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Three-dimensional tracking of microswimmer suspensions

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-04002-3

Junaid Mehmood, Koen Muller, Sowmya Kumar, Abel-John Buchner, Daniel Tam

{"title":"Three-dimensional tracking of microswimmer suspensions","authors":"Junaid Mehmood, Koen Muller, Sowmya Kumar, Abel-John Buchner, Daniel Tam","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-04002-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-04002-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Understanding the locomotion of microorganisms is essential for insights into microbial ecology, infection, and colonization processes. Although two-dimensional microscopy has been widely used to study microswimmer motility, it does not capture the full extent of their three-dimensional (3D) movement. Recent advances in defocused particle tracking, holographic tracking velocimetry, and stereo-microscopy face challenges in achieving high resolution at larger particle densities and tracking multiple microswimmers in suspension. In this work, we introduce a novel multi-camera microscopy system that significantly improves the accuracy of 3D microswimmer tracking. Our system uses four sCMOS cameras to image microorganisms within a 2.5 <span>(times)</span> 2.5 <span>(times)</span> 2 mm<span>(^3)</span>. We assess the performance of our microscopy system by tracking a population of the unicellular motile algae <i>Chlamydomonas reinhardtii</i>. An in-house tracking algorithm based on the projective geometry framework enables tracking with reprojection errors below 0.3 body lengths. This system supports imaging and tracking particle source densities of 0.32, higher than other existing single camera 3D microscopy techniques. Analysis of <i>C. reinhardtii</i> trajectories in 3D reveals a predominance of left-handed chirality and helical swimming patterns. Moreover, our 3D tracking data provide translational and rotational diffusion coefficients that differ from those obtained using traditional two-dimensional methods.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00348-025-04002-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143726700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Non-intrusive estimation of the buffet loads on a supercritical airfoil with SCBs

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-26 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-04000-5

A. D’Aguanno, A. Corduas, F. F. J. Schrijer, B. W. van Oudheusden

{"title":"Non-intrusive estimation of the buffet loads on a supercritical airfoil with SCBs","authors":"A. D’Aguanno, A. Corduas, F. F. J. Schrijer, B. W. van Oudheusden","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-04000-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-04000-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study experimentally investigates the effect of three-dimensional shock control bumps (SCBs) on the aerodynamic loads of a supercritical airfoil under transonic buffet conditions. The experiments consisted in planar particle image velocimetry (PIV) measurements and have been carried out in the transonic-supersonic wind tunnel of TU Delft under fully developed buffet conditions (<span>(text {Ma}=0.7)</span> and <span>(alpha =3.5^{circ })</span>). The bumps are wedge-shaped and have been placed in the center of the shockwave oscillation range. Shock detection and phase-averaged velocity fields confirm that properly designed and spaced (<span>(Delta y_text {SCB}/c = 25%)</span>) SCBs reduce the shockwave oscillation range (compared to the clean case). The velocity data have been further used to evaluate the pressure field around the entire airfoil, and afterward, lift and drag coefficients have been retrieved, respectively, from momentum contour and wake integral approaches. Results demonstrate that SCBs have a beneficial effect on the aerodynamic loads with an increase in lift and a decrease in drag under fully developed buffet conditions. More importantly, a strong reduction of the amplitude of oscillations of both lift and drag coefficient, within the different buffet phases, was noted. Tests at multiple spanwise locations revealed relevant differences, with lower drag and higher lift values being achieved in the symmetry plane of a SCB, while a worse performance (with values comparable to the clean case) was achieved in the symmetry plane in between two adjacent bumps.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00348-025-04000-5.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143706932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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High-speed fs/ps-CARS thermometry for supersonic H2/air combustion studies

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-25 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-04007-y

Clément Pivard, Michael Scherman, Rosa Santagata, Guillaume Pilla, Guillaume Pelletier, Thomas Le Pichon

{"title":"High-speed fs/ps-CARS thermometry for supersonic H2/air combustion studies","authors":"Clément Pivard, Michael Scherman, Rosa Santagata, Guillaume Pilla, Guillaume Pelletier, Thomas Le Pichon","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-04007-y","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-04007-y","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present the results of a hybrid femtosecond/picosecond coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (fs/ps-CARS) thermometry campaign performed in a H<sub>2</sub>/air research supersonic scramjet combustor. In situ vertical and horizontal temperature profiles were retrieved upstream and downstream the combustion zone. The repetition rate of the measurement was adjusted in order to optimize the signal-to-noise ratio of the CARS signal depending on the local turbulence of the flow. Near the flame front, single-shot measurements were demonstrated at kHz rate to catch the high-speed temperature fluctuations. In steady flow zones downstream of the combustion, up to 100 shots integration was performed in order to increase the precision of the measurement. This measurement campaign allowed to build a valuable experimental database for comparison with a 3D numerical unsteady computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation developed at ONERA. This work demonstrates the efficiency of hybrid fs/ps-CARS to perform single-shot kHz thermometry inside large-scale supersonic combustor.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3><div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143688493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Density measurements via background-oriented schlieren and parallel-ray omnidirectional integration

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-22 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-04012-1

Jonathan Davami, Thomas J. Juliano, Jose R. Moreto, Xiaofeng Liu

{"title":"Density measurements via background-oriented schlieren and parallel-ray omnidirectional integration","authors":"Jonathan Davami, Thomas J. Juliano, Jose R. Moreto, Xiaofeng Liu","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-04012-1","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-04012-1","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Most measurements of density via background-oriented schlieren (BOS) numerically integrate the Poisson equation to calculate the density field from density gradients, which is susceptible to errors in measurements and uncertainties in boundary values. An alternative method, parallel-ray omnidirectional integration (ODI), was implemented and found to be significantly more accurate and precise. To compare the performance of the integration algorithms, a BOS displacement field was synthesized for the Taylor–Maccoll solution for inviscid, supersonic, conical flow. The impact of measurement error was simulated by adding noise to the synthetic displacement field. Density was reconstructed from 200 statistically independent displacement fields for two noise levels. The ODI algorithm resulted in higher accuracy and precision for all cases analyzed. In fact, the mean error for ODI at the highest noise level was found to be lower than that of Poisson integration, even when Poisson is evaluated without any input noise. These algorithms were also used to reconstruct density from experimental BOS measurements on a cone-flare model in hypersonic flow and zero angle of attack. This geometry exhibits a shock-wave/boundary-layer interaction which consists of bow, separation, and reattachment shocks and a recirculation bubble. The reconstructed density agreed excellently with the inviscid solution outside the boundary layer and recirculation bubble. The ODI-derived density field provided a closer match to the anticipated result than the Poisson-derived density, and is thus the recommended method. This work emphasizes the exceptional capability of ODI in reconstructing accurate and precise density fields from BOS measurements, thereby advancing the high spatial resolution, non-intrusive, and quantitative measurement technique used to deepen the understanding of complex fluid flows.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143676444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Scanning laser-induced fluorescence for three-dimensional mixing characteristics of inclined dense jets with and without swirl

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-20 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-04005-0

Baoxin Jiang, Adrian Wing-Keung Law

{"title":"Scanning laser-induced fluorescence for three-dimensional mixing characteristics of inclined dense jets with and without swirl","authors":"Baoxin Jiang, Adrian Wing-Keung Law","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-04005-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-04005-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this study, we introduce a novel laser imaging technique, named as scanning laser-induced fluorescence (SLIF), designed to quantify the time-averaged three-dimensional mixing behavior of inclined dense jets with and without swirl. SLIF builds upon the established planar laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) method, which is widely used for experimental studies on buoyant jets in the laboratory. Unlike traditional LIF which is typically stationary, SLIF involves towing a light sheet obliquely in a back-and-forth manner through the flow domain to generate a volumetric scan. Simultaneously, an imaging camera is also towed at an oblique angle to capture the LIF images synchronously, allowing for comprehensive three-dimensional concentration measurements within the scanned volume. Compared to previous scanning approaches, SLIF is able to provide spatial measurements without the concern of defocusing due to the fixed relative distance between the laser sheet and camera. For validations, laboratory experiments with turbulent non-buoyant jets were first conducted. The results demonstrated good agreement with existing literature data. Subsequently, SLIF was applied to quantify the mixing characteristics of 45-degree inclined dense jets with and without swirl. In particular, the experimental results confirmed that SLIF offers valuable visualizations of mixing patterns in complex swirling situations that require three-dimensional volumetric scanning. Moreover, the volumetric measurements also enable the extraction of oblique sections across the inclined dense jet, facilitating the analysis of concentration distributions at various offset planes. This capability is crucial for enhancing the understanding of three-dimensional mixing processes for inclined dense jets particularly with swirl.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143668164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A model experiment to study the metal pad roll instability under ambient conditions

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-19 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-03973-7

Pranav Hegde, Thomas Gundrum, Gerrit Maik Horstmann

{"title":"A model experiment to study the metal pad roll instability under ambient conditions","authors":"Pranav Hegde, Thomas Gundrum, Gerrit Maik Horstmann","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-03973-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-03973-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present a new model experiment to study the metal pad roll (MPR) instability, which is a limiting factor for the safe operation of aluminum reduction cells. The idea of our experiment is to replace the horizontal electrical currents in the aluminum layer, which are caused by displacements of the cryolite–aluminum interface in industrial reduction cells, with a synthetic current that is supplied through the side walls of the experimental cell. In this way, only one liquid layer of an electrically conducting fluid is required for modeling the MPR instability, allowing the experiment to operate under ambient conditions using the room-temperature liquid alloy GaInSn as the current-bearing fluid. We demonstrate that the experimental model allows self-amplifying MPR waves to be destabilized and maintained in a reproducible way. The setup is equipped with an acoustic measurement technique that facilitates precise submillimeter measurements of liquid metal surface elevations, which makes it possible to determine several key quantities such as MPR growth rates, stability onsets, saturation amplitudes, or viscous and magnetic damping rates. As the MPR destabilizing Lorentz force synthesized in the experiment can be calibrated to the Lorentz forces appearing in real two-layer cells, the proposed model experiment is intended to establish a novel framework for experimental benchmarking.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00348-025-03973-7.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143655219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Development and application of a new visualization technique using photochromism for transport process of lubricating oil around the engine piston

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-17 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-03997-z

Akihiko Azetsu, Masayuki Ochiai

{"title":"Development and application of a new visualization technique using photochromism for transport process of lubricating oil around the engine piston","authors":"Akihiko Azetsu, Masayuki Ochiai","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-03997-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-03997-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A new visualization technique using photochromism for the movement of oil film was developed and applied to an optical gasoline engine. A photochromic dye was dissolved in the oil and an arbitrary position of the oil film was illuminated by UV laser light, which makes a marker in the oil film via a photochromic reaction. The lifetime of color change by photochromism is relatively long and therefore, by tracking the movement of a marker makes it possible to visualize the movement of oil film directly. The color density was quantified based on the absorbance calculated from images taken before and after coloring in two wavelengths. Through the experimental and theoretical considerations, it was confirmed that the calculated absorbance is effective in reducing a noise originated by the color, the shape of the piston surface, the temporal variation of oil film thickness and the illuminating light intensity distribution. Furthermore, the value of the absorbance is in a very good linear relationship with the oil film thickness. This technique was applied to an optical gasoline engine and confirmed the availability of this technique. In the top land of piston surface, the oil film between the piston and cylinder liner was separated and the majority of the oil is at the piston surface and moved with the piston motion. The oil film thickness on the cylinder liner was very thin. On the contrary, at the piston skirt region, a wider region of the oil film is connected between the linear and the piston skirt. However, there are regions where the oil film between the liner and the skirt is separated by oil film rupture and the majority of the oil film is on the piston skirt. The change of the flow direction by the operating condition, i.e., the throttle condition, was able to clearly visualize, though the movement of oil film on the piston surface was very slow in normal case. The relatively fast complexed flow for opposite direction was also able to visualize by this technique.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143632534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Benchmark evaluation of event-based imaging velocimetry using digital micro-mirror device

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-04003-2

Jiajun Cao, Xin Zeng, Zhen Lyu, Weiwei Cai, Hong Liu, Yingzheng Liu

{"title":"Benchmark evaluation of event-based imaging velocimetry using digital micro-mirror device","authors":"Jiajun Cao, Xin Zeng, Zhen Lyu, Weiwei Cai, Hong Liu, Yingzheng Liu","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-04003-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-04003-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A benchmark evaluation of event-based imaging velocimetry (EBIV) on its acquisition capability and measurement uncertainty is performed. Toward this end, a digital micro-mirror device interfaced with a pulsed laser light source is employed to generate illuminated particle images under various predefined particle diameters and concentrations, serving as the ground-truth base. For ease of comparison, a frame-based camera is used to provide the reference particle images. The measurement results indicate that the maximum frame-recovered acquisition frequency decreases as either particle image diameter or concentration increases, converging to a minimum level of 2400 Hz for the EVK4 event-based camera. Despite this lower limit of frequency, adding large-diameter and high-concentration particles may induce event overflow and then lead to incorrect velocity measurements. This deficiency can be avoided by maintaining a margin of around 5% between the maximum acquisition frequency and its lower limit, which corresponds to frequencies over 2500 Hz in this study. Furthermore, for an acquisition frequency over 2500 Hz, a diameter of 2.20 px exhibits the lowest mean velocity uncertainty, whereas, for an acquisition frequency below 2500 Hz, diameters of 2.20 and 3.06 px can both achieve the lowest uncertainty level. A linear model is also proposed to predict the maximum acquisition frequency in practical applications. This work establishes the relationship among acquisition frequency, measurement uncertainty, particle size and concentration for the EBIV system. Finally, a two-dimensional EBIV experiment on a water jet is successfully conducted at 4 kHz.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143602159","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Asymmetric time sequence for multiple-exposure 3D PTV

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-03993-3

Fulvio Scarano, Ilda Hysa, Adrian Grille Guerra, Marthijn Tuinstra, Andrea Sciacchitano

{"title":"Asymmetric time sequence for multiple-exposure 3D PTV","authors":"Fulvio Scarano, Ilda Hysa, Adrian Grille Guerra, Marthijn Tuinstra, Andrea Sciacchitano","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-03993-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-03993-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recording onto a single-frame multiple exposures of the tracer particles has the potential to simplify the hardware needed for 3D PTV measurements, especially when dealing with high-speed flows. The analysis of such recordings, however, is challenged by the unknown <i>time tag</i> of each particle exposure, alongside their unknown organization into physical trajectories (<i>trajectory tag</i>). Using a sequence of two or more illumination pulses with a constant time separation leads to the well-known <i>directional ambiguity</i> problem, whereby it is not possible to distinguish the direction of motion of the tracer particles. Instead, an irregular and asymmetric sequence of time separation for the illumination pulses allows recognizing the <i>time tag</i> of the unique sequence of positions in the image, composing the <i>trace</i>. A criterion is formulated here that recognizes unambiguously the <i>trace</i> pattern, based upon the principle of kinematic similarity. A combinatorial algorithm is proposed whereby a signal-to-noise ratio is introduced for every candidate trace. The approach is combined with an additional criterion that favors trace regularity (minimum velocity fluctuations). The algorithm is illustrated making use of particle motion examples. Furthermore, it is assessed using 3D experimental data produced with time-resolved analysis (single-frame, single-exposure) using the <i>Shake-the-Box</i> method. Traces with a three-pulse sequence yield a detection rate of 85%. The latter declines with the number of pulses. Conversely, the error rate rapidly vanishes with the samples number, which confirms the reliability of trace detection criterion when more pulses are comprised in the sequence.</p><h3>Graphical abstract</h3>\u0000<div><figure><div><div><picture><source><img></source></picture></div></div></figure></div></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00348-025-03993-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143612230","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Characteristics-based measurements of supersonic flows from schlieren images

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Experiments in Fluids Pub Date : 2025-03-12 DOI: 10.1007/s00348-025-03958-6

Alberto Guardone, Marta Zocca, Paolo Gajoni, Francesca Mondonico, Camilla Cecilia Conti

{"title":"Characteristics-based measurements of supersonic flows from schlieren images","authors":"Alberto Guardone, Marta Zocca, Paolo Gajoni, Francesca Mondonico, Camilla Cecilia Conti","doi":"10.1007/s00348-025-03958-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s00348-025-03958-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A novel method is presented to measure Mach number and flow angle from schlieren images of two-dimensional supersonic flows. A line detection technique is used to extract characteristic lines from schlieren images to measure the velocity direction and the Mach number at the intersection of characteristic curves. The proposed technique is independent of fluid thermodynamics and applies to dilute gas flows and non-ideal compressible flows. The velocity magnitude and fluid thermodynamics are retrieved from the fluid thermodynamic model, assuming constant total enthalpy and entropy. Mach number measurements are also obtained at solid walls by integrating the compatibility equation along the characteristic lines, using the measurements within the flowfield as initial conditions. Results are presented for two exemplary cases: an asymmetric converging–diverging nozzle and the supersonic flow around a diamond-shaped airfoil. Measured values of the Mach number and the flow angle agree with numerical predictions and indirect Mach number measurements based on pressure measurements. The reconstructed pressure and velocity magnitude values agree fairly well with available measurements and simulations in the dilute gas and in the non-ideal regimes.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":554,"journal":{"name":"Experiments in Fluids","volume":"66 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s00348-025-03958-6.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143594746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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