Noninvasive Measurement of Time-Varying Three-Dimensional Relative Pressure Fields Within the Human Heart

2002 ◽  
Vol 124 (3) ◽  
pp. 288-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Ebbers ◽  
L. Wigstro¨m ◽  
A. F. Bolger ◽  
B. Wranne ◽  
M. Karlsson

Understanding cardiac blood flow patterns is important in the assessment of cardiovascular function. Three-dimensional flow and relative pressure fields within the human left ventricle are demonstrated by combining velocity measurements with computational fluid mechanics methods. The velocity field throughout the left atrium and ventricle of a normal human heart is measured using time-resolved three-dimensional phase-contrast MRI. Subsequently, the time-resolved three-dimensional relative pressure is calculated from this velocity field using the pressure Poisson equation. Noninvasive simultaneous assessment of cardiac pressure and flow phenomena is an important new tool for studying cardiac fluid dynamics.

1993 ◽  
Vol 115 (3) ◽  
pp. 468-476 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. C. Stauter

A two-color, five-beam LDV system has been configured to make simultaneous three-component velocity measurements of the flow field in a two-stage axial compressor model. The system has been used to make time-resolved measurements both between compressor blade rows and within the rotating blade passages in an axial compressor. The data show the nature and behavior of the complex, three-dimensional flow phenomena present in the tip region of a compressor as they convect downstream. In particular, the nature of the tip leakage vortex is apparent, being manifested by high blockage as well as the expected vortical motion. The data indicate that the radial flows associated with the tip leakage vortex begin to decrease while within the rotor passage, and that they temporarily increase aft of the passage.


Author(s):  
M. Zarzecki ◽  
F. J. Diez

Holographic particle image velocimetry (PIV) is a novel application of holography that allows for tracking of small particle sized objects in a small volume. Whereas regular PIV allows for the two in-plane components of the velocity field to be measured, and stereoscopic PIV allows for the three-components of the velocity field to be measured in a thin plane, holographic PIV allows for the three-components of the velocity to be measured for each individual particle present in the measuring volume, thus allowing to fully resolve fluid flows that are inherently 3D in nature. There are many examples of three dimensional flows in nature including turbulence flows, but another very interesting application very well suited for this technique involves tracking living microorganisms in order to study their motion and their means of propulsion. As part of this research a micro organism was tracked in three dimensions using a high speed microscopic holographic imaging method. The ability to track organisms in 3D allows better understanding and characterizing of their behavior including their propulsion methods, their feeding methods and their interaction with each other. The time resolved holograms were reconstructed in Matlab using Fast Fourier Transforms. A laser pointer was used as a source of coherent light, and a high speed PIV camera (Photron APX Ultima) was used to capture the images. A beam expander was used to increase the diameter of the laser beam allowing for a larger tracking area. Results with this system will show the trajectories in 3D of microorganisms as well as the three components of the velocity field showing the interaction of the organisms with their environment.


Lab on a Chip ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 660-663 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodrigo Segura ◽  
Massimiliano Rossi ◽  
Christian Cierpka ◽  
Christian J. Kähler

TLC thermography and APTV for simultaneous time-resolved 3D temperature and velocity measurements in microflows.


Author(s):  
R. C. Stauter

A two-color, five-beam LDV system has been configured to make simultaneous three-component velocity measurements of the flow field in a two-stage axial compressor model. The system has been used to make time-resolved measurements both between compressor blade rows as well as within the rotating blade passages in an axial compressor. The data show the nature and behavior of the complex, three-dimensional flow phenomena present in the tip region of a compressor as they convect downstream. In particular, the nature of the tip leakage vortex is apparent, being manifested by high blockage as well as the expected vortical motion. The data indicate that the radial flows associated with the tip leakage vortex begin to decrease while within the rotor passage, and that they temporarily increase aft of the passage.


2014 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1716-1725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonatan Eriksson ◽  
Ann F. Bolger ◽  
Carl‐Johan Carlhäll ◽  
Tino Ebbers

2013 ◽  
Vol 730 ◽  
pp. 559-592 ◽  
Author(s):  
André V. G. Cavalieri ◽  
Daniel Rodríguez ◽  
Peter Jordan ◽  
Tim Colonius ◽  
Yves Gervais

AbstractWe study the velocity fields of unforced, high Reynolds number, subsonic jets, issuing from round nozzles with turbulent boundary layers. The objective of the study is to educe wavepackets in such flows and to explore their relationship with the radiated sound. The velocity field is measured using a hot-wire anemometer and a stereoscopic, time-resolved PIV system. The field can be decomposed into frequency and azimuthal Fourier modes. The low-angle sound radiation is measured synchronously with a microphone ring array. Consistent with previous observations, the azimuthal wavenumber spectra of the velocity and acoustic pressure fields are distinct. The velocity spectrum of the initial mixing layer exhibits a peak at azimuthal wavenumbers $m$ ranging from 4 to 11, and the peak is found to scale with the local momentum thickness of the mixing layer. The acoustic pressure field is, on the other hand, predominantly axisymmetric, suggesting an increased relative acoustic efficiency of the axisymmetric mode of the velocity field, a characteristic that can be shown theoretically to be caused by the radial compactness of the sound source. This is confirmed by significant correlations, as high as 10 %, between the axisymmetric modes of the velocity and acoustic pressure fields, these values being significantly higher than those reported for two-point flow–acoustic correlations in subsonic jets. The axisymmetric and first helical modes of the velocity field are then compared with solutions of linear parabolized stability equations (PSE) to ascertain if these modes correspond to linear wavepackets. For all but the lowest frequencies close agreement is obtained for the spatial amplification, up to the end of the potential core. The radial shapes of the linear PSE solutions also agree with the experimental results over the same region. The results suggests that, despite the broadband character of the turbulence, the evolution of Strouhal numbers $0. 3\leq St\leq 0. 9$ and azimuthal modes 0 and 1 can be modelled as linear wavepackets, and these are associated with the sound radiated to low polar angles.


1997 ◽  
Vol 119 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. G. Wiedner ◽  
C. Camci

Three-dimensional measurements of the mean velocity field have been made in a square-cross-sectional, strongly curved, 90 deg turbulent duct flow. The mean radius to duct width ratio was 2.3. The study was performed as part of an overall investigation of the physics of endwall convective heat transfer. All three components of the velocity vector and the static and total pressure fields were measured using a five-hole probe at four duct cross sections: inlet, 0, 45, and 90 deg. Preliminary turbulence measurements using a single sensor hot wire at the inlet cross section were also obtained to provide streamwise fluctuation levels through the boundary layer. The endwall heat transfer coefficient distribution was determined using a steady-state measurement technique and liquid crystal thermography. A high-resolution heat transfer map of the endwall surface from far upstream of the curve through the 90 deg cross section is presented. The three-dimensional velocity field measurements indicate that a highly symmetric, strong secondary flow develops in the duct with a significant transfer of streamwise momentum to the transverse directions. The cross-stream vorticity components within the measurement plane were estimated using the five-hole probe data and an inviscid from of the incompressible momentum equation. The development of the total and static pressure fields, the three-dimensional mean velocity field, and all three components of the vorticity field are discussed. The endwall heat transfer distribution is interpreted with respect to the measured mean flow quantities.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon J. Hedley ◽  
Tim Schröder ◽  
Florian Steiner ◽  
Theresa Eder ◽  
Felix J. Hofmann ◽  
...  

AbstractThe particle-like nature of light becomes evident in the photon statistics of fluorescence from single quantum systems as photon antibunching. In multichromophoric systems, exciton diffusion and subsequent annihilation occurs. These processes also yield photon antibunching but cannot be interpreted reliably. Here we develop picosecond time-resolved antibunching to identify and decode such processes. We use this method to measure the true number of chromophores on well-defined multichromophoric DNA-origami structures, and precisely determine the distance-dependent rates of annihilation between excitons. Further, this allows us to measure exciton diffusion in mesoscopic H- and J-type conjugated-polymer aggregates. We distinguish between one-dimensional intra-chain and three-dimensional inter-chain exciton diffusion at different times after excitation and determine the disorder-dependent diffusion lengths. Our method provides a powerful lens through which excitons can be studied at the single-particle level, enabling the rational design of improved excitonic probes such as ultra-bright fluorescent nanoparticles and materials for optoelectronic devices.


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