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A simple digital-optical system to improve accuracy of hot-wire measurements

Gowree, E. R., Atkin, C. J. & Gruppetta, S. (2015). A simple digital-optical system to improve accuracy of hot-wire measurements. MEASUREMENT SCIENCE and TECHNOLOGY, 26(9), article number 095303. doi: 10.1088/0957-0233/26/9/095303

Abstract

A high precision traverse mechanism with micro-resolution was designed to capture accurately the velocity profile of the very thin turbulent attachment line on a swept body. To ensure that the traverse mechanism could position the hot wire reliably, a simple digital optical system was designed to check the performance of the traverse by measuring the displacement of the hot wire: a vertical displacement of 2.4µm was achievable and this could be further reduced to 0.6µm using micro-stepping. Due to the simplicity of the set-up it was equally useful for probe wall positioning and the velocity profiles captured clearly demonstrated that the optical set-up helped in resolving the near wall flow more accurately, regardless of the thinness of the boundary layer. The captured data compare well with the results from similar investigations, with arguably higher precision achieved.

Publication Type: Article
Subjects: T Technology > TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Departments: School of Science & Technology > Engineering
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