Soap bubbles seeding for quantitative time resolved velocity measurements of a turbulent wake flow behind a cylinder

Authors

  • Amine Koched TSI France Inc. Hotel Technologique BP100, Technopole de Chateau Gombert 13382 Cedex 13 Marseille, France
  • Giuseppe Serra University “La Sapienza”, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy
  • Giampaolo Romano University “La Sapienza”, Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy
  • Carsten Kyal TSI Gmbh Neuköllner Strasse 4, 52068 Aachen Germany
  • Jean Stefanini TSI France Inc. Hotel Technologique BP100, Technopole de Chateau Gombert 13382 Cedex 13 Marseille, France

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18409/ispiv.v1i1.155

Keywords:

Soap bubbles, PIV, air flow, wake, cylinder

Abstract

The wake flow behind a cylinder of 100mm diameter is investigated using time resolved 2D PIV technique applied to an air flow generated in a closed loop open test section wind tunnel. The flow is seeded using a micro soap bubble generator (BG-1000, TSI Inc.). The bubbles in the air flow were illuminated with a CW laser source and imaged using a high-speed camera. The main purpose of this study is to show features and advantages of using soap bubbles as seeding for a relatively large-scale PIV investigation under low power illumination conditions.

Author Biography

  • Amine Koched, TSI France Inc. Hotel Technologique BP100, Technopole de Chateau Gombert 13382 Cedex 13 Marseille, France

    Dr Amine Koched is an application engineer at TSI France Inc. He holds a PhD in Experimental Fluid Mechanics from the University of Nantes in France obtained in 2013. He was PostDoc at IRSN (French Institute of Radioprotection and Nuclear Safety) and at Ecole des Mines de Douai in France and he was also a lecturer at University of Nantes. Amine is author of several research publications related mainly to fluid mechanics and aerosol science.

Published

2021-08-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021)

Section

Seeding

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