sheet is oriented perpendicular to the main flow direction, and therefore the flow structures are advected through the measurement plane by the mean flow. Applying Taylor’s hypothesis, the 3D flow field is reconstructed from the sequence of recorded vector fields. The large out-of-plane motion in this configuration puts a strong constraint on the recorded particle displacements, which limits the measurement accuracy. The light sheet thickness becomes an important parameter that determines the balance between the spatial resolution and signal to noise ratio. It is further demonstrated that so-called registration errors, which result from a small misalignment between the laser light sheet and the calibration target, easily become the predominant error in SPIV measurements. Measurements in laminar and turbulent pipe flow are compared to well established direct numerical simulations, and the accuracy of the instantaneous velocity vectors is found to be better than 1% of the mean axial velocity. This is sufficient to resolve the secondary flow patterns in transitional pipe flow, which are an order of magnitude smaller than the mean flow.     

An insitu borescopic quantitative imaging profiler for the measurement of high concentration sediment velocity

The design, calibration, and testing of a borescopic quantitative imaging profiler (BQuIP) system, suitable for the insitu measurement of two components of the instantaneous velocity in high sediment concentration flows, are presented. Unlike planar quantitative imaging techniques, BQuIP has a concentration-dependent field of view, requiring detailed calibration. BQuIP is demonstrated in unidirectional sheet flow in an open channel flume with a narrow-graded sand with median diameter 0.25 mm. Acoustic velocity measurements are made in the suspension region above the BQuIP measured region yielding a continuous measurement of velocity and turbulent stress from the immobile bed to just below the free surface. The temporal history at a point reveals the sheet flow sediment velocities to be highly intermittent, and the spectra reveal a broad range of temporal scales close to −5/3 in slope for the streamwise velocity component. At its core BQuIP is a quantitative imaging technique giving it significant flexibility in terms of both the spatial and temporal analysis parameters (e.g., interrogation subwindow size and Δt, the time between images in a pair to be analyzed), allowing it to have tremendous dynamic range in terms of the velocities that can be measured.     

Stochastic calibration of sensors in turbulent flow fields

The calibration of high-bandwidth sensors is typically carried out in an steady environment or at least a well-controlled unsteady flow. A simple technique for calibration of sensors in flow fields with arbitrary unsteadiness (such as a turbulent field) is described. Although the method requires a DC reference measurement at each calibration point, the resulting calibration is accurate for both average and unsteady measurements up to the full bandwidth of the sensor. Applications and limitations of the technique are also discussed.This work is supported by AFOSR grant F49620-93-1-0194, monitored by Dr. J. McMichael and ONR grant N00014-92-J-1918, monitored by Dr. L.P. Purtel. The author gratefully acknowledges helpful discussions with Olivier Piepsz, Ruben Rathnasingham and Bill George.     

Stereoscopic particle image velocimetry measurements of the flow around a surface-mounted block

The advantages of 3D measurement techniques and the accuracy of the backward projection algorithm are discussed. The 3D calibration reconstruction used is based on an analytical relation between real and image co-ordinates. The accuracy of the stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (PIV) system is assessed by taking measurements of the flow in angular displacement configuration with prisms. A comparison is made with 2D PIV measurements and the accuracy of this stereo PIV algorithm is evaluated. By using this 3D measurement technique, the topology and the main 3D features of the flow around a surface-mounted block are investigated.     

七孔探针可压缩流场测量研究

介绍了七孔探针用于亚音速可压缩流的标定方法。作为一种可以同时获得流动速度大小、流动偏角、总压和静压的气动测量装置,七孔探针被广泛应用于各种流动测量,包括可压缩流动。但是它的校准过程周期很长,代价昂贵,影响了探针的推广。本文以数值计算为手段,对七孔探针进行亚音速可压缩流校准与测量的研究。结果表明,其校准拟合精度流动角为2%,内外区的总静压相对标准偏差都没有超过3%,高于相同状态下的实验校准精度。在实际应用中,本方法用于指导传统实验标定方法,可以节约大量的标定时间和成本,使七孔探针在亚音速可压缩流的测量变得简单可行。     

基于深度学习技术的激波风洞智能测力系统研究

高焓条件气动力测量试验对高超声速飞行器气动外形设计和优化起决定性作用. 通常采用脉冲风洞(如激波风洞)产生高温、高压驱动气体以模拟高超声速高焓试验气流. 在脉冲风洞对高超飞行器模型进行测力试验时, 测力天平输出信号结果无法摆脱惯性载荷的干扰影响, 其导致的测力模型低频振动问题基本无法通过滤波彻底解决, 尤其对试验时间只有几毫秒的情况, 六分量测力天平的结构设计研究受到了极大挑战. 因此, 对实现短试验时间条件高性能测力的深入研究发现, 天平动态校准凸显重要性和必要性. 本研究提出一种新的基于人工智能深度学习技术的单矢量动态自校准方法和智能测力系统概念, 并应用于目前激波风洞测力试验中. 该动校方法的最主要特点之一是对整体测力系统的校准, 而非仅仅针对天平, 并且保证校准的测力系统即为风洞试验对象, 确保校准与应用的一致性. 在测试评估中, 测试样本和风洞试验验证均得到了较为理想的效果, 大幅度低频振动干扰基本被消除, 脉冲风洞测力的精度和可靠性得到了大幅提高.      

Computed tomographic X-ray velocimetry for simultaneous 3D measurement of velocity and geometry in opaque vessels

Computed tomographic X-ray velocimetry has been developed for simultaneous three-dimensional measurement of flow and vessel geometry. The technique uses cross-correlation functions calculated from X-ray projection image pairs acquired at multiple viewing angles to tomographically reconstruct the flow through opaque objects with high resolution. The reconstruction is performed using an iterative, least squares approach. The simultaneous measurement of the object’s structure is performed with a limited projection tomography method. An extensive parametric study using Monte Carlo simulation reveals accurate measurements with as few as 3 projection angles, and a minimum required scan angle of only 30°. When using a single/source detector system, the technique is limited to measurement of periodic or steady flow fields; however, with the use of a multiple source/detector system, instantaneous measurement will be possible. Synchrotron experiments are conducted to demonstrate the simultaneous measurement of structure and flow in a complex geometry with strong three-dimensionality. The technique will find applications in biological flow measurement, and also in engineering applications where optical access is limited, such as in mineral processing.     

Calibrated multichannel electronic interferometry for quantitative flow visualization

Calibrated multichannel electronic interferometry, a new technique for quantitative flow visualization of transient phenomena, is discussed. This technique uses an interferometer combined with diffraction gratings to generate three phase shifted interferograms simultaneously which are used to perform multichannel phase shifting. The optical system is calibrated with no phase object present using standard piezoelectric phase shifting, and this calibration information is stored as an electro-optic hologram. The calibration information is used along with the three phase-shifted interferograms that exist with a phase object present to perform time-resolved phase shifting. Examples using natural convection and separated flows are presented.     

Temperature and velocity flow fields measurements using ultrasonic computer tomography

This paper presents a measurement method to determine the velocity flow field and the temperature in a cross-section of an aerosol chamber by means of the ultrasonic computer tomography. The required high measurement resolution of the propagation time of the ultrasonic impulse through the medium is obtained by a special signal processing technique. Since the propagation direction of a sonic wave in a non-stationary medium is not straight-lined, a ray linking procedure was developed that traces the rays. The combination of the precise propagation time measurement, the ray linking method and a vector algebraic reconstruction technique leads to a␣computer tomographic measurement system for the determination of the temperature distribution and the velocity flow field in a cross-section. Received on 9 June 1997     

DEEP-LEARNING-BASED INTELLIGENT FORCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM USING IN A SHOCK TUNNEL 1)

高焓条件气动力测量试验对高超声速飞行器气动外形设计和优化起决定性作用. 通常采用脉冲风洞(如激波风洞)产生高温、高压驱动气体以模拟高超声速高焓试验气流. 在脉冲风洞对高超飞行器模型进行测力试验时, 测力天平输出信号结果无法摆脱惯性载荷的干扰影响, 其导致的测力模型低频振动问题基本无法通过滤波彻底解决, 尤其对试验时间只有几毫秒的情况, 六分量测力天平的结构设计研究受到了极大挑战. 因此, 对实现短试验时间条件高性能测力的深入研究发现, 天平动态校准凸显重要性和必要性. 本研究提出一种新的基于人工智能深度学习技术的单矢量动态自校准方法和智能测力系统概念, 并应用于目前激波风洞测力试验中. 该动校方法的最主要特点之一是对整体测力系统的校准, 而非仅仅针对天平, 并且保证校准的测力系统即为风洞试验对象, 确保校准与应用的一致性. 在测试评估中, 测试样本和风洞试验验证均得到了较为理想的效果, 大幅度低频振动干扰基本被消除, 脉冲风洞测力的精度和可靠性得到了大幅提高.     

Development,verification and application of a versatile aerosol calibration system for online aerosol instruments

Traditional calibration methods mostly focus on the calibration of detection systems while the calibration from the sampling and pre-condition systems to the detection system is usually ignored. In this regard, a Primary Standard Aerosol Mass Concentration Calibration System (PAMAS) is developed for the whole-process calibration of time-resolved aerosol measurement instruments. PAMAS is composed of a particle generation chamber, an ultrasonic atomizer, a dilution system, and a syringe pump. It is designed to steadily generate standard aerosol particles of known concentrations (≤250 μg/m³), chemical compositions, and stable particle size distributions. Monodispersed aerosol can be generated in the size range of hundreds of nanometers to several micrometers with a narrow size distribution. The generated particles with different compositions generated by PAMAS have been well verified by the filter-based gravimetric method, yielding accuracy and R² of more than 95% and 0.999 in a wide concentration range. The response time by changing the target concentration of reference particles is 1–2 min. PAMAS has been applied to various types of time-resolved aerosol measurement instruments, including particle mass concentration monitors (Beta Attenuation and Tapered Element Oscillating Microbalance), online Ion Chromatograph, and semi-continuous OCEC carbon aerosol analyzer. Very consistent results between PAMAS and calibrated instruments can be obtained if the instruments are functioning well. As for instruments with certain technical issues, PAMAS can serve as a good tool for performance evaluation and quality assurance of the instruments and the accuracy of the measurement data can be adjusted based on the calibration results.     

Three-dimensional concentration field measurements in a mixing layer using magnetic resonance imaging

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to measure the three-dimensional, time-averaged concentration distribution in a turbulent two-stream mixing layer. Test fluids and MRI scanning parameters were chosen to give good signal linearity, and a calibration/normalization procedure was developed to reduce the concentration measurement uncertainty. Plain deionized water mixing with a solution of 0.8% gadopentetate dimeglumine in deionized water were selected as test fluids. The concentration of the marked water was measured on an array of 220,000 0.69 mm³ voxels covering the entire flow apparatus. Planar laser-induced fluorescence experiments were performed on the flow centerplane to provide validation data. The uncertainty of a single voxel measurement was estimated to be less than 12% with the largest source of uncertainty being turbulent dephasing. Averaging two runs in which the marked water was switched between the two streams reduced the uncertainty to only 4%. The complete magnetic resonance concentration (MRC) procedure including the adjustment of scanning parameters, a background run, two reference/calibration runs, and multiple concentration measurement runs can be completed in 2–3 h. This work establishes MRC as a viable technique for studying the mixing in complex turbulent liquid flows.     

Modified calibration technique of a five-hole probe for high flow angles

A new method is described for calibrating a five-hole probe for extending the useful measurement range up to flow angularities of 85°. The calibration method involves adjustment of the calibration coefficients to allow valid calibration at larger flow angles. The extended range calibration curves for flow angularity, total and static pressures are presented. The present range is valid in pitch only when the yaw ports are nulled.     

The application of a time-domain deconvolution technique for identification of experimental acoustic-emission signals

A method is presented for the signature analysis of pulses by reconstructing in the time domain the shape of the pulse prior to its passing through the measurement system. This deconvolution technique is first evaluated using an idealized system and analytical pulse models and is shown to provide improved results. An experimental situation is then treated; system-component models are developed for the digitizer, tape recorder, filter, transducer and mechanical structure. To accommodate both calibration results and manufacturer's data, and to provide stable mathematical models entails considerable effort: some 30 parameters must be identified to model this system—which is still a substantial approximation—albeit of very high order. Experimental pulses generated by a ball drop, spark discharge and a tearing crack are then deconvoluted ‘back through’ the system as modeled, using this technique. These results are compared and indicate (a) that consistent shapes may be expected from a given type of source and (b) that some sources can be identified with greater clarity using the deconvolution approach.     

Direct measurement and computational analysis of turbulence length scales of a motored engine

This paper presents a direct measurement technique and the computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of in-cylinder turbulence length scales of the flow inside a motored engine. A two-point simultaneous measurement technique was devised using a two-probe laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) system. The engine was made transparent by replacing the liner with a quartz tube. The operating condition was set at the motoring speed of 500 rpm. This paper demonstrates the measurement of radially separated lateral and longitudinal integral length scales at the location of 13 mm beneath the center of the cylinder head. The measured integral length scales were then compared with the computational turbulence dissipation length scale resulted from a k– model in an engine simulation code, KIVA-3. The comparison shows a reasonable level of agreement in both tendency and magnitude in such a complex flow field.