Dynamic response of micro-pillar sensors measuring fluctuating wall-shear-stress |
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Authors: | Ch Brücker D Bauer H Chaves |
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Institution: | 1.Institut für Mechanik und Fluiddynamik, Lehrstuhl für Str?mungsmechanik und Str?mungsmaschinen,TU Bergakademie Freiberg,Freiberg,Germany |
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Abstract: | We present in this paper test results of flexible micro-pillars and pillar arrays for wall shear stress measurements in flows
with fluctuating wall shear stress such as unsteady separated flows or turbulent flows. Previous papers reported on the sensing
principle and fabrication process. Static calibrations have shown this sensor to have a maximum nonlinearity of 1% over two
orders of wall-shear-stress. For measurements in flows with fluctuating wall shear stress the dynamic response has been experimentally
verified in an oscillating pipe flow and compared to a calculated response based on Stokes’ and Oseen’s solution for unsteady
flow around a cylinder. The results demonstrate good agreement under the given boundary conditions of cylindrical micro-pillars
and the limit of viscous Stokes-flow around the pillar. Depending on the fluid and pillar geometry, different response curves
result ranging from a flat low-pass filtered response to a strong resonant behavior. Two different methods are developed to
detect the frequency content and the directional wall shear stress information from image processing of large sensor films
with arrays of micro-pillars of different geometry. Design rules are given to achieve the optimal conditions with respect
to signal-to-noise ratio, sensitivity and bandwidth for measurements in turbulent flows. |
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