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High-resolution flying-PIV with optical fiber laser delivery

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Implementation of non-intrusive optical measurement techniques, such as particle image velocimetry (PIV), in harsh environments requires specialized techniques for introducing controlled laser sheets to the region of interest. Large earthquake shake tables are a particularly challenging environment. Lasers must be mounted away from the table, and the laser sheet has to be delivered precisely and stably to the measurement station. Here, high-power multi-mode step-index fiber optics enable introduction of light from an Nd:YLF pulsed laser to a remote test section. Such lasers are suitable for coupling to optical fibers, which presents a portable, flexible, and safe manner to deliver a PIV light sheet. Best practices for their implementation are reviewed. Particular attention is focused on obtaining a collimated beam of acceptable quality at the output of the fiber. To achieve high spatial resolution, the PIV camera is directly mounted on the moving shake table with care to minimize its vibrations. A special arrangement of PIV planes is deployed for precise in-situ PIV alignment and to monitor and account for residual structure vibrations and beam wandering. The design of the instruments is detailed. Here, an experimental facility for the study of nuclear fuel bundle response to seismic forcing near prototypical conditions is instrumented. Only through integration of a high-resolution flying-PIV system can velocity fields be acquired. Data indicate that in the presence of a mean axial flow, a secondary oscillatory flow develops as the bundle oscillates. Instantaneous, phase-averaged, and fluctuating velocity fields illustrate this phenomenon.

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Acknowledgments

This work was funded by the DOE NEUP program. The author would like to thank the following students without whom this project would not have been a success; Shadman Hussain, Michael Button, Christopher D. Fu, Gabriel J. Soto, Carl Sickel, Donna Ly, Pierre Korysko, and Charles Fort.

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  1. Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA

    Noah A. Weichselbaum, Matthieu A. André & Philippe M. Bardet

  2. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, 20052, USA

    Morteza Rahimi-Abkenar & Majid T. Manzari

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Weichselbaum, N.A., André, M.A., Rahimi-Abkenar, M. et al. High-resolution flying-PIV with optical fiber laser delivery. Exp Fluids 57, 75 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-016-2154-4

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