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International Heat Transfer Conference 13
Graham de Vahl Davis (open in a new tab) School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia
Eddie Leonardi (open in a new tab) Computational Fluid Dynamics Research Laboratory, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2052

ISSN Online: 2377-424X

ISBN CD: 1-56700-226-9

ISBN Online: 1-56700-225-0

A NEW PIV TECHNIQUE FOR VERY LARGE HEAT-INDUCED FLOW-FIELDS

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DOI: 10.1615/IHTC13.p21.230
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SINOPSIS

Particle Image Velocimetry is often applied in the study of heat-induced flows because it is a non-intrusive technique that is capable of measuring very low velocities. It is therefore very well suited to the study of natural convection. The current limitation of this technique for this type of applications is the maximum size of the flow-field to be investigated which is of the order of 30 cm × 30 cm. In the present work, a special technique of PIV has been developed to overcome these limitations: A pattern recognition technique has been applied to images of seeded flow in fields of view with area larger than one square metre to obtain instantaneous velocity maps, using adapted PIV algorithms. The principles of the technique are first explained, feasibility tests are described and finally, the validation of the technique is demonstrated in a very low speed wind tunnel. To sum up, this paper proposes a measurement technique that can be applied to the experimental investigation of natural convection in large industrial buildings with flow fields of more than a meter.

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