scholarly journals Characterisation of vortex shedding on a hydrofoil using PIV measurements

Author(s):  
Hervé Bonnard ◽  
Ludovic Chatellier ◽  
Laurent David

An experimental study of vortex shedding on a hydrofoil Eppler 817 was conducted using two-dimensional two components Particle Image Velocimetry. This foil section’s characteristics are adapted for naval applications but sparsely documented. The characterization of the flow modes was realized based on statistical data such as the mean velocity field and the standard deviation of the vertical velocities. The data were acquired at very low Reynolds number which are not often covered for such hydrofoil and at four angles of attack ranging from 2◦ to 30◦. A map of different characteristic flow modes was made for this space of parameters and was used to identify flow configurations exhibiting particular dynamics.

Author(s):  
Tufan Arslan ◽  
Stefano Malavasi ◽  
Bjørnar Pettersen ◽  
Helge I. Andersson

The present work is motivated by phenomena occurring in the flow field around structures partly submerged in water. A three dimensional unsteady flow around a rectangular cylinder is studied for four different submergence ratios by using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools with LES turbulence model. Simulation results are compared to particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements at Reynolds number Re = 12100 and Froude number Fr = 0.26. Focus in our investigation is on the characterization of the behaviour of vortex structures generated by separated flow. Another target in the study is to obtain better knowledge of the hydrodynamic forces acting on a semi-submerged structure. Computed force coefficients are compared with experimental measurements.


Author(s):  
Lei Wang ◽  
Mirko Salewski ◽  
Bengt Sunde´n

Particle image velocimetry measurements are performed in a channel with periodic ribs on one wall. We investigate the flow around two different rib configurations: solid and perforated ribs with a slit. The ribs obstruct the channel by 20% of its height and are arranged 10 rib heights apart. For the perforated ribs, the slit height is 20% of the rib height, and the open-area ratio is 16%. We discuss the flow in terms of mean velocity, streamlines, vorticity, turbulence intensity, and Reynolds shear stress. We find that the recirculation bubbles after the perforated ribs are significantly smaller than those after the solid ribs. The reattachment length after perforated ribs is smaller by about 45% compared with the solid ribs. In addition, the Reynolds shear stresses around the perforated ribs are significantly smaller than in the solid rib case, leading to a reduction of the pressure loss in the perforated rib case.


2007 ◽  
Vol 580 ◽  
pp. 319-338 ◽  
Author(s):  
SCOTT C. MORRIS ◽  
SCOTT R. STOLPA ◽  
PAUL E. SLABOCH ◽  
JOSEPH C. KLEWICKI

The Reynolds number dependence of the structure and statistics of wall-layer turbulence remains an open topic of research. This issue is considered in the present work using two-component planar particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements acquired at the Surface Layer Turbulence and Environmental Science Test (SLTEST) facility in western Utah. The Reynolds number (δuτ/ν) was of the order 106. The surface was flat with an equivalent sand grain roughness k+ = 18. The domain of the measurements was 500 < yuτ/ν < 3000 in viscous units, 0.00081 < y/δ < 0.005 in outer units, with a streamwise extent of 6000ν/uτ. The mean velocity was fitted by a logarithmic equation with a von Kármán constant of 0.41. The profile of u′v′ indicated that the entire measurement domain was within a region of essentially constant stress, from which the wall shear velocity was estimated. The stochastic measurements discussed include mean and RMS profiles as well as two-point velocity correlations. Examination of the instantaneous vector maps indicated that approximately 60% of the realizations could be characterized as having a nearly uniform velocity. The remaining 40% of the images indicated two regions of nearly uniform momentum separated by a thin region of high shear. This shear layer was typically found to be inclined to the mean flow, with an average positive angle of 14.9°.


Author(s):  
Marco Berrino ◽  
Francesca Satta ◽  
Marina Ubaldi ◽  
Pietro Zunino ◽  
Salvatore Colantuoni ◽  
...  

The present paper is focused on the characterization of the aerodynamics of the nonreacting flow downstream of an innovative Ultra Low NOx (ULN) injection system. The system is aimed at reducing NOx emissions and combustor axial length, to obtain a more compact and lighter low-emission combustor. The flow path downstream of the injection system has been investigated by means of Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Hot Wire Anemometry (HWA). Particle Image Velocimetry measurements have been carried out in the meridional plane and in three frontal planes, in order to measure mean velocity components and their fluctuations, as well as to identify the coherent structures that characterize the time-varying flow. Hot Wire Anemometry has been used to investigate the unsteady behavior of the flow and to detect the presence of velocity fluctuation frequencies at different radial and axial positions downstream of the injection system. The HWA technique allowed the identification of the frequencies associated with the precession motion due to the vortex breakdown and with the coherent structures at the interface between the inverse flow region and the jets. The experimental results show a large reverse flow region at the exit, without any back-flow within the injection system, hence offering the evidence that the injection system may be able to stabilize the flame, without inducing risks of flash-back or auto-ignition phenomena. Moreover, the mean velocity distributions show the injection system ability of keeping separated the two jets coming out from the internal and external swirlers, with the consequent possibility of applying fuel-staging. Furthermore, the experimental results have been compared to CFD RANS calculations and used for the validation of the numerical procedure.


Geomorphology ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 89 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 320-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping Yang ◽  
Zhibao Dong ◽  
Guangqiang Qian ◽  
Wanyin Luo ◽  
Hongtao Wang

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 668-671
Author(s):  
Samuel Höing ◽  
Finja Borowski ◽  
Jan Oldenburg ◽  
Sabine Illner ◽  
Alper Öner ◽  
...  

Abstract Paravalvular leakage (PVL), defined as the leakage between the aortic annulus and a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), is verifiably associated with short- and long-term clinical outcome, especially with increased mortality. Therefore, with the ambition to reduce or even prevent PVL of next generation TAVR, it is necessary to extend the hemodynamic understanding of PVL. This study presents an in vitro flow measurement method to localize PVL during hydrodynamic characterization of TAVR and furthermore presents different design features, socalled outer skirt, to reduce PVL. Particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements were performed for flow field assessment during hydrodynamic characterization of TAVR. Additionally, two different sealing concepts were developed to reduce PVL. The skirts were manufactured from polymeric-nonwoven and sued to pericardium-based TAVR-prototype. The prepared TAVR-prototypes were then deployed in a pathophysiological model of the aortic root with a calcification nodule of 2 mm according to ISO 5840:2021. To assess PVL, the flow field and the regurgitation volume was measured. The PIV measurements showed a clearly visible leakage jet between the TAVR-prototypes without skirt and the pathophysiological aortic annulus model. Jet velocities of up to 0.5 m/s were measured depending on presence or configuration of a PVL-preventing skirt. When implanted in the physiological annulus model without calcification nodule, PVL was hardly recognizable. The regurgitation volume of a TAVR-prototype without skirt at 5 l/min was 36.26±1.89 ml (n = 10). The developed and manufactured polymeric-nonwoven skirts reduced PVL from 37.67±1.17 ml to 18.36±1.8 ml (n = 10, TAVR-skirt-design1) and from 46.97±1.07 ml to 17.85±1.29 ml (n = 10, TAVR-skirt-design2) at 5 l/min. The localization of PVL during hydrodynamic characterization by means of PIV was successful. The sealing concepts developed in this work were very effective and led to a PVL-reduction of the tested TAVR prototypes of about 50% to 70%.


2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emanuela Palombi ◽  
Gregory A. Kopp ◽  
Roi Gurka

Using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) we investigate the influence of leading and trailing edge geometry on the wake flows of various elongated cylinders in smooth uniform flow. The results present a comparison between the mean wake flows, as well as the vortex shedding activity found to occur in each case. Pressure measurements were recorded on the surface of the cylinders to examine the corresponding fluctuating and mean forces exhibited by each model tested. Significant variations in the wake topology and aerodynamic behaviour of the four cylinder geometries tested were observed.


2013 ◽  
Vol 465-466 ◽  
pp. 1352-1356 ◽  
Author(s):  
Normayati Nordin ◽  
Zainal Ambri Abdul Karim ◽  
Safiah Othman ◽  
Vijay R. Raghavan

3-Dstereoscopic PIV is capable of measuring 3-dimensional velocity components. Itinvolves a very sophisticated routine during setup, calibration, measurementand data processing phases. This paper aims to verify the 3-D stereoscopic PIVmeasurement procedures and to prove that the flow entering thediffuser is a fully developed flow. A diffuser inlet of rectangularcross-section, 130 mm x 50 mm is presently considered. For verification, thevelocities from PIV are compared with the velocities from pitot static probeand theory. The mean velocity obtained using pitot static probe is 2.44 m/s,whereas using PIV is 2.46 m/s. It thus gives the discrepancy of 0.8%. There isalso a good agreement between the mean velocity measured by PIV and theoreticalvalue with the discrepancy of 1.2%. This minor discrepancy is mainly due touncertainties in the experiments such as imperfect matching of coordinatesbetween the probe and laser sheet, unsteadiness of flow, variation in density andless precision in calibration. Basically, the operating procedures of 3-Dstereoscopic PIV have successfully been verified. Nevertheless, the flowentering diffuser is not perfectly developed due to the imperfect joining ductand the abrupt change of inlet cross-section introduced. Therefore, improvementto the existing rig is proposed by means of installing settling chamber withmultiple screens arrangement and contraction cone.


2007 ◽  
Vol 85 (12) ◽  
pp. 1447-1457 ◽  
Author(s):  
M El Hassan ◽  
L Labraga ◽  
L Keirsbulck

Deep cavities are present in car vehicles in numerous forms. Although drag downstream cavities have interested many authors, this aspect was never treated for particularly deep cavities. The objective of the present investigation is to study the effect of a deep cavity, characterized by its length-to-depth ratio L/H = 0.2, on both the skin friction coefficient and the statistic components of the streamwise velocity. Laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) was used for the mean velocity and its statistic components measurements. Results obtained by other authors allowed a comparison between shallow and deep cavity configurations. The main conclusion is that with the same flow conditions, the drag increase downstream from the cavity is less important compared to the square cavity. A localized skewness coefficient decrease and a flatness coefficient increase could be related to intermittence ejection of flow from the downstream part of the cavity. This hypothesis was confirmed thanks to particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements. PACS No.: 47.27.nb


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