Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

A spatial correlation technique for estimating velocity fields using molecular tagging velocimetry (MTV)

  • Originals
  • Published:
Experiments in Fluids Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

A direct spatial image correlation technique is presented for estimating the Lagrangian displacement vector from image pairs based on molecular tagging diagnostics. The procedure provides significant improvement in measurement accuracy compared to existing approaches for molecular tagging velocimetry (MTV) analysis. Furthermore, this technique is of more general utility in that it is able to accommodate other laser tagging patterns besides the usual grid arrangement. Simulations are performed to determine the effects of many experimental and processing issues on the sub-pixel accuracy of displacement estimates. The results provide guidelines for optimizing the implementation of MTV. Experimental data in support of this processing technique are provided.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  • Chu CC; Wang CT; Hsieh CS (1993) An experimental investigation of vortex motions near surfaces. Phys Fluids A 5: 662

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Falco RE; Chu CC (1987) Measurement of two-dimensional fluid dynamic quantities using a photochromic grid tracing technique. SPIE 814: 706

    Google Scholar 

  • Falco RE; Nocera DG (1993) Quantitative multipoint measurements and visualization of dense liquid-solid flows using Laser Induced Photochemical Anemometry (LIPA): In: Particulate Two-Phase Flow (M. C. Rocco, editor: London). Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 59–126

  • Fincham AM; Spedding GR (1995) Velocity bandwidth, discretization errors and peak-locking phenomena in DPIV measurements. Bull Am Phy Soc 40: 2000

    Google Scholar 

  • Gendrich CP; Koochesfahani MM; Nocera DG (1994) Analysis of molecular tagging velocimetry images for obtaining simultaneous multi-point velocity vectors. Bull Am Phy Soc 39: 1980

    Google Scholar 

  • Hill RB; Klewicki JC (1994) Developments and Applications of laser induced phtochemical anemometry. ASME Fluid Egr Div 191, Laser Anemometry - 1994: Advances and Applications, pp 209–216

  • Hill RB; Klewicki JC (1996) Data reduction methods for flow tagging velocity measurements. Exp Fluids 20: 142

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Huang HT; Fiedler HE; Wang JJ (1993) Limitation and improvement of PIV, Part II: particle image distortion, a novel technique. Exp Fluids 15: 263

    Google Scholar 

  • Keane RD; Adrian RJ (1992) Theory of cross-correlation analysis of PIV images. Appl Sci Res 49: 191

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Koochesfahani MM; Gendrich CP; Nocera DG (1993) A new technique for studying the Lagrangian evolution of mixing interfaces in water flows. Bull Am Phy Soc 38: 2287

    Google Scholar 

  • Koochesfahani MM; Cohn RK; Gendrich CP; Nocera DG (1996) Molecular tagging diagnostics for the study of kinematics and mixing in liquid phase flows. Proceedings of the Eighth International Symposium on Applications of Laser Techniques to Fluid Mechanics, July 8–11, 1996, Lisbon, Portugal

  • Lempert WR; Magee K; Ronney P; Gee KR; Haugland RP (1995) Flow tagging velocimetry in incompressible flow using photo-activated nonintrusive tracking of molecular motion (PHANTOMM). Exp Fluids 18: 249

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Maas HG; Stefanidis A; Gruen A (1994) Feature tracking in 3-D fluid tomography sequences. First IEEE Int. Conf. on Image Processing, Austin, Texas, November 13–16, 1994

  • Miles R; Cohen C; Conners J; Howard P; Huang S; Markovitz E; Russel G (1987) Velocity measurements by vibrational tagging and fluorescent probing of oxygen. Opt Lett 12: 861

    Google Scholar 

  • Ponce A; Wong PA; Way JJ; Nocera DG (1993) Intense phosphorescence triggered by alcohols upon formation of a cyclodextrin ternary complex. J Phys Chem 97: 11137

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Roesgen T; Totaro R (1995) Two-dimensional on-line particle imaging velocimetry. Exp Fluids 19: 188

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Stier B (1994) An investigation of fluid flow during induction stroke of a water analog model of an IC engine using an innovative optical velocimetry concept - LIPA. PhD Dissertation, Michigan State University

  • Tokumaru PT; Dimotakis PE (1995) Image correlation velocimetry. Exp Fluids 19: 1

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Utami T; Blackwelder RF; Ueno T (1991) A cross-correlation technique for velocity field extraction from particulate visualization. Exp Fluids 10: 213

    Article  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 48824, East Lansing, MI, USA

    C. P. Gendrich & M. M. Koochesfahani

Authors
  1. C. P. Gendrich
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. M. M. Koochesfahani
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Additional information

This work was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under grants F49620-92-1-0338 and F49620-95-1-0391. This work made use of MRSEC shared facilities supported by the National Science Foundation Award Number DMR-9400417. The authors would also like to thank Richard Cohn for his assistance in preparing the manuscript.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Gendrich, C.P., Koochesfahani, M.M. A spatial correlation technique for estimating velocity fields using molecular tagging velocimetry (MTV). Experiments in Fluids 22, 67–77 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01893307

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01893307

Keywords

Search

Navigation