On the Impulse Produced by Chordwise Flexible Pitching Foils in a Quiescent Fluid

2017 ◽  
Vol 140 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Francisco J. Huera-Huarte
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image ◽  
Thrust Force ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry Data ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Flexural Stiffness ◽  
Force Measurements ◽  
Vortex Strength ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Quiescent Fluid

In this paper, a parametric study showing the impulsive performance of foils with different flexural stiffness pitching in a quiescent fluid is presented. A wide range of Reynolds numbers (different imposed kinematics) and foil rigidities is covered, depicting how flexibility effects on impulse are more important at the largest Reynolds numbers. The impulsive performance of the system is derived from direct thrust force measurements. Passive flexibility alters vortex strength and formation in the wake of the pitching foil. These changes in the wake formation can be used to explain the differences in the measured impulses. The wake dynamics is studied after quantitative analysis of particle image velocimetry data, and it is linked to the momentum transfer generated by the foil.

A particle image velocimetry study on the pulsatile flow characteristics in straight tubes with an asymmetric bulge

2000 ◽  
Vol 214 (5) ◽  
pp. 655-671 ◽  
Author(s):  
S C M Yu ◽  
J B Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Steady Flow ◽  
Pulsatile Flow ◽  
Flow Condition ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Flow Characteristics ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Working Fluid ◽  
Flow Conditions ◽  
Image Velocimetry

Flow characteristics in straight tubes with an asymmetric bulge have been investigated using particle image velocimetry (PIV) over a range of Reynolds numbers from 600 to 1200 and at a Womersley number of 22. A mixture of glycerine and water (approximately 40:60 by volume) was used as the working fluid. The study was carried out because of their relevance in some aspects of physiological flows, such as arterial flow through a sidewall aneurysm. Results for both steady and pulsatile flow conditions were obtained. It was found that at a steady flow condition, a weak recirculating vortex formed inside the bulge. The recirculation became stronger at higher Reynolds numbers but weaker at larger bulge sizes. The centre of the vortex was located close to the distal neck. At pulsatile flow conditions, the vortex appeared and disappeared at different phases of the cycle, and the sequence was only punctuated by strong forward flow behaviour (near the peak flow condition). In particular, strong flow interactions between the parent tube and the bulge were observed during the deceleration phase. Stents and springs were used to dampen the flow movement inside the bulge. It was found that the recirculation vortex could be eliminated completely in steady flow conditions using both devices. However, under pulsatile flow conditions, flow velocities inside the bulge could not be suppressed completely by both devices, but could be reduced by more than 80 per cent.

Simultaneous Measurement of Temperature and Velocity in Turbulent Buoyant Plume by Combined LIF and PIV Technique

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshie Watanabe ◽  
Yuji Hashizume ◽  
Nobuyuki Fujisawa
Keyword(s):  
Simultaneous Measurement ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Fluorescent Dyes ◽  
Buoyant Plume ◽  
Thermal Flow ◽  
Piv Technique ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
High Temperature Sensitivity ◽  
Surrounding Fluid

An experimental technique for simultaneous measurement of temperature and velocity in a thermal flow is described. This technique is based on the two-color laser-induced fluorescence technique combined with the particle image velocimetry. Illumination is provided from Nd:YAG laser and the fluorescent dyes are chosen as Rhodamine B and Fluorescent Sodium, which combination allows the accurate velocity measurement in a wide range of flow velocity and high temperature sensitivity in temperature measurement. The measurement of temperature and velocity in turbulent buoyant plume is carried out by this method, and the structure of the plume is studied in connection with the entrainment of surrounding fluid at the interface.

scholarly journals Correlation Analysis of High-Resolution Particle Image Velocimetry Data of Screeching Jets

AIAA Journal ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 735-748 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Tan ◽  
D. Honnery ◽  
A. Kalyan ◽  
V. Gryazev ◽  
S. A. Karabasov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry Data ◽  
Image Velocimetry

The Effects of Fish Cages on Ambient Currents

2011 ◽  
Vol 134 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lars C. Gansel ◽  
Thomas A. McClimans ◽  
Dag Myrhaug
Keyword(s):  
Drag Force ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Strain Gauges ◽  
Metal Mesh ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Flow Through ◽  
Fish Cages ◽  
Ambient Currents ◽  
Wake Characteristics

Experiments were carried out to measure forces on and wake characteristics downstream from fish cages. Cylinders made from metal mesh with porosities of 0%, 30%, 60%, 75%, 82%, and 90% were tested in a towing tank. The drag force was measured with strain gauges, and the flow field downstream from the models was analyzed using particle image velocimetry. The Reynolds numbers ranged from 1000–20,000 based on the model diameter and 15–300 based on the diameter of the strings of the mesh as an independent obstacle. High porosities (here, 82% and 90%) lead to low water blockage and allow a substantial amount of water to flow through the model. The data indicate that the wake characteristics change toward the wake characteristics of a solid cylinder at a porosity just below 75%. The drag force is highly dependent on the porosity for high porosities of a cylinder.

Measurement of Velocity Profiles of Laminar to Turbulent Water Flows in a Tube Using Particle Image Velocimetry

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith R. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Reynolds Number ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Glass Tube ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Velocity Profiles ◽  
Reynolds Number Flow ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
Dye Visualization ◽  
Number Flow

The transition from laminar to turbulent in-tube flow is studied in this paper. Water flow in a glass tube with an inside diameter of 21.7 mm was investigated by two methods. First, a dye visualization test using a setup similar to the 1883 experiment of Osborne Reynolds was conducted. For the dye visualization, Reynolds numbers ranging from approximately 1000 to 3500 were tested and the transition from laminar to turbulent flow was observed between Reynolds numbers of 2500 and 3500. For the second method, a particle image velocimetry (PIV) system was used to measure the velocity profiles of flow in the same glass tube at Reynolds numbers ranging from approximately 500 to 9000. The resulting velocity profiles were compared to theoretical laminar profiles and empirical turbulent power-law profiles. Good agreement was found between the lower Reynolds number flow and the laminar profile, and between the higher Reynolds number flow and turbulent power-law profile. In between the flow appeared to be in a transition region and deviated some between the two profiles.

scholarly journals On the mechanism of trailing vortex wandering

2016 ◽  
Vol 801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam M. Edstrand ◽  
Timothy B. Davis ◽  
Peter J. Schmid ◽  
Kunihiko Taira ◽  
Louis N. Cattafesta
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry Data ◽  
Primary Stability ◽  
Measured Velocity ◽  
Naca0012 Airfoil ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Proper Orthogonal ◽  
Tunnel Effects ◽  
Helical Mode

The mechanism of trailing vortex wandering has long been debated and is often attributed to either wind-tunnel effects or an instability. Using particle image velocimetry data obtained in the wake of a NACA0012 airfoil, we remove the effect of wandering from the measured velocity field and, through a triple decomposition, recover the coherent wandering motion. Based on this wandering motion, the most energetic structures are computed using the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) and exhibit a helical mode with an azimuthal wavenumber of $|m|=1$ whose kinetic energy grows monotonically in the downstream direction. To investigate the nature of the vortex wandering, we perform a spatial stability analysis of a matched Batchelor vortex. The primary stability mode is found to be marginally stable and nearly identical in both size and structure to the leading POD mode. The strikingly similar structure, coupled with the measured energy growth, supports the proposition that the vortex wandering is the result of an instability. We conclude that the cause of the wandering is the non-zero radial velocity of the $|m|=1$ mode on the vortex centreline, which acts to transversely displace the trailing vortex, as observed in experiments. However, the marginal nature of the stability mode prevents a definitive conclusion regarding the specific type of instability.

Entrainment and topology of accelerating shear layers

2016 ◽  
Vol 811 ◽  
pp. 37-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe A. Rosi ◽  
David E. Rival
Keyword(s):  
Shear Layer ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Point Vortex ◽  
Reynolds Numbers ◽  
Shear Layers ◽  
Circular Path ◽  
Entrainment Rate ◽  
Time Resolved ◽  
And Topology ◽  
Image Velocimetry

A constantly accelerating circular plate was investigated towards understanding the effect of non-stationarity on shear-layer entrainment and topology. Dye visualizations and time-resolved particle image velocimetry measurements were collected for normalized accelerations spanning three orders of magnitude. Increasing acceleration acts to organize shear-layer topology. Specifically, the Kelvin–Helmholtz instabilities within the shear layer better adhered to a circular path and exhibited consistent and repeatable spacing. Normalized starting-vortex circulation was observed to collapse with increasing acceleration, which one might not expect due to increased levels of mixing at higher instantaneous Reynolds numbers. The entrainment rate was shown to increase nonlinearly with increasing acceleration. This was attributed to closer spacing between instabilities, which better facilitates the roll-up of fluid between the shear layer and vortex core. The shear-layer organization observed at higher accelerations was associated with smaller spacings between instabilities. Specifically, analogous point-vortex simulations demonstrated that decreasing the spacing between instabilities acts to localize and dampen perturbations within an accelerating shear layer.

scholarly journals Data assimilation method to de-noise and de-filter particle image velocimetry data

2019 ◽  
Vol 877 ◽  
pp. 196-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jurriaan J. J. Gillissen ◽  
Roland Bouffanais ◽  
Dick K. P. Yue
Keyword(s):  
Particle Image Velocimetry ◽  
Data Assimilation ◽  
Particle Image ◽  
Particle Image Velocimetry Data ◽  
Reconstruction Error ◽  
Integration Time ◽  
Piv Measurement ◽  
Image Velocimetry ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Filter Particle

We present a variational data assimilation method in order to improve the accuracy of velocity fields $\tilde{\boldsymbol{v}}$, that are measured using particle image velocimetry (PIV). The method minimises the space–time integral of the difference between the reconstruction $\boldsymbol{u}$ and $\tilde{\boldsymbol{v}}$, under the constraint, that $\boldsymbol{u}$ satisfies conservation of mass and momentum. We apply the method to synthetic velocimetry data, in a two-dimensional turbulent flow, where realistic PIV noise is generated by computationally mimicking the PIV measurement process. The method performs optimally when the assimilation integration time is of the order of the flow correlation time. We interpret these results by comparing them to one-dimensional diffusion and advection problems, for which we derive analytical expressions for the reconstruction error.

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