scholarly journals On the challenge of five-hole-probe measurements at high subsonic Mach numbers in the wake of transonic turbine cascades

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. JPRQQM
Author(s):  
Marcel Boerner ◽  
Martin Bitter ◽  
Reinhard Niehuis

Five-hole-probes are common use in turbomachinery flow investigations, even though, inserting a probe into a flow field inevitably induces perturbations to the flow which can falsify the measurement results, especially when exposed to transonic flows. The objective of the investigations presented here is to evaluate the Mach number measurements of a five-hole-probe (5HP) in the wake flow of a transonic turbine cascade at engine relevant Reynolds numbers by comparing them to the results of particle image velocimetry (PIV). Furthermore, PIV measurements were performed with inserted probe to investigate the influence of the probe on the wake flow field. Together with a sensitivity study of 5HP measurements in flow regimes close to Ma = 1, the results demonstrate how the measurement uncertainty can be improved in high subsonic flow regimes.

2016 ◽  
Vol 139 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
David Demel ◽  
Mohsen Ferchichi ◽  
William D. E. Allan ◽  
Marouen Dghim

This work details an experimental investigation on the effects of the variation of flap gap and overlap sizes on the flow field in the wake of a wing-section equipped with a trailing edge Fowler flap. The airfoil was based on the NACA 0014-1.10 40/1.051 profile, and the flap was deployed with 40 deg deflection angle. Two-dimensional (2D) particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements of the flow field in the vicinity of the main wing trailing edge and the flap region were performed for the optimal flap gap and overlap, as well as for flap gap and overlap increases of 2% and 4% chord beyond optimal, at angles of attack of 0 deg, 10 deg, and 12 deg. For all the configurations investigated, the flow over the flap was found to be fully stalled. At zero angle of attack, increasing the flap gap size was found to have minor effects on the flow field but increased flap overlap resulted in misalignment between the main wing boundary layer (BL) flow and the slot flow that forced the flow in the trailing edge region of the main wing to separate. When the angle of attack was increased to near stall conditions (at angle of attack of 12 deg), increasing the flap gap was found to energize and improve the flow in the trailing edge region of the main wing, whereas increased flap overlap further promoted flow separation on the main wing suction surface possibly steering the wing into stall.


2017 ◽  
Vol 139 (10) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Ritcey ◽  
Joseph R. McDermid ◽  
Samir Ziada

The maximum skin friction and flow field are experimentally measured on a planar impinging gas jet using oil film interferometry (OFI) and particle image velocimetry (PIV), respectively. A jet nozzle width of W = 15 mm, impingement ratios H/W = 4, 6, 8, 10, and a range of jet Reynolds numbers Rejet = 11,000–40,000 are tested to provide a parametric map of the maximum skin friction. The maximum skin friction predictions of Phares et al. (2000, “The Wall Shear Stress Produced by the Normal Impingement of a Jet on a Flat Surface,” J. Fluid Mech., 418, pp. 351–375) for plane jets agree within 5% of the current OFI results for H/W = 6, but deviates upward of 28% for other impingement ratios. The maximum skin friction is found to be less sensitive to changes in the impingement ratio when the jet standoff distance is roughly within the potential core length of the jet. PIV measurements show turbulence transition locations moving toward the nozzle exit with increasing Reynolds number, saturation in the downstream evolution of the maximum axial turbulence intensity before reaching a maximum peak upon impingement, followed by sudden damping at the plate surface. As the flow is redirected, there is an orthogonal redistribution of the fluctuating velocity components, and local peaks in both the axial and transverse turbulence intensity distributions at the plate locations of the maximum skin friction.


Author(s):  
Kofi K. Adane ◽  
Mark F. Tachie

A particle image velocimetry technique was employed to study three-dimensional laminar wall jet flows of a non-Newtonian shear-thinning fluid. The wall jet was created using a circular pipe of diameter 7 mm and flows into an open channel. The Reynolds numbers based on the pipe diameter and jet exit velocity were varied from 250 to 800. The PIV measurements were performed in various streamwise-transverse and streamwise-spanwise planes. From these measurements, the velocity profiles, jet growth rate and spread rates were obtained to study the characteristics of three-dimensional wall jet flows of a non-Newtonian fluid.


2019 ◽  
Vol 878 ◽  
pp. 875-906
Author(s):  
Adnan Munir ◽  
Ming Zhao ◽  
Helen Wu ◽  
Lin Lu

Flow around a high-speed rotating circular cylinder for $Re\leqslant 500$ is investigated numerically. The Reynolds number is defined as $UD/\unicode[STIX]{x1D708}$ with $U$, $D$ and $\unicode[STIX]{x1D708}$ being the free-stream flow velocity, the diameter of the cylinder and the kinematic viscosity of the fluid, respectively. The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a high rotation rate on the wake flow for a range of Reynolds numbers. Simulations are performed for Reynolds numbers of 100, 150, 200, 250 and 500 and a wide range of rotation rates from 1.6 to 6 with an increment of 0.2. Rotation rate is the ratio of the rotational speed of the cylinder surface to the incoming fluid velocity. A systematic study is performed to investigate the effect of rotation rate on the flow transition to different flow regimes. It is found that there is a transition from a two-dimensional vortex shedding mode to no vortex shedding mode when the rotation rate is increased beyond a critical value for Reynolds numbers between 100 and 200. Further increase in rotation rate results in a transition to three-dimensional flow which is characterized by the presence of finger-shaped (FV) vortices that elongate in the wake of the cylinder and very weak ring-shaped vortices (RV) that wrap the surface of the cylinder. The no vortex shedding mode is not observed at Reynolds numbers greater than or equal to 250 since the flow remains three-dimensional. As the rotation rate is increased further, the occurrence frequency and size of the ring-shaped vortices increases and the flow is dominated by RVs. The RVs become bigger in size and the flow becomes chaotic with increasing rotation rate. A detailed analysis of the flow structures shows that the vortices always exist in pairs and the strength of separated shear layers increases with the increase of rotation rate. A map of flow regimes on a plane of Reynolds number and rotation rate is presented.


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%.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (33) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Tai-Wen Hsu ◽  
Yuan-Jyh Lan ◽  
Jian-Wu Lai ◽  
Yung-Han Cheng ◽  
Shan-Hwei Ou

The objective of the present study is to investigate the flow field for waves propagating over a submerged poro-elastic breakwater. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) measurements were performed in wave conditions with breakwaters made of different materials. The experimental results were compared for various rigid and impermeable, elastic and impermeable, as well as poro-elastic cases. Measurements of wave reflection and transmission induced by soft and permeable submerged breakwaters are both carried out. The results show that the oscillatory motion of elastic submerged breakwater can induce extra reflective waves and result in a larger reflection coefficient. Positive (counterclockwise) and negative (clockwise) vortices are generated due to corner separation and pressure gradients. The negative vortex obtained in a poro-elastic breakwater is generated by the surface friction at the top of the structure. Because of the permeability, it is found that the negative vortex at the upstream side of the elastic and permeable case is smaller than that of the rigid and impermeable one. In contrast, the positive vortex at the downstream side of the poro-elastic case is larger than that seen with the other two cases. It is concluded that a poro-elastic breakwater would induce different wave reflections and flow patterns from those seen with the other cases due to its particular wave and structure interactions.


2011 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 42-50
Author(s):  
Yuriy Litvinenko ◽  
Maria Litvinenko ◽  
Mikhail Katasonov

An acoustic field influence on a development of the plane microjet at low Reynolds numbers were investigated experimentally employing Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV). Measurements were performed at synchronization of an acoustic signal phase with a laser flash. Instantaneous velocity fields of different cross- and longitudinal sections are occurred. Receptivity of the plane microjet to transversal acoustic disturbances is shown. PIV-images, correspond to them vector fields and vorticity fields are presented


Author(s):  
V. S. R. Mandava ◽  
Gregory A. Kopp ◽  
Joan Herrero ◽  
Francesc Giralt

The effects of a discontinuous cylinder geometry on the near wake structures was investigated experimentally. This ‘discontinuous’ circular cylinder has gaps so that solid segments 5D long are followed by gaps 2.5D long, in a repeating pattern, where D is the diameter of the cylinder. A thin steel plate was used to hold all of the cylinder pieces together. Thus, a three-dimensional (3D) wake was created at the origin with the intent to force the near wake flow to have similar structural characteristics as the far wake behind an ‘infinite/continuous’ cylinder, i.e., a near wake flow with horseshoes or double rollers formed by rapid kinking of Ka´rma´n-like vortices. Since the kinetic energy associated with the fluctuations of these near-wake 3D vortical structures is high, the flow system is considered suitable to clarify the role of these velocity patterns in the entrainment process of wake flows, which is still the subject of controversy. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Hot-Wire Anemometry (HWA) techniques were used to analyze the flow at two Reynolds numbers, Re = 10000 and 4000, in the wake of the discontinuous cylinder up to x/D = 190 downstream. The development of double rollers resulting from the interaction between the high momentum flow through the gaps and the Ka´rma´n-like vortices formed behind the solid cylindrical segments was confirmed. The Strouhal number of the double rollers in the wake is 0.14. These vortices have a dominant role in the initial wake growth. Thus, the overall flow dynamics are similar to the momentum transfer that takes place at the scale of the intermittent turbulent bulges that protrude from the wake in the far region and that were reported to be associated with double rollers.


Author(s):  
Jie Xu ◽  
Don Spencer ◽  
Alex Gardner ◽  
David Molynuex ◽  
Wei Qiu ◽  
...  

This paper presents measurements of the wake field behind three riser models obtained by using a Digital Particle Image Velocimetry (DPIV). The three riser models were a circular rigid cylinder, a cylinder fitted with fairings and a cylinder fitted with strakes. The models were free to vibrate in the cross-flow direction when towed in a uniform flow. The range of tested Reynolds number based on the diameter of the cylinder was from 3×104 to 2.5×105. The measurement results showed that the transverse vibration amplitudes for both the faired and straked cylinder were far less than those of the bare cylinder. Based on the wake flow field comparison between the models tested it was found that the modes of vortex shedding observed behind the bare cylinder did not occur behind either the faired or straked cylinder. This reveals that the vibrations responses of the cylinders are directly related to their wake modes. Strong, regularly shed vortices induce large amplitude vibration and weak, scattered vortices lead small amplitude or no vibration. The different wake patterns are presented for the three cylinders.


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