Diesel Droplet Diffusion in Isotropic Turbulence With Digital Holographic Cinematography

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balaji Gopalan ◽  
Edwin Malkiel ◽  
Jian Sheng ◽  
Joseph Katz

High-speed in-line digital holographic cinematography was used to investigate the diffusion of droplets in locally isotropic turbulence. Droplets of diesel fuel (0.3–0.9mm diameter, specific gravity of 0.85) were injected into a 37×37×37mm3 sample volume located in the center of a 160-liter tank. The turbulence was generated by 4 spinning grids, located symmetrically in the corners of the tank, and was characterized prior to the experiments. The sample volume was back illuminated with two perpendicular collimated beams of coherent laser light and time series of in-line holograms were recorded with two high-speed digital cameras at 500 frames/sec. Numerical reconstruction generated a time series of high-resolution images of the droplets throughout the sample volume. We developed an algorithm for automatically detecting the droplet trajectories from each view, for matching the two views to obtain the three-dimensional tracks, and for calculating the time history of velocity. We also measured the mean fluid motion using 2-D PIV. The data enabled us to calculate the Lagrangian velocity autocorrelation function.

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Balaji Gopalan ◽  
Edwin Malkiel ◽  
Joseph Katz

We study the diffusion of slightly buoyant droplets in isotropic turbulence using High Speed Digital Holographic PIV. Droplets (Specific Gravity 0.85) are injected in the central portion of an isotropic turbulence facility with weak mean flow. Perpendicular digital inline holograms are recorded in a 37 × 37 × 37 mm3 region of interest using two high speed cameras. Data are recorded at 250 frames per second (2000 frames per second is the maximum possible frame rate). An automated program is developed to obtain two dimensional tracks of the droplets from two orthogonal images and match them to get three dimensional tracks. Cross correlation of droplet images are used for measuring their velocities. The time series are low pass filtered to obtain accurate time history of droplet velocities. Data analysis determines the PDF of velocity and acceleration in three dimensions. The time history also enables us to calculate the three dimensional Lagrangian velocity autocorrelation function for different droplet radii. Integration of these functions gives us the diffusion coefficients. For shorter time scales, when the diffusion need not be Fickian we can use the three dimensional trajectories to calculate the generalized dispersion tensor and measure the time elapsed for diffusion to become Fickian.


Volume 3 ◽  
2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edwin Malkiel ◽  
Jian Sheng ◽  
David Garber ◽  
Joseph Katz

In-line digital holography is utilized to measure the Lagrangian trajectory of droplets in locally isotropic turbulence. The objective of these measurements is to determine the diffusion rate of these droplets as a function of density ratio between the continuous and dispersed phases, Stokes number and turbulence level relative to the quiescent settling/rise velocity of the droplets. The present experiments are conducted using diesel fuel with diameters of 0.5–2 mm, specific gravity of 0.85 and Stokes number in the 0.2 to 5 range. The droplets are injected into a 50 × 50 × 50 mm sample volume located in the center of a 160 1 tank. The turbulence is generated by four spinning grids, located symmetrically in the corners of the tank. Planar PIV has been used to characterize the turbulence prior to the experiments. A time series of in-line digital holograms is recorded at 2000 frames per second using a 1000×1000 pixel digital camera by back illuminating the sample volume with a collimated laser beam. Numerical reconstruction generates a time series of high-resolution images of the droplets and tracer particles throughout the sample volume. Subsequent analysis is used to obtain the velocity along the droplet trajectory. Lagrangian correlations can then be used for calculating the diffusion rate of these droplets. In a smaller sample volume, with a 15×15 mm cross section, and by using localized seeding, we can also simultaneously measure the droplet velocity along with the velocity of the fluid in the vicinity of this droplet. The results provide statistics on the correlations between the droplet and fluid velocities.


2008 ◽  
Vol 612 ◽  
pp. 153-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
ROBERTO CAMASSA ◽  
TERRY JO LEITERMAN ◽  
RICHARD M. MCLAUGHLIN

An exact mathematical solution for the low-Reynolds-number quasi-steady hydrodynamic motion induced by a rod in the form of a prolate spheroid sweeping a symmetric double cone is developed, and the influence of the ensuing fluid motion upon passive particles is studied. The resulting fluid motion is fully three-dimensional and time varying. The advected particles are observed to admit slow orbits around the rotating rods and a fast epicyclic motion roughly commensurate with the rod rotation rate. The epicycle amplitudes, vertical fluctuations, arclengths and angle travelled per rotation are mapped as functions of their initial coordinates and rod geometry. These trajectories exhibit a rich spatial structure with greatly varying trajectory properties. Laboratory frame asymmetries of these properties are explored using integer time Poincaré sections and far-field asymptotic analysis. This includes finding a small cone angle invariant in the limit of large spherical radius whereas an invariant for arbitrary cone angles is obtained in the limit of large cylindrical radius. The Eulerian and Lagrangian flow properties of the fluid flow are studied and shown to exhibit complex structures in both space and time. In particular, spatial regions of high speed and Lagrangian velocities possessing multiple extrema per rod rotation are observed. We establish the origin of these complexities via an auxiliary flow in a rotating frame, which provides a generator that defines the epicycles. Finally, an additional spin around the major spheroidal axis is included in the exact hydrodynamic solution resulting in enhanced vertical spatial fluctuation as compared to the spinless counterpart. The connection and relevance of these observations with recent developments in nano-scale fluidics is discussed, where similar epicycle behaviour has been observed. The present study is of direct use to nano-scale actuated fluidics.


2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (90) ◽  
pp. 20130880 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad J. Gemmell ◽  
Deepak Adhikari ◽  
Ellen K. Longmire

In aquatic ecosystems, predation on zooplankton by fish provides a major pathway for the transfer of energy to higher trophic levels. Copepods are an abundant zooplankton group that sense hydromechanical disturbances produced by approaching predators and respond with rapid escapes. Despite this capability, fish capture copepods with high success. Previous studies have focused on the predatory strike to elucidate details of this interaction. However, these raptorial strikes and resulting suction are only effective at short range. Thus, small fish must closely approach highly sensitive prey without triggering an escape in order for a strike to be successful. We use a new method, high-speed, infrared, tomographic particle image velocimetry, to investigate three-dimensional fluid patterns around predator and prey during approaches. Our results show that at least one planktivorous fish ( Danio rerio ) can control the bow wave in front of the head during the approach and consumption of prey (copepod). This alters hydrodynamic profiles at the location of the copepod such that it is below the threshold required to elicit an escape response. We find this behaviour to be mediated by the generation of suction within the buccopharyngeal cavity, where the velocity into the mouth roughly matches the forward speed of the fish. These results provide insight into how animals modulate aspects of fluid motion around their bodies to overcome escape responses and enhance prey capture.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jinxing Lai ◽  
Kaiyun Wang ◽  
Junling Qiu ◽  
Fangyuan Niu ◽  
Junbao Wang ◽  
...  

It is well known that the tunnel structure will lose its function under the long-term repeated function of the vibration effect. A prime example is the Xi’an cross tunnel structure (CTS) of Metro Line 2 and the Yongningmen tunnel, where the vibration response of the tunnel vehicle load and metro train load to the structure of shield tunnel was analyzed by applying the three-dimensional (3D) dynamic finite element model. The effect of the train running was simulated by applying the time-history curves of vibration force of the track induced by wheel axles, using the fitted formulas for vehicle and train vibration load. The characteristics and the spreading rules of vibration response of metro tunnel structure were researched from the perspectives of acceleration, velocity, displacement, and stress. It was found that vehicle load only affects the metro tunnel within 14 m from the centre, and the influence decreases gradually from vault to spandrel, haunch, and springing. The high-speed driving effect of the train can be divided into the close period, the rising period, the stable period, the declining period, and the leaving period. The stress at haunch should be carefully considered. The research results presented for this case study provide theoretical support for the safety of vibration response of Metro Line 2 structure.


2006 ◽  
Vol 50 (01) ◽  
pp. 15-30
Author(s):  
D. S. Holloway ◽  
M. R. Davis

High-speed strip theories are discussed, and a time domain formulation making use of a fixed reference frame for the two-dimensional fluid motion is described in detail. This, and classical (low-speed) strip theory, are compared with the experimental results of Wellicome et al. (1995) up to a Froude number of 0.8, as well as with our own test data for a semi-SWATH, demonstrating the marked improvement of the predictions of the former at high speeds, while the need to account for modest viscous effects at these speeds is also argued. A significant contribution to time domain computations is a method of stabilizing the integration of the ship's equations of motion, which are inherently unstable due to feedback from implicit added mass components of the hydrodynamic force. The time domain high-speed theory is recommended as a practical alternative to three-dimensional methods. It also facilitates the investigation of large-amplitude motions with stern or bow emergence and forms a simulation base for the investigation of ride control systems and local or global loads.


2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1462-1477 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Paul Lawson ◽  
Darren O’Connor ◽  
Patrick Zmarzly ◽  
Kim Weaver ◽  
Brad Baker ◽  
...  

Abstract The design, laboratory calibrations, and flight tests of a new optical imaging instrument, the two-dimensional stereo (2D-S) probe, are presented. Two orthogonal laser beams cross in the middle of the sample volume. Custom, high-speed, 128-photodiode linear arrays and electronics produce shadowgraph images with true 10-μm pixel resolution at aircraft speeds up to 250 m s−1. An overlap region is defined by the two laser beams, improving the sample volume boundaries and sizing of small (<∼100 μm) particles, compared to conventional optical array probes. The stereo views of particles in the overlap region can also improve determination of three-dimensional properties of some particles. Data collected by three research aircraft are examined and discussed. The 2D-S sees fine details of ice crystals and small water drops coexisting in mixed-phase cloud. Measurements in warm cumuli collected by the NCAR C-130 during the Rain in Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) project provide a test bed to compare the 2D-S with 2D cloud (2D-C) and 260X probes. The 2D-S sees thousands of cloud drops <∼150 μm when the 2D-C and 260X probes see few or none. The data suggest that particle images and size distributions ranging from 25 to ∼150 μm and collected at airspeeds >100 m s−1 by the 2D-C and 260X probes are probably (erroneously) generated from out-of-focus particles. Development of the 2D-S is in its infancy, and much work needs to be done to quantify its performance and generate software to analyze data.


2014 ◽  
Vol 919-921 ◽  
pp. 865-868 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Zhen Fei ◽  
Li Min Peng ◽  
Wei Chao Yang ◽  
Wei Guang Yan

According to the 100㎡ high-speed tunnel cross-section which is generally used in high-speed railway of China, this paper develops a tunnel-air-train simulation model, based on the three-dimensional incompressible Navier-Stokes equations and the standard k-e turbulence model. Time-history variation rules and space distribution characteristics of train wind are studied respectively. The results show that: train wind is complex three-dimensional flow changing with time and space, air at the front of train flows away from the train head, while air at the rear of train flows to the train tail.


2014 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 107-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Chan ◽  
J. H. W. Lee

Abstract. This paper presents a general model to predict the particulate transport and deposition from a sediment-laden horizontal momentum jet. A three-dimensional (3-D) stochastic particle tracking model is developed based on the governing equation of particle motion. The turbulent velocity fluctuations are modelled by a Lagrangian velocity autocorrelation function that captures the trapping of sediment particles in turbulent eddies, which result in the reduction of settling velocity. Using classical solutions of mean jet velocity, and turbulent fluctuation and dissipation rate profiles derived from computational fluid dynamics calculations of a pure jet, the equation of motion is solved numerically to track the particle movement in the jet flow field. The 3-D particle tracking model predictions of sediment deposition and concentration profiles are in excellent agreement with measured data. The computationally demanding Basset history force is shown to be negligible in the prediction of bottom deposition profiles.


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