Abstract
A new photographic method has been developed for the experimental study of 3D velocity fields, by means of which the three components of velocity can be simultaneously determined from one single photograph. This technique is based on the usual PIV and PTV ones; the production of appropriate stroboscopic illumination enables to measure the third component of velocity in the direction orthogonal to the illuminated plane.
The hardware required for its implementation is modest, and the evaluation of the measurements is simple. Until now, this technique was only applied to low Reynolds number flows.
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The research was supported by the FNRS (National Foundation for Scientific Research); the authors also thank the ECC for financial support, as part of the Joule program.
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Halloin, V.L., Jottrand, R. A new technique for the experimental study of 3D velocity fields. Experiments in Fluids 17, 115–118 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02412813
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02412813