Angular Bias Errors in Three-Component Laser Velocimeter Measurements

1996 ◽  
Vol 118 (3) ◽  
pp. 555-561 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao-Yi Chen ◽  
P. J. Kim ◽  
D. T. Walker

For three-component laser velocimeter systems, the change in projected area of the coincident measurement volume for different flow directions will introduce an “angular” bias in naturally sampled data. In this study, the effect of turbulence level and orientation of the measurement volumes on angular bias errors was examined. The operation of a typical three-component laser velocimeter was simulated using a Monte Carlo technique. Results for the specific configuration examined show that for turbulence levels less than 10 percent no significant bias errors in the mean velocities will occur and errors in the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) velocities will be less than 3 percent for all orientations. For turbulence levels less than 30 percent, component mean velocity bias errors less than 5 percent of the mean velocity vector magnitude can be attained with proper orientation of the measurement volume; however, the r.m.s. velocities may be in error as much as 10 percent. For turbulence levels above 50 percent, there is no orientation which will yield accurate estimates of all three mean velocities; component mean velocity errors as large as 15 percent of the mean velocity vector magnitude may be encountered.

1988 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Morrison ◽  
M. C. Johnson ◽  
G. B. Tatterson

The flow field inside an annular seal with a 0.00127 m clearance was measured using a 3-D laser Doppler anemometer system. Through the use of this system, the mean velocity vector and the entire Reynolds stress tensor distributions were measured for the entire length of the seal (0.0373 m). The seal was operated at a Reynolds number of 27,000 and a Taylor number of 6,600.


1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (5) ◽  
pp. 398-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Löfdahl ◽  
B. Johansson ◽  
C. Ljus ◽  
P. Ålleving

2009 ◽  
Vol 131 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noor Afzal

The instantaneous velocity vector and instantaneous temperature in a turbulent flow in a transitionally rough channel have been analyzed from unsteady Navier–Stokes equations and unsteady thermal energy equation for large Reynolds numbers. The inner and outer layers asymptotic expansions for the instantaneous velocity vector and instantaneous temperature have been matched in the overlap region by the Izakson–Millikan–Kolmogorov hypothesis. The higher order effects and implications of the intermediate (or meso) layer are analyzed for the instantaneous velocity vector and instantaneous temperature. Uniformly valid solutions for instantaneous velocity vector have been decomposed into the mean velocity vector, and fluctuations in velocity vector, as well as the instantaneous temperature, have been decomposed into mean temperature and fluctuations in temperature. It is shown in the present work that if the mean velocity vector in the work of Afzal (1976, “Millikan Argument at Moderately Large Reynolds Numbers,” Phys. Fluids, 16, pp. 600–602) is replaced by instantaneous velocity vector, we get the results of Lundgren (2007, “Asymptotic Analysis of the Constant Pressure Turbulent Boundary Layer,” Phys. Fluids, 19, pp. 055105) for instantaneous velocity vector. The comparison of the predictions for momentum and thermal mesolayers is supported by direct numerical simulation (DNS) and experimental data.


1991 ◽  
Vol 65 (03) ◽  
pp. 263-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
A M H P van den Besselaar ◽  
R M Bertina

SummaryIn a collaborative trial of eleven laboratories which was performed mainly within the framework of the European Community Bureau of Reference (BCR), a second reference material for thromboplastin, rabbit, plain, was calibrated against its predecessor RBT/79. This second reference material (coded CRM 149R) has a mean International Sensitivity Index (ISI) of 1.343 with a standard error of the mean of 0.035. The standard error of the ISI was determined by combination of the standard errors of the ISI of RBT/79 and the slope of the calibration line in this trial.The BCR reference material for thromboplastin, human, plain (coded BCT/099) was also included in this trial for assessment of the long-term stability of the relationship with RBT/79. The results indicated that this relationship has not changed over a period of 8 years. The interlaboratory variation of the slope of the relationship between CRM 149R and RBT/79 was significantly lower than the variation of the slope of the relationship between BCT/099 and RBT/79. In addition to the manual technique, a semi-automatic coagulometer according to Schnitger & Gross was used to determine prothrombin times with CRM 149R. The mean ISI of CRM 149R was not affected by replacement of the manual technique by this particular coagulometer.Two lyophilized plasmas were included in this trial. The mean slope of relationship between RBT/79 and CRM 149R based on the two lyophilized plasmas was the same as the corresponding slope based on fresh plasmas. Tlowever, the mean slope of relationship between RBT/79 and BCT/099 based on the two lyophilized plasmas was 4.9% higher than the mean slope based on fresh plasmas. Thus, the use of these lyophilized plasmas induced a small but significant bias in the slope of relationship between these thromboplastins of different species.


1979 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 700-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivan Fořt ◽  
Hans-Otto Möckel ◽  
Jan Drbohlav ◽  
Miroslav Hrach

Profiles of the mean velocity have been analyzed in the stream streaking from the region of rotating standard six-blade disc turbine impeller. The profiles were obtained experimentally using a hot film thermoanemometer probe. The results of the analysis is the determination of the effect of relative size of the impeller and vessel and the kinematic viscosity of the charge on three parameters of the axial profile of the mean velocity in the examined stream. No significant change of the parameter of width of the examined stream and the momentum flux in the stream has been found in the range of parameters d/D ##m <0.25; 0.50> and the Reynolds number for mixing ReM ##m <2.90 . 101; 1 . 105>. However, a significant influence has been found of ReM (at negligible effect of d/D) on the size of the hypothetical source of motion - the radius of the tangential cylindrical jet - a. The proposed phenomenological model of the turbulent stream in region of turbine impeller has been found adequate for values of ReM exceeding 1.0 . 103.


2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 100207
Author(s):  
Muhammad Iqbal Basri ◽  
Ida Farida ◽  
Yudy Goysal ◽  
Jumraini Tammasse ◽  
Muhammad Akbar

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 883
Author(s):  
Nargess Moghaddassi ◽  
Seyed Habib Musavi-Jahromi ◽  
Mohammad Vaghefi ◽  
Amir Khosrojerdi

As 180-degree meanders are observed in abundance in nature, a meandering channel with two consecutive 180-degree bends was designed and constructed to investigate bed topography variations. These two 180-degree mild bends are located between two upstream and downstream straight paths. In this study, different mean velocity-to-critical velocity ratios have been tested at the upstream straight path to determine the meander’s incipient motion. To this end, bed topography variations along the meander and the downstream straight path were addressed for different mean velocity-to-critical velocity ratios. In addition, the upstream bend’s effect on the downstream bend was investigated. Results indicated that the maximum scour depth at the downstream bend increased as a result of changing the mean velocity-to-critical velocity ratio from 0.8 to 0.84, 0.86, 0.89, 0.92, 0.95, and 0.98 by, respectively, 1.5, 2.5, 5, 10, 12, and 26 times. Moreover, increasing the ratio increased the maximum sedimentary height by 3, 10, 23, 48, 49, and 56 times. The upstream bend’s incipient motion was observed for the mean velocity-to-critical velocity ratio of 0.89, while the downstream bend’s incipient motion occurred for the ratio of 0.78.


Author(s):  
Armando Félix Quiñonez ◽  
Guillermo E Morales Espejel

This work investigates the transient effects of a single subsurface inclusion over the pressure, film thickness, and von Mises stress in a line elastohydrodynamic lubrication contact. Results are obtained with a fully-coupled finite element model for either a stiff or a soft inclusion moving at the speed of the surface. Two cases analyzed consider the inclusion moving either at the same speed as the mean velocity of the lubricant or moving slower. Two additional cases investigate reducing either the size of the inclusion or its stiffness differential with respect to the matrix. It is shown that the well-known two-wave elastohydrodynamic lubrication mechanism induced by surface features is also applicable to the inclusions. Also, that the effects of the inclusion become weaker both when its size is reduced and when its stiffness approaches that of the matrix. A direct comparison with predictions by the semi-analytical model of Morales-Espejel et al. ( Proc IMechE, Part J: J Engineering Tribology 2017; 231) shows reasonable qualitative agreement. Quantitatively some differences are observed which, after accounting for the semi-analytical model's simplicity, physical agreement, and computational efficiency, may then be considered as reasonable for engineering applications.


1974 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 315-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Jumarie

Sampled-data, nonlinear, distributed systems, which exhibit a structure similar to that of the standard closed loop with lumped parameter, are investigated from the viewpoint of their input-output stability. These systems are governed by operational equations involving discrete Laplace-Green kernels. Their feedback gains are bounded by upper and lower values which depend explicitly on the time and the distributed parameter. The main result is: an input-output stability theorem is given which applies both in L∞ (O, ∞) and L2 (O, ∞). This criterion, which may be considered as being an extension of the ≪circle criterion≫, involves the mean square value on the bounds of the feedback gain. Stability conditions for continuous systems are derived from this result. In the special case of systems with distributed periodical time-varying feedback gains, a stability criterion is given which applies in Marcinkiewicz space M2 (O, ∞). This result which involves the mean square value of the feedback gain is generally less restrictive than the L2 (O, ∞) stability criterion mentioned above.


2014 ◽  
Vol 905 ◽  
pp. 369-373
Author(s):  
Choo Tai Ho ◽  
Yoon Hyeon Cheol ◽  
Yun Gwan Seon ◽  
Noh Hyun Suk ◽  
Bae Chang Yeon

The estimation of a river discharge by using a mean velocity equation is very convenient and rational. Nevertheless, a research on an equation calculating a mean velocity in a river was not entirely satisfactory after the development of Chezy and Mannings formulas which are uniform equations. In this paper, accordingly, the mean velocity in unsteady flow conditions which are shown loop form properties was estimated by using a new mean velocity formula derived from Chius 2-D velocity formula. The results showed that the proposed method was more accurate in estimating discharge, when compared with the conventional formulas.


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