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Full field flow visualization and computer-aided velocity measurements in a bank of cylinders in a wind tunnel

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The full field flow tracking (FFFT) method that is presented in this paper uses a laser-generated, mechanically strobed planar sheet of light, a low luminosity TV camera coupled with a long distance microscope, and a computer-controlled videorecorder to study non-intrusively and qualitatively the flow structures in a bank of cylinders that are placed in a wind tunnel. This setup simulates an upscale version of the geometry of internal cooling passageways characteristic of small air-cooled radial turbines. The qualitative images supplied by the FFFT system are processed by means of a computer-integrated image quantification (CIIQ) method into quantitative information, trajectories and velocities, that describes the flow upstream of and within the bank of cylinders. The tracking method is lagrangian in concept, and permits identification and tracking of the same particle, thus facilitating construction of time dependent trajectories and the calculation of true velocities and accelerations. The error analysis evaluates the accuracy with which the seed particles follow the flow and the errors incurred during the quantitative processing of the raw data derived from the FFFT/ CIIQ method.

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  1. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, University of Akron, 44325, Akron, Ohio, USA

    M. J. Braun & V. A. Canacci

  2. NASA Lewis Research Center, 44135, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

    L. M. Russell

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Braun, M.J., Canacci, V.A. & Russell, L.M. Full field flow visualization and computer-aided velocity measurements in a bank of cylinders in a wind tunnel. Experiments in Fluids 13, 117–127 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218157

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