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A facility for simultaneous particle image velocimetry and high resolution unsteady pressure measurement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

D. Hurst ,
R. A. McD. Galbraith ,
F. N. Coton  and
I. Grant
D. Hurst
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
R. A. McD. Galbraith
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
F. N. Coton
Affiliation:
Department of Aerospace Engineering University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
I. Grant
Affiliation:
Fluid Loading and Instrumentation Centre Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
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Abstract

This paper describes a facility for the acquisition of simultaneous high quality particle image velocimetry (PIV) and unsteady surface pressures with high spatial and temporal resolution. The facility, developed through a long-standing collaboration between the Department of Aerospace Engineering at Glasgow University and the Fluid Loading and Instrumentation Centre at Heriot-Watt University, is currently being used in collaborative projects and has the potential to provide a level of detail previously unattainable for CFD validation.

Results from both measurement techniques will be presented to demonstrate the range and potential of the two systems. In addition, the value of combining the two techniques will be demonstrated by results from a blade-vortex interaction experiment in which both methods were applied. Finally, future applications of the combined system will be discussed.

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Research Article
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The Aeronautical Journal , Volume 102 , Issue 1014 , April 1998 , pp. 201 - 209
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1998 

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