Integrating CFD and Experiment in Aerodynamics - CFD4Aircraft
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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