scholarly journals On the Estimation of the Surface Elevation of Regular and Irregular Waves Using the Velocity Field of Bubbles

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diana Vargas ◽  
Ravindra Jayaratne ◽  
Edgar Mendoza ◽  
Rodolfo Silva

This paper describes a new set of experiments focused on estimating time series of the free surface elevation of water (FSEW) from velocities recorded by submerged air bubbles under regular and irregular waves using a low-cost non-intrusive technique. The main purpose is to compute wave heights and periods using time series of velocities recorded at any depth. The velocities were taken from the tracking of a bubble curtain with only one high-speed digital video camera and a bubble generator. These experiments eliminate the need of intrusive instruments while the methodology can also be applied if the free surface is not visible or even if only part of the depth can be recorded. The estimation of the FSEW was successful for regular waves and reasonably accurate for irregular waves. Moreover, the algorithm to reconstruct the FSEW showed better results for larger wave amplitudes.

Processes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (8) ◽  
pp. 1420
Author(s):  
Chang Lin ◽  
Ming-Jer Kao ◽  
James Yang ◽  
Rajkumar Venkatesh Raikar ◽  
Juan-Ming Yuan ◽  
...  

This study presents, experimentally, similarity and Froude number similitude (FNS) in the dimensionless features of two solitary waves propagating over a horizontal bed, using two wave gauges and a high-speed particle image velocimetry (HSPIV). The two waves have distinct wave heights H0 (2.9 and 5.8 cm) and still water depths h0 (8.0 and 16.0 cm) but identical H0/h0 (0.363). Together with the geometric features of free surface elevation and wavelength, the kinematic characteristics of horizontal and vertical velocities, as well as wave celerity, are elucidated. Illustration of the hydrodynamic features of local and convective accelerations are also made in this study. Both similarity and FNS hold true for the dimensionless free surface elevation (FSE), wavelength and celerity, horizontal and vertical velocities, and local and convective accelerations in the horizontal and vertical directions. The similarities and FNSs indicate that gravity dominates and governs the wave kinematics and hydrodynamics.


Author(s):  
Witold Cies´likiewicz ◽  
Ove T. Gudmestad

A parametric model linking the free-surface elevations with the fluid acceleration field under an irregular wave is developed. In order to estimate the parameters of the model, system identification procedures are applied based on data recorded in a wave tank. The free-surface time series are taken as input data and the output data are components of the particle acceleration vector. The particle acceleration time series were obtained by taking the numerical derivative of the measured orbital velocity time series. A simple algorithm of numerical diffrentiation is proposed. This algorithm gives very accurate values of the particle acceleration and is quite straightforward as the derivative is computed directly in time domain. A linear time-invariant model with the static nonlinearities incorporated at the input side is assumed. This paper demonstrates the results of modelling the horizontal component of the particle acceleration in comparison with the time series calculated from wave kinematics data taken in a wave flume during an earlier experiment using Laser Doppler Velocimetry. The modelled particle acceleration time series compare well with those calculated from the observed velocity time series. This proves the effectiveness of the applied approach. The system identification techniques allow for preparing the model which constructs the wave kinematics (both velocities and accelerations) using the measured time series of only the free-surface elevation. This feature of the proposed approach may be very useful in maritime engineering and oceanography.


Author(s):  
Takahiro Arai ◽  
Masahiro Furuya

A high-temperature stainless-steel sphere was immersed into various salt solutions to test film boiling behavior at vapor film collapse. The film boiling behavior around the sphere was observed with a high-speed digital-video camera. Because salt additives enhanced condensation heat transfer, the observed vapor film was thinner. Surface temperature of the sphere was measured. Salt additives increased the quenching (vapor film collapse) temperature, because frequency of direct contact between sphere surface and coolant increased. Quenching temperature rises with increased salt concentration. The quenching temperature, however, approaches a constant value when the slat concentration is close to its saturation concentration. The quenching temperature is well correlated with ion molar concentration, which is a number density of ions, regardless of the type of hydrated salts.


Author(s):  
Kalpak P. Gatne ◽  
Milind A. Jog ◽  
Raj M. Manglik

A study of the normal impact of liquid droplets on a dry horizontal substrate is presented in this paper. The impact dynamics, spreading and recoil behavior are captured using a high-speed digital video camera at 2000 frames per second. A digital image processing software was used to determine the drop spread and height of the liquid on the surface from each frame. To ascertain the effects of liquid viscosity and surface tension, experiments were conducted with four liquids (water, ethanol, propylene glycol and glycerin) that have vastly different fluid properties. Three different Weber numbers (20, 40, and 80) were considered by altering the height from which the drop is released. The high-speed photographs of impact, spreading and recoil are shown and the temporal variations of dimensionless drop spread and height are provided in the paper. The results show that changes in liquid viscosity and surface tension significantly affect the spreading and recoil behavior. For a fixed Weber number, lower surface tension promotes greater spreading and higher viscosity dampens spreading and recoil. Using a simple scale analysis of energy balance, it was found that the maximum spread factor varies as Re1/5 when liquid viscosity is high and viscous effects govern the spreading behavior.


Author(s):  
Tomomichi Nakamura ◽  
Hiroshi Haruguchi ◽  
Hiroyuki Nakajima ◽  
Toyohiro Sawada ◽  
Kozo Sugiyama

The importance of the in-flow oscillation of a single cylinder in cross-flow has been highlighted since an accident in a FBR-type reactor. In-flow oscillations have also been observed in tube arrays. This report is an experimental study on this phenomenon using totally nine cylinders in a water tunnel. Six cases, one single cylinder, two & three cylinders in parallel & in tandem, and a nine cylinder bundle, are examined. Every cylinder can move only in in-flow direction. The motion of cylinders is measured by the strain gages and by a high-speed digital video camera. The results are compared with the visualized vortex motion.


Author(s):  
In-Cheol Chu ◽  
Chul-Hwa Song

A series of experiments were carried out to investigate the bubble nucleation to lift-off phenomena for a subcooled boiling flow in a vertical annulus channel. A high speed digital video camera was used to capture the dynamics of the bubble nucleation to lift-off process. A total of 148 recordings were made, and the bubble lift-off diameter and the bubble nucleation frequency were evaluated for 118 recordings up to now. The basic features of the lift-off diameter and nucleation frequency were addressed based on the present observation. A database for the bubble lift-off diameter was built by gathering and summarizing the data of Prodanovic et al., Situ et al., and the present work. The prediction capability of Unal’s model, Situ et al.’s model, and Prodanovic et al.’s correlation was evaluated against the database. The best prediction results were obtained by modifying the wall superheat correlation in Unal’s model.


2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henry H. Hunter ◽  
Ukadike C. Ugbolue ◽  
Graeme G. Sorbie ◽  
Wing-Kai Lam ◽  
Fergal M. Grace ◽  
...  

Abstract The purpose of this study was to compare swing time and golf club angle parameters during golf swings using three, two dimensional (2D) low cost, Augmented-Video-based-Portable-Systems (AVPS) (Kinovea, SiliconCoach Pro, SiliconCoach Live). Twelve right-handed golfers performed three golf swings whilst being recorded by a high-speed 2D video camera. Footage was then analysed using AVPS-software and the results compared using both descriptive and inferential statistics. There were no significant differences for swing time and the golf phase measurements between the 2D and 3D software comparisons. In general, the results showed a high Intra class Correlation Coefficient (ICC > 0.929) and Cronbach’s Coefficient Alpha (CCA > 0.924) reliability for both the kinematic and temporal parameters. The inter-rater reliability test for the swing time and kinematic golf phase measurements on average were strong. Irrespective of the AVPS software investigated, the cost effective AVPS can produce reliable output measures that benefit golf analyses.


Author(s):  
Tomomichi Nakamura ◽  
Takafumi Yoshikawa ◽  
Taku Yoshimura ◽  
Hironobu Kondo

The importance of the in-flow oscillation of a single cylinder in cross-flow has been spotlighted since an accident in a FBR-type reactor. However, the in-flow oscillation can be observed in tube arrays of heat exchangers. Previous reports show some interesting phenomena on the oscillation of cylinder arrays, which have a same pitch between cylinders. This paper shows the effect of the pitch ratio of a cylinder array on the characteristics of those phenomena, especially in in-flow direction, where every cylinder can move only in this direction. The motion of cylinders is measured by attached strain gages and by a high-speed digital video camera.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (13) ◽  
pp. 3253-3266
Author(s):  
Jian Liu ◽  
Kefei Wang ◽  
Feng Chen

Time-series databases are becoming an indispensable component in today's data centers. In order to manage the rapidly growing time-series data, we need an effective and efficient system solution to handle the huge traffic of time-series data queries. A promising solution is to deploy a high-speed, large-capacity cache system to relieve the burden on the backend time-series databases and accelerate query processing. However, time-series data is drastically different from other traditional data workloads, bringing both challenges and opportunities. In this paper, we present a flash-based cache system design for time-series data, called TSCache . By exploiting the unique properties of time-series data, we have developed a set of optimization schemes, such as a slab-based data management, a two-layered data indexing structure, an adaptive time-aware caching policy, and a low-cost compaction process. We have implemented a prototype based on Twitter's Fatcache. Our experimental results show that TSCache can significantly improve client query performance, effectively increasing the bandwidth by a factor of up to 6.7 and reducing the latency by up to 84.2%.


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