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Turbulence measurements in a grid mixing tank

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Si è utilizzato un laser-doppler per la misura dell'abbattimento della turbolenza generata da una griglia in moto verticale-oscillatorio. Tali misure, oltre a rivestire interesse teorico, tendono a valutare le variazioni delle scale di lunghezza e velocità del moto turbolento in funzione della profondità (distanza dalla griglia). I risultati concordano con precedenti esperimenti con i quali si è dimostrato che l'energia cinetica legata a tale turbolenza decresce con l'inverso del quadrato della distanza dalla griglia.

I dati, rilevati con l'ausilio di un calcolatore, sono stati usati per calcolare gli spettri di energia e quindi analizzare lo sviluppo del moto del fluido incrementando la profondità. Si è mostrato che la turbolenza si sviluppa a profondità maggiori di circa due volte la dimensione della maglia che costituisce la griglia.

Si sono infine discussi i problemi connessi con i disturbi di fondo di diversa natura presenti nell'acquisizione dati.

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An experiment is described in which a laser-Doppler anemometer was used to measure the spatial decay of turbulence generated by a vertically oscillating grid. In addition to being of theoretical interest, these measurements are necessary for scaling results from mixed-layer entrainment experiments. The main result of the present experiments is the determination of the variation of the length and velocity scales of the grid-induced motion as a function of distance from the grid. The results confirm previous reports that the turbulent kinetic energy (actually, the mean square fluctuating velocity) decreases approximately with the inverse square of the distance from the grid. Power spectra are calculated for the velocity signal and these, along with the raw data, are used to analyze the development of fluid motion with increasing distance from the grid. It is shown that true turbulence is not obtained for depths less than about two mesh spacings from the grid. Problems with background noise in the laser signal are also discussed.

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  1. Joseph F. Atkinson
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  2. Leonardo Damiani
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Readers interested in more details, may request them to Dott. Ing. L. Damiani, Ist. di Idraulica e Costruzioni Idrauliche, Facoltà di Ingegneria Università di Bari, Via Re David 200, 70125 Bari.

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Atkinson, J.F., Damiani, L. Turbulence measurements in a grid mixing tank. Meccanica 21, 87–93 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01560625

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