Measurement of the oscillatory flow field inside tapered cylindrical inkjet nozzles using micro-particle image velocimetry

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 635-646 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Cheng ◽  
A. Ahmadi ◽  
K. C. Cheung
Author(s):  
Tariq Ahmad ◽  
Ibrahim Hassan ◽  
Roland Muwanga

An experimental study has been carried out to explore the laminar hydrodynamic development length in the entrance region of adiabatic square microchannels. Flow field measurements are acquired through the use of micro-Particle Image Velocimetry (micro-PIV), a non-intrusive particle tracking and flow observation technique. With the application of micro-PIV, entrance length flow field data is obtained for two different microchannel hydraulic diameters of 500 μm and 100 μm, both of which have cross-sectional aspect ratios of one. The working fluid is distilled water, and velocity profile data is acquired over a laminar Reynolds number range from 0 to 200. The test sections were designed as to provide a sharpedged microchannel inlet from an infinitely sized reservoir, at least 100 times wider and higher than the microchannel hydraulic diameter. Also, all microchannels have a length-to-diameter ratio of at least 100, to assure fully developed flow at the channel exit. The micro-PIV procedure is validated in the fully developed region with comparison to Navier-Stokes momentum equations. Good agreement was found with comparison to conventional entrance length correlations for ducts, and no influence of scaling was observed.


Author(s):  
Ralph Nasarek ◽  
Steve Wereley ◽  
Peter Stephan

Due to the relevance of capillary flows for industrial applications, the dynamics of menisci have been extensively investigated. Contrary to the meniscus velocity, the flow pattern near the meniscus is rather unexplored. The main focus of this study is the visualization of the flow field near the fast moving meniscus with micro particle image velocimetry (μPIV). Therefore an invasive flow of ethanol in a vertical cylindrical glass tube is investigated. The entrance of the tube is located inside a reservoir with a rising liquid surface. Especially near the tube entrance the flow is high dynamical (ca. 120 mm/s) which necessitates high temporal resolution measurement techniques. Flow field measurements at several positions in flow direction have been conducted to compare the meniscus shape and the flow fields near the three phase contact line. The flow pattern near the meniscus is extremely complex. While the typical Hagen-Poiseuille profile with no radial velocity component is to be found far from the meniscus, the flow near the meniscus cannot be a convex velocity profile. As a matter of fact the meniscus movement is characterized by adsorption of the liquid near the wall and liquid transport from the middle of the flow to the three phase contact line. This special flow pattern has been examined. Furthermore it was found that the shape of the meniscus varies over the whole invasion of the tube. The curvature of the meniscus and therefore the contact angle between solid and liquid are getting smaller over the infiltration length which has influence on the capillary force. Measurements near the entrance of the tube show an acceleration of the liquid column until it reaches a certain speed and after that a deceleration. To determine the velocity of the raising meniscus, global measurements of the whole tube have been performed.


2002 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 794-800 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Dierksheide ◽  
P. Meyer ◽  
T. Hovestadt ◽  
W. Hentschel

2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 1039-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily J. Berg ◽  
Jessica L. Weisman ◽  
Michael J. Oldham ◽  
Risa J. Robinson

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renqiang Xiong ◽  
J. N. Chung

Flow structures and pressure drops were investigated in rectangular serpentine micro-channels with miter bends which had hydraulic diameters of 0.209mm, 0.395mm and 0.549mm respectively. To evaluate the bend effect, the additional pressure drop due to the miter bend must be obtained. Three groups of micro-channels were fabricated to remove the inlet and outlet losses. A validated micro-particle image velocimetry (μPIV) system was used to achieve the flow structure in a serpentine micro-channel with hydraulic diameter of 0.173mm. The experimental results show the vortices around the outer and inner walls of the bend do not form when Re<100. Those vortices appear and continue to develop with the Re number when Re> 100-300, and the shape and size of the vortices almost remain constant when Re>1000. The bend loss coefficient Kb was observed to be related with the Re number when Re<100, with the Re number and channel size when Re>100. It almost keeps constant and changes in the range of ± 10% When Re is larger than some value in 1300-1500. And a size effect on Kb was also observed.


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