scholarly journals Simultaneous PIV and DIC Measurements in a Towing Tank Environment with a Flexible Hydrofoil

Author(s):  
Gunnar Jacobi ◽  
Alex Nila

Due to their good mechanical properties composite materials are increasingly applied for the construction of lifting surfaces in the maritime industry. However, besides improving the strength to weight ratio of a structure, the anisotropic material properties can also exhibit bend-twist coupling, when exposed to higher loads. In order to experimentally measure the fluid structure interaction, the object of investigation needs to exposed to the same fluid loadings, as it would experience during operation. To investigate the possibility to obtain simultaneous deformation and flow field measurements in a large hydrodynamic testing facility simultaneous PIV and DIC measurements are performed to obtain the deformation of a flexible NACA 0008 hydrofoil and to measure the flow field in the wing tip region. For the assessment of the performance of the methods two scenarios are presented including tests in stationary conditions with constant angles of attack and forced plunging oscillations. The calibration of both measurement systems is done independently and the wing tip, visible in the PIV images, is used for triangulation to find the position of the wing within the PIV coordinate system. The combination of both measurement techniques allows for an accurate determination of tip vortex center positions with respect to the deformed wing and their evolution downstream of the wing. During forced plunging motions, the phase lag of the wing tip and the influence on the wing tip vortex is observed.

2010 ◽  
Vol 133 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Schnell ◽  
M. Voges ◽  
R. Mönig ◽  
M. W. Müller ◽  
C. Zscherp

A single stage transonic axial compressor was equipped with a casing treatment consisting of 3.5 axial slots per rotor pitch in order to investigate its influence on stall margin characteristics, as well as on the rotor near tip flow field, both numerically and experimentally. Contrary to most other studies, a generic casing treatment (CT) was designed to provide optimal optical access in the immediate vicinity of the CT, rather than for maximum benefit in terms of stall margin extension. The second part of this two-part paper deals with the numerical developments and their validation, carried out in order to efficiently perform time-accurate casing treatment simulations. The numerical developments focus on the extension of an existing coupling algorithm in order to carry out unsteady calculations with any exterior geometry coupled to the main flow passage (in this case a single slot), having an arbitrary pitch. This extension is done by incorporating frequency domain, phase-lagged boundary conditions into this coupling procedure. Whereas the phase lag approach itself is well established and validated for standard rotor-stator calculations, its application to casing treatment simulations is new. Its capabilities and validation will be demonstrated on the given compressor configuration, making extensive use of the detailed particle image velocimetry flow field measurements near the rotor tip. Instantaneous data at all measurement planes will be compared for different rotor positions with respect to the stationary slots in order to evaluate the time-dependent interaction between the rotor and the casing treatment.


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

Polymers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1223
Author(s):  
Max Tönsmann ◽  
Philip Scharfer ◽  
Wilhelm Schabel

Convective Marangoni instabilities in drying polymer films may induce surface deformations, which persist in the dry film, deteriorating product performance. While theoretic stability analyses are abundantly available, experimental data are scarce. We report transient three-dimensional flow field measurements in thin poly(vinyl acetate)-methanol films, drying under ambient conditions with several films exhibiting short-scale Marangoni convection cells. An initial assessment of the upper limit of thermal and solutal Marangoni numbers reveals that the solutal effect is likely to be the dominant cause for the observed instabilities.


Physchem ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-188
Author(s):  
Gregor Lipinski ◽  
Markus Richter

Efficient and environmentally responsible use of resources requires the development and optimization of gas separation processes. A promising approach is the use of liquids that are designed for specific tasks, e.g., the capture of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases. This requires an accurate determination of gas solubilities for a broad range of temperatures and pressures. However, state of the art measurement techniques are often very time consuming or exhibit other pitfalls that prevent their use as efficient screening tools. Here, we show that the application of Raman spectroscopy through a compact measuring system can simplify data acquisition for the determination of gas solubilities in liquids. To demonstrate that this approach is expedient, we determined gas solubilities of carbon dioxide in water for three isotherms T = (288.15, 293.15, 298.15) K over a pressure range from p = (0.5–5) MPa and in three imidazolium-based ionic liquids for one isotherm T = 298.15 K at pressures from p = (0.1–5) MPa. When compared to data in the literature, all results are within the reported uncertainties of the measurement techniques involved. The developed analysis method eliminates the need for a lengthy volume or mass calibration of the sample prior to the measurements and, therefore, allows for fast screening of samples, which can help to advance gas separation processes in scientific and industrial applications.


Author(s):  
Angela O. Nieckele ◽  
Luis Fernando Figueira da Silva ◽  
Joa˜o Carlos R. Pla´cido

Thermal spallation is a possible drilling technique which consists of using hot supersonic jets as heat source to perforate hard rocks at high rates. This work presents a numerical analysis of a typical spallation drilling configuration, by the finite volume method. The time-averaged conservation equations of mass, momentum and energy are solved to determine the turbulent compressible gas phase flow field. Turbulence is predicted by the classical high Reynolds number κ-ε model, as well as with a low Reynolds number κ-ε model. The influence of the jet Reynolds number is investigated. Special attention is given to the rock surface temperature, since its accurate determination is required to predict spallation rates under field-drilling conditions.


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