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Integrating CFD and Experiment in Aerodynamics - CFD4Aircraft

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of the stream <strong>and</strong> LDV provides a measure of the<br />

local <strong>in</strong>stantaneous velocity. A statistical treatment of<br />

a sample acquired at one po<strong>in</strong>t permits to determ<strong>in</strong>e<br />

the mean velocity as well as the turbulent quantities.<br />

The basic postulate of LDV is not always true <strong>in</strong> highly<br />

decelerat<strong>in</strong>g or accelerat<strong>in</strong>g flows <strong>in</strong> which the<br />

particles do not <strong>in</strong>stantaneously adjust their velocity to<br />

that of the fluid. The problem of particle lag is at the<br />

heart of LDV <strong>and</strong> one should be cautious <strong>in</strong> the use of<br />

results obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> regions where the velocity<br />

undergoes a large variation over a short distance,<br />

situations frequently met <strong>in</strong> hypersonic flows. Reliable<br />

LDV measurements have been obta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> shockseparated<br />

flows up to Mach number 5; above<br />

measurements become hazardous.<br />

Developed s<strong>in</strong>ce 1991, Doppler global velocimetry<br />

(DGV) - also called planar Doppler velocimetry (PDV)<br />

- is a particle based velocity measurement system<br />

giv<strong>in</strong>g the velocity of particles <strong>in</strong>jected <strong>in</strong> the flow, as<br />

LDV. The difference is that LDV determ<strong>in</strong>es the<br />

velocity at one po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>in</strong> space, whereas DGV has the<br />

capacity to give the velocity at a multitude of po<strong>in</strong>ts <strong>in</strong><br />

a given region of space 22-24 . The basic pr<strong>in</strong>ciple<br />

consists <strong>in</strong> determ<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g the Doppler shift of the light<br />

scattered by a mov<strong>in</strong>g particle.<br />

Particle Image Velocimetry<br />

The pr<strong>in</strong>ciple of PIV is to illum<strong>in</strong>ate particles <strong>in</strong>jected<br />

<strong>in</strong> the flow by a laser sheet <strong>and</strong> to observe the<br />

scattered light 24-26 . In order to perform velocity<br />

measurements, two laser pulses, separated by a<br />

short <strong>and</strong> known time <strong>in</strong>terval ∆t, are emitted to<br />

provide two images recorded on the same<br />

photographic plate (<strong>in</strong> practice, the photographic plate<br />

is replaced by a CCD camera provid<strong>in</strong>g the image <strong>in</strong> a<br />

numerical form). Dur<strong>in</strong>g the <strong>in</strong>terval ∆t, each particle<br />

has moved over a distance proportional to its velocity<br />

(assumed to be that of the flow) giv<strong>in</strong>g two images on<br />

the plate. The velocity components conta<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> the<br />

plane of the image are deduced by measur<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

displacement of the particles which is done by<br />

automated procedures us<strong>in</strong>g sophisticated algorithms.<br />

Particle image velocimetry is a very powerful<br />

technique s<strong>in</strong>ce it provides a complete velocity field <strong>in</strong><br />

a large number of po<strong>in</strong>ts for a whole region of space,<br />

whereas LDV is restricted to measurements at one<br />

po<strong>in</strong>t. PIV is very precious for the study of unsteady<br />

phenomena s<strong>in</strong>ce it allows to freeze the velocity field<br />

at a given <strong>in</strong>stant. On the other h<strong>and</strong>, the access to<br />

the averaged field quantities (mean velocity)<br />

necessitates to operate an averag<strong>in</strong>g procedure over<br />

a large quantities of pictures. This can become<br />

problematic for the Reynolds tensor components<br />

whose determ<strong>in</strong>ation requires averag<strong>in</strong>g several<br />

thous<strong>and</strong>s of <strong>in</strong>stantaneous values. In this case LDV<br />

if still more effective (see <strong>in</strong> Fig. 10a an average LDV<br />

velocity field <strong>in</strong> the vic<strong>in</strong>ity of the bleed system of a<br />

supersonic air-<strong>in</strong>take <strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong> Fig. 10b, the <strong>in</strong>stant PIV<br />

velocity field <strong>in</strong> a rotat<strong>in</strong>g jet).<br />

0 50 100<br />

X (mm)<br />

a – LDV measurement <strong>in</strong> the bleed region of a<br />

supersonic air <strong>in</strong>take (average Mach number)<br />

b – PIV velocity field <strong>in</strong> a rotat<strong>in</strong>g jet<br />

Fig. 10: Velocity measurements by laser<br />

techniques with flow seed<strong>in</strong>g<br />

Laser Spectroscopic Flow Diagnostic<br />

These methods are based on fundamental physical<br />

processes related to the <strong>in</strong>teraction between light <strong>and</strong><br />

matter an do not need seed<strong>in</strong>g by heavy particles of<br />

relatively big size. Laser spectroscopic measurements<br />

are based on the radiative <strong>in</strong>teraction of a laser beam<br />

with spectroscopic properties of the <strong>in</strong>vestigated flow.<br />

Depend<strong>in</strong>g on the <strong>in</strong>teraction process, the laser light<br />

is either absorbed or scattered by those species<br />

which are radiatively active at wave-length used.<br />

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