Michael R. Fenelon, Yang Zhang, Peter J. Schmid, Louis N. Cattafesta III
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Abstract
This paper describes a comprehensive kinematic decomposition of unstructured Lagrangian data from volumetric particle tracking velocimetry measurements. The method uses particle location data at an arbitrary time t and calculates linear affine mappings at a later time \(t+{\text{d}}t\). The transformation produces the full velocity gradient tensor, which can then be further analyzed to identify the four types of fluid motion (i.e., translation, rotation, dilatation, and shear) without using spatial derivatives. The methodology provides insights into the underlying kinematics and facilitates the identification of coherent structures using, for example, the Q-criterion, within the flow without resorting to numerical differentiation or data assimilation methods. The method is first validated using analytical solutions and direct numerical simulations and then applied to experimental subsonic jet measurements. The method’s accuracy is discussed, and leading-order error sources are presented.
期刊介绍:
Experiments in Fluids examines the advancement, extension, and improvement of new techniques of flow measurement. The journal also publishes contributions that employ existing experimental techniques to gain an understanding of the underlying flow physics in the areas of turbulence, aerodynamics, hydrodynamics, convective heat transfer, combustion, turbomachinery, multi-phase flows, and chemical, biological and geological flows. In addition, readers will find papers that report on investigations combining experimental and analytical/numerical approaches.