Des travaux récents indiquent qu'il existe des différences fondamentales entre les systèmes visuel et auditif: tandis que le premier semble échantillonner le flux d'information en provenance de l'environnement, en passant d'un "instantané" à un autre (créant ainsi des cycles perceptifs), la plupart des expériences destinées à examiner ce phénomène de discrétisation dans le système auditif ont mené à des résultats mitigés. Dans cette thèse, au travers de deux expériences de psychophysique, nous montrons que le sous-échantillonnage de l'information à l'entrée des systèmes perceptifs est en effet plus destructif pour l'audition que pour la vision. Cependant, nous révélons que des cycles perceptifs dans le système auditif pourraient exister à un niveau élevé du traitement de l'information. En outre, nos résultats suggèrent que du fait des fluctuations rapides du flot des sons en provenance de l'environnement, le système auditif tend à avoir son activité alignée sur la structure rythmique de ce flux. En synchronisant la phase des oscillations neuronales, elles-mêmes correspondant à différents états d'excitabilité, le système auditif pourrait optimiser activement le moment d'arrivée de ses "instantanés" et ainsi favoriser le traitement des informations pertinentes par rapport aux événements de moindre importance. Non seulement nos résultats montrent que cet entrainement de la phase des oscillations neuronales a des conséquences importantes sur la façon dont sont perçus deux flux auditifs présentés simultanément ; mais de plus, ils démontrent que l'entraînement de phase par un flux langagier inclut des mécanismes de haut niveau. Dans ce but, nous avons créé des stimuli parole/bruit dans lesquels les fluctuations de l'amplitude et du contenu spectral de la parole ont été enlevés, tout en conservant l'information phonétique et l'intelligibilité. Leur utilisation nous a permis de démontrer, au travers de plusieurs expériences, que le système auditif se synchronise à ces stimuli. Plus précisément, la perception, estimée par la détection d'un clic intégré dans les stimuli parole/bruit, et les oscillations neuronales, mesurées par Electroencéphalographie chez l'humain et à l'aide d'enregistrements intracrâniens dans le cortex auditif chez le singe, suivent la rythmique "de haut niveau" liée à la parole. En résumé, les résultats présentés ici suggèrent que les oscillations neuronales sont un mécanisme important pour la discrétisation des informations en provenance de l'environnement en vue de leur traitement par le cerveau, non seulement dans la vision, mais aussi dans l'audition. Pourtant, il semble exister des différences fondamentales entre les deux systèmes: contrairement au système visuel, il est essentiel pour le système auditif de se synchroniser (par entraînement de phase) à son environnement, avec un échantillonnage du flux des informations vraisemblablement réalisé à un niveau hiérarchique élevé. / Recent research indicates fundamental differences between the auditory and visual systems: Whereas the visual system seems to sample its environment, cycling between "snapshots" at discrete moments in time (creating perceptual cycles), most attempts at discovering discrete perception in the auditory system failed. Here, we show in two psychophysical experiments that subsampling the very input to the visual and auditory systems is indeed more disruptive for audition; however, the existence of perceptual cycles in the auditory system is possible if they operate on a relatively high level of auditory processing. Moreover, we suggest that the auditory system, due to the rapidly fluctuating nature of its input, might rely to a particularly strong degree on phase entrainment, the alignment between neural activity and the rhythmic structure of its input: By using the low and high excitability phases of neural oscillations, the auditory system might actively control the timing of its "snapshots" and thereby amplify relevant information whereas irrelevant events are suppressed. Not only do our results suggest that the oscillatory phase has important consequences on how simultaneous auditory inputs are perceived; additionally, we can show that phase entrainment to speech sound does entail an active high-level mechanism. We do so by using specifically constructed speech/noise sounds in which fluctuations in low-level features (amplitude and spectral content) of speech have been removed, but intelligibility and high-level features (including, but not restricted to phonetic information) have been conserved. We demonstrate, in several experiments, that the auditory system can entrain to these stimuli, as both perception (the detection of a click embedded in the speech/noise stimuli) and neural oscillations (measured with electroencephalography, EEG, and in intracranial recordings in primary auditory cortex of the monkey) follow the conserved "high-level" rhythm of speech. Taken together, the results presented here suggest that, not only in vision, but also in audition, neural oscillations are an important tool for the discretization and processing of the brain's input. However, there seem to be fundamental differences between the two systems: In contrast to the visual system, it is critical for the auditory system to adapt (via phase entrainment) to its environment, and input subsampling is done most likely on a hierarchically high level of stimulus processing.

Possible areas of improving the efficiencies of the Lincoln University flame weeder are identified and investigated. The Hoffmann burner initially used in the Lincoln University flame weeder was found not to entrain sufficient air to allow complete combustion of the LPG used. A new burner, the Modified Lincoln University burner, was designed to improve the entrainment of air. Results show that the new design entrained sufficient air to theoretically allow complete combustion of the LPG, and this resulted in a 22.7% increase in heat output per Kg of LPG used over the Hoffmann burner. Temperature x time exposure constants required to kill weeds 0 - 15, 15 - 30, and 30 - 45 mm in size, were found to be respectively 750, 882, and 989 degrees Celsius.Seconds. These constants can be used to calculate the maximum speed of travel an operator can use a flame weeder at, once the temperature profile underneath its shields are established at various travel speeds, and therefore ensure that the flame weeder is used at its maximum efficiency. The constants can also be used to establish the cost efficiency of any flame weeder (in $/Ha), depending on the size of the weeds to be treated. The materials and methods used in establishing the temperature x time exposure constants can be used to establish the temperature x time exposure constant of any weed species at any size.

Oil well blow outs are investigated to determine methods to quickly and accurately respond to an emergency situation. Flow rate is needed to guide containment and dispersal operations. The Stratified Integral Multiphase Plume, SIMP, model was used to investigate the range of initial conditions available to integral modeling. Sensitivity to initial conditions is modest, but without experimental data at the appropriate scale the most accurate condition is unable to be determined. Flow rates are difficult to directly measure in blow out situations, so another method must be determined; therefore, sensitivity of several parameters to flow rate was also evaluated. Methane concentration in the first intrusion can be used in conjunction with velocity and trap height measurements to determine flow rate using an integral model. Plume width and temperature were determined to have little sensitivity. Separately, a containment dome was tested in the laboratory to determine if a full scale dome can be used to contain an oil leak in the field. The dome was found to have satisfactory entrapment in the designed position.

Die experimentellen Untersuchungen zur Strömungs-Struktur-Interaktion kommen zu folgenden Ergebnissen. Die als entrainment bezeichnete Verhaltensweise von Fischen kann durch den gezielten Ausgleich von Auftriebs-, Widerstands- und einer erstmals nachgewiesenen Saugkraft und der damit verbundenen Reduzierung der lokomotorischen Energie erklärt werden. Des Weiteren zeigen die Experimente an einer wellenförmig bewegten Oberfläche, dass die Strömung an einem Wellenberg zyklisch zwischen laminarem und turbulentem Regime wechselt und dass diese Oszillation zur Reduzierung des Form- und Gesamtwiderstandes der geschleppten Oberfläche führt. Dünne, flexible Häutchen hairy flaps an der Rückseite eines Zylinders führen zu einer Änderung der Struktur der Wirbelablösung an diesem. Dadurch wird sowohl die auf den Zylinder wirkende Auftriebskraft als auch die Widerstandskraft um bis zu 65% reduziert. Für die Interaktion zwischen der Strömung um zwei hintereinander positionierte elastische Zylinder und ihrer Kinematik konnte die Synchronisierung (lock-in) ihrer Bewegung mit einer verbundenen Zerstörung der Wirbelstraße hinter dem zweiten Zylinder gezeigt werden. / The experimental investigations presented herein explain the behavioural adaptation of fish called entrainment for the first time. The results confirm a balance of lift-, drag- and a suction-force, explaining the reduction of locomotive energy. Furthermore, flow measurements around an undulating membrane affirm an oscillation between laminar and turbulent flow over one period of the motion and that this oscillation decreases the pressure- and drag-force of the towed membrane. Experiments on thin and flexible flaps attached at the lee-side of a cylinder, show that the flaps alter the natural vortex separation cycle in such a way that the vortices do not shed in a staggered side-by-side arrangement but in line in a row with the cylinder wake axis. Thus, flow fluctuations are reduced by 42% in stream-wise - and 35% in transversal direction at best, compared to a reference case without hairy-flaps. Finally, investigations on the flow around and on the kinematics of two flexible cylinders in a tandem arrangement demonstrate a synchronisation of their motion (lock-in), resulting in the destruction of the vortex-street behind the second cylinder.

Circadian system of mammals is generated in suprachiasmatic nuclei of hypothalamus. This system is synchronized with light conditions through phase shifts that occur after light exposition during the subjective night. Recent studies have shown that activation of endocannabinoid receptors attenuates the light-induced phase shifts and influences the ability of circadian system to light entrainment. The aim of this work is to examine this influence on behavioral level and on light-reactive cellular processes within the suprachiasmatic nuclei. Our results show that the activation of endocannabinoid system via CB1 receptor agonist modulates the light-induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2) and the expression of c-Fos protein in neurons of suprachiasmatic nuclei in the rat's brain; these cellular processes correlate with the attenuation of light entrainment. Keywords: circadian system, suprachiasmatic nuclei, light entrainment, endocannabinoid system, CB1 receptors, extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2, ERK1/2, c-Fos

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:55:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6460.pdf: 5784014 bytes, checksum: b5d530fa8eb34cab80042a1e35cb0086 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-12-15 / In the ethanol fermentation processes, the product inhibition phenomenon limits the ethanol concentration in the fermented wine around 10% v.v-1, which results in a large volume of vinasse (around 12Lvinasse/Lethanol) and high level of energy consumption by distillation (around 2,5 Kgvapor/Lethanol). Alternative technologies designed to remove ethanol from the fermentation broth have been studied in the literature. One example is the operation of ethanol entrainment by a carrier gas, known as stripping, which in addition to the removal of the ethanol, a reduction of the temperature of the medium is expected due to the vaporization. In this context, the stripping operation could be used to control the ethanol concentration and cooling the fermentation process, as it could be used after the fermentation to promote the ethanol separation, being an alternative to distillation, reducing the energy consumption. In this study it was analyzed the stripping operation using CO2 (generated during the fermentation) in pilot plant. A factorial design was applied to evaluate the influence of the initial temperature of the solution (T0) and specific flow rate of the carrier gas (CO2) on the following stripping performance parameters: entrainment factor (FA), concentration factor (FC), and temperature reduction factor (FT). Furthermore, a mathematical model was proposed to describe the ethanol mass (mET) and the temperature (T) changes during the stripping operation. It has evaluated the performance of the ethanol recovery system and an extractive fermentation. The results showed that FA and FT were positively affected by T0, because the temperature increasing leads to greater vaporization, promoting greater entrainment of the ethanol and the high extraction of energy from the medium. The FA was also positively influenced by CO2, because it promotes greater mass transfer rate and contact area between the bubbles and liquid phase. The CO2 influenced the FT positively, but only for smaller CO2. Suppose that, for larger CO2, the equilibrium was not reached due the lower residence time of the bubbles in the wine, by removing smaller amount of energy from the liquid phase. The FC was negatively influenced by T0, because of the entrainment of a larger amount of water together with the ethanol has occurred. From the simulated results it was observed that, for smaller CO2, the expected results for the proposed model were close to the experimental, with maximum errors of 10%, concluding that the model is valid, i.e., the equilibrium was reached and the effect of mechanical entrainment was negligible. However, for larger CO2, the errors were higher (20%), concluding that the system has not reached the equilibrium and the effect of mechanical entrainment was significant. The ethanol recovery system of the CO2 stream presented 66.88 and 40.93% efficiency for the assays carried out at 33 and 65ºC, respectively, therefore with a low performance. In the extractive fermentation it was observed that the removal of the ethanol from the medium reduced the product inhibition and increased the substrate consumption rate. The CO2 flowthrough the fermentation medium (CO2 of 1.0 vvm) contributed to the reduction in the temperature of the medium in 41%. Furthermore, there was a decrease in the values of the volumetric flow rates of the cooling water, around 34%, in extractive fermentation when compared to conventional fermentation, indicating a potential savings of the 34% on inputs in the cooling towers and, also, saving energy in pumping this water. / Na fermentação alcoólica, o fenômeno da inibição pelo produto limita a concentração de etanol no vinho ao redor de 10 ºGL, o que resulta em grande volume de vinhaça (ca. 12 Lvinhaça/Letanol) e alto consumo de vapor na etapa de destilação (ca. 2,5 kgvapor/Letanol). Tecnologias para remover etanol do vinho vêm sendo estudadas. Exemplo é a operação de arraste de etanol por um gás, conhecida como stripping, que além da remoção de etanol, provoca também a redução da temperatura do meio reacional devido à sua vaporização. Neste contexto, a operação de stripping poderia ser utilizada tanto no controle da concentração de etanol e na redução da temperatura do meio fermentativo, como poderia ser utilizada após a fermentação para a extração de etanol do vinho, sendo uma alternativa à destilação, reduzindo o consumo de vapor da planta. Neste trabalho avaliou-se a operação de stripping, em escala piloto, utilizando CO2 (gerado no próprio processo industrial). Um planejamento fatorial foi utilizado para avaliar a influência das variáveis independentes, temperatura inicial do vinho (T0) e vazão específica de CO2 (CO2), nos parâmetros de desempenho: Fator de Arraste (FA), Fator de Concentração (FC) e Fator de Redução de Temperatura (FT). Além disso, desenvolveu-se um modelo para prever as variações da massa de etanol (mET) e da temperatura (T) do sistema durante a operação de stripping. Avaliou-se, também, o desempenho de um sistema de recuperação de etanol e de uma fermentação extrativa. Os resultados mostraram que o FA e o FT foram positivamente influenciados por T0, pois o aumento da temperatura gera maior vaporização, o que contribui para maior arraste de etanol e maior retirada de energia do meio. O FA foi também influenciado positivamente pela CO2, pois promove maior transferência de massa e área de contato entre as bolhas e o vinho. A CO2 influenciou positivamente o FT, porém, apenas para as menores CO2. Supõe-se que, para as maiores CO2, as bolhas não atingiram o equilíbrio devido ao menor tempo de residência das bolhas no vinho, retirando menor quantidade de energia do meio. O FC foi influenciado negativamente por T0, pois ocorre o arraste de uma maior quantidade de água juntamente com o etanol. A partir dos resultados da simulação observou-se que, para as menores CO2, os resultados previstos pelo modelo proposto ficaram próximos aos experimentais, com desvios máximos de 10%, concluindo-se que o modelo foi válido, ou seja, atingiu o equilíbrio e o efeito da sublação foi desprezível. Porém, para as maiores CO2, os desvios foram maiores (20%), concluindo-se que o sistema não atingiu o equilíbrio e o efeito da sublação foi significativo. O sistema de recuperação de etanol da corrente de CO2 mostrou eficiência de 66,88 e 40,93%, para os ensaios a 33º e 65 ºC, respectivamente, apresentando, portanto, um baixo desempenho. Notou-se que na fermentação extrativa houve a remoção de etanol do meio, reduzindo a inibição pelo produto e aumentando a velocidade de consumo de substrato. A passagem do CO2 pelo meio fermentativo (CO2 de 1 vvm) contribuiu para redução da temperatura do meio em 41%. Além disso, houve o decréscimo dos valores das vazões volumétricas da água de resfriamento, em torno de 34%, nas fermentações extrativas quando comparadas com as convencionais, indicando uma potencial economia de 34% em insumos nas torres de resfriamento e, também, economia de energia no bombeamento desta água.

Escoamentos bifásicos estão presentes em diversos processos naturais e industriais, como na indústria de petróleo. Podem apresentar-se em diferentes configurações topológicas, ou, padrões de escoamento, entre eles o escoamento estratificado ondulado e o estratificado com mistura na interface. Os escoamentos bifásicos estratificados óleo-água têm sido utilizados como uma forma conveniente de evitar a formação de emulsões de água em óleo em oleodutos e possuem uma ocorrência comum em poços de petróleo direcionais. Quando a onda interfacial ultrapassa determinado limite geométrico e cinemático, surge o fenômeno do entranhamento de gotas, representado por misturas entre as fases junto à interface que promovem um aumento na queda de pressão. Modelos têm sido apresentados pela literatura na tentativa de descrever o fenômeno do entranhamento de gotas. Neste trabalho é apresentada uma nova proposta de modelagem matemática unidimensional para o entranhamento de gotas com o objetivo de melhorar a previsão dos parâmetros envolvidos, em especial, da fração volumétrica de óleo e da queda de pressão bifásica. Também foi utilizada simulação numérica computacional, CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics), com o uso de software comercial para obtenção dos valores dos parâmetros do escoamento estratificado ondulado óleo-água (fração volumétrica de óleo, queda de pressão, amplitude e comprimento da onda interfacial). Os resultados da modelagem fenomenológica para entranhamento e os de CFD foram comparados com bancos de dados experimentais. Os resultados em CFD mostram concordância com os resultados experimentais, tanto na análise qualitativa das propriedades geométricas das ondas interfaciais, quanto na comparação direta com os dados para fração volumétrica e queda de pressão. Os resultados numéricos da modelagem fenomenológica para fatores de entranhamento apresentam boa concordância com dados da literatura. / Two-phase flows are present in many natural and industrial processes, such as in the oil industry. They may be found arranged in several flow patterns, including the wavy stratified flow and the stratified with mixing at the interface. The stratified oil-water flow has been used as a convenient way to avoid the formation of emulsions of water in oil and have a common occurrence in directional oil wells. When the interfacial wave exceeds a certain geometric and kinematic limit the phenomenon of drop entrainment arises at the interface, causing an increase of pressure drop. Models have been presented in the literature in an attempt to describe the phenomenon of drop entrainment. In this work, we present a new method for the one-dimensional mathematical modeling of entrainment in order to improve the prediction of oil volume fraction and pressure drop. It was also used a commercial computational fluid dynamics tool (CFD) to obtain the values of flow parameters of wavy stratified oil-water flow, such as oil volume fraction, pressure drop, amplitude and length of the interfacial waves. The results of the phenomenological modeling for entrainment and CFD were compared with experimental databases. The CFD results are in agreement with the experimental results in both the qualitative analysis of the geometric properties of the interfacial waves and in direct comparison with oil-volumetric-fraction and pressure-drop data. The numerical results of the phenomenological model for entrainment factors are in agreement with data from the literature.

Cette thèse porte sur la simulation des jets de gouttes générés par des pulvérisateurs essence haute pression, pulvérisateurs qui sont un point clef des systèmes de combustion automobile de la présente et future génération devant diminuer les émissions de CO2 et de polluants. Dans un premier temps les jets de gouttes (« sprays ») sont simulés par simulation moyennée. Les résultats de simulation d’un jet donnant des résultats en moyenne satisfaisant, l'interaction de jets en injecteurs multi-trous est alors simulée. Les résultats sont cohérents par rapport aux mesures d'entraînement d’air. La simulation permettant d'avoir accès au champ complet 3D, le mécanisme d'interaction jet à jet et de développement instationnaire du spray est décrit en détail. La formation d’un mouvement descendant au centre du spray et celle d'un point d'arrêt central sont trouvés. Finalement, Ces résultats sont étendus au cas surchauffé, cas où la pression dans la chambre est inférieure à la pression de vapeur saturante. Un modèle simple semi-empirique est proposé pour tenir compte de la modification des conditions proches de la buse d’injection. Le modèle prédit correctement les tendances des variations de paramètres et capture la forme générale du spray qui se referme sur lui-même. La seconde grande partie est consacrée au développement d’un modèle de spray par l’approche des grandes échelles (SGE), limité ici aux cas non évaporant. Il comprend la modélisation de sous-maille de la dispersion turbulente, des collisions-coalescence et des termes d’échange de quantité de mouvement de sous-maille. L'effet du choix du modèle de sous-maille pour la viscosité turbulente de sous-maille est montré, le choix retenu étant le modèle de Smagorinski dynamique. Afin d'améliorer la représentativité cruciale des conditions d’injections, un couplage faible est réalisé à partir de résultats de simulations existantes de l'écoulement interne aux buses. Les fonctions densité de probabilité simple et jointes extraits des résultats de simulations sont validés par rapport aux mesures PDA en situation pseudo-stationnaire et la pénétration liquide et la forme du spray est comparée aux visualisations par ombroscopie. Enfin, différentes zones caractéristiques sont identifiées et des longueurs sont notées pour les cas d'injection à 100 et 200bar. / Over the years numerical modelling and simulation techniques have constantly been improved with the increase in their use. While keeping the computational resources in mind, numerical simulations are usually adapted to the required degree of accuracy and quality of results. The conventional Reynolds Average Navier Stokes (RANS) is a robust, cheap but less accurate approach. Large Eddy Simulation (LES) provides very detailed and accurate results to the some of the most complex turbulence cases but at higher computational cost. On the other hand, Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) is although the most accurate of the three approaches but at the same time it is computationally very expensive which makes it very difficult to be applied to the most of the complex industrial problems. The current work is aimed to develop a deeper understanding of multi-hole Gasoline Direct Injection (GDI) sprays which pose many complexities such as; air entrainment in the multi-hole spray cone, Jet-to-Jet interactions, and changes in the spray dynamics due to the internal flow of the injector. RANS approach is used to study multi-hole injector under cold, hot and superheated conditions. Whereas, LES is utilized to investigate the changes in the dynamics of the single spray plume due to the internal flow of the GDI injector. To reduce computational cost of the simulations, dynamic mesh refinement has been incorporated for both LES and RANS simulation. A thorough investigation of air entrainment in three and six hole GDI injectors has been carried out using RANS approach under non superheated and superheated conditions. The inter plume interactions caused by the air entrainment effects have been analysed and compared to the experimental results. Moreover, the tendencies of semi collapse and full collapse of multi-hole sprays under non superheated and superheated conditions have been investigated in detail as well. A methodology of LES has been established using different injection strategies along with various subgrid scale models for a single spray plume. In GDI multi-hole sprays, the internal flow of the injector plays a very crucial role in the outcome the spray plume. A separate already available internal flow LES simulation of the injector has been coupled with the external spray simulation in order to include the effect of nozzle geometry and the cavitation phenomenon which completely change the dynamics of the spray.

Die experimentellen Untersuchungen zur Strömungs-Struktur-Interaktion kommen zu folgenden Ergebnissen. Die als entrainment bezeichnete Verhaltensweise von Fischen kann durch den gezielten Ausgleich von Auftriebs-, Widerstands- und einer erstmals nachgewiesenen Saugkraft und der damit verbundenen Reduzierung der lokomotorischen Energie erklärt werden. Des Weiteren zeigen die Experimente an einer wellenförmig bewegten Oberfläche, dass die Strömung an einem Wellenberg zyklisch zwischen laminarem und turbulentem Regime wechselt und dass diese Oszillation zur Reduzierung des Form- und Gesamtwiderstandes der geschleppten Oberfläche führt. Dünne, flexible Häutchen hairy flaps an der Rückseite eines Zylinders führen zu einer Änderung der Struktur der Wirbelablösung an diesem. Dadurch wird sowohl die auf den Zylinder wirkende Auftriebskraft als auch die Widerstandskraft um bis zu 65% reduziert. Für die Interaktion zwischen der Strömung um zwei hintereinander positionierte elastische Zylinder und ihrer Kinematik konnte die Synchronisierung (lock-in) ihrer Bewegung mit einer verbundenen Zerstörung der Wirbelstraße hinter dem zweiten Zylinder gezeigt werden.:Zusammenfassung 1 Conclusions 7 1. Einleitung und Zielsetzung 11 2. Messtechnische Grundlagen 17 2.1. Klassische Particle Image Velocimetry 18 2.2. Scanning Particle Image Velocimetry 20 2.3. Mirror Particle Tracking Velocimetry 21 2.4. Druckberechnung 35 3. Hydrodynamisches Modell des entrainments 37 3.1. Stand der Forschung 38 3.2. Experimenteller Aufbau 42 3.3. Ergebnisse 44 3.4. Zusammenfassung 51 4. Undulatorisch bewegte Oberflächen 53 4.1. Stand der Forschung 54 4.2. Mechanisches Modell 57 4.3. Experimenteller Aufbau 61 4.4. Ergebnisse 65 4.5. Zusammenfassung 74 5. Selbstadaptive elastische Klappen - hairy flaps 77 5.1. Stand der Forschung 78 5.2. Experimenteller Aufbau 82 5.3. Ergebnisse 86 5.4. Zusammenfassung 107 6. Umströmung stumpfer elastischer Körper 109 6.1. Stand der Forschung 110 6.2. Experimenteller Aufbau 116 6.3. Ergebnisse 120 6.4. Zusammenfassung 128 7. Ausblick 131 Abbildungsverzeichnis 135 Tabellenverzeichnis 141 Symbolverzeichnis 142 Literaturverzeichnis 146 A. Anhang 155 / The experimental investigations presented herein explain the behavioural adaptation of fish called entrainment for the first time. The results confirm a balance of lift-, drag- and a suction-force, explaining the reduction of locomotive energy. Furthermore, flow measurements around an undulating membrane affirm an oscillation between laminar and turbulent flow over one period of the motion and that this oscillation decreases the pressure- and drag-force of the towed membrane. Experiments on thin and flexible flaps attached at the lee-side of a cylinder, show that the flaps alter the natural vortex separation cycle in such a way that the vortices do not shed in a staggered side-by-side arrangement but in line in a row with the cylinder wake axis. Thus, flow fluctuations are reduced by 42% in stream-wise - and 35% in transversal direction at best, compared to a reference case without hairy-flaps. Finally, investigations on the flow around and on the kinematics of two flexible cylinders in a tandem arrangement demonstrate a synchronisation of their motion (lock-in), resulting in the destruction of the vortex-street behind the second cylinder.:Zusammenfassung 1 Conclusions 7 1. Einleitung und Zielsetzung 11 2. Messtechnische Grundlagen 17 2.1. Klassische Particle Image Velocimetry 18 2.2. Scanning Particle Image Velocimetry 20 2.3. Mirror Particle Tracking Velocimetry 21 2.4. Druckberechnung 35 3. Hydrodynamisches Modell des entrainments 37 3.1. Stand der Forschung 38 3.2. Experimenteller Aufbau 42 3.3. Ergebnisse 44 3.4. Zusammenfassung 51 4. Undulatorisch bewegte Oberflächen 53 4.1. Stand der Forschung 54 4.2. Mechanisches Modell 57 4.3. Experimenteller Aufbau 61 4.4. Ergebnisse 65 4.5. Zusammenfassung 74 5. Selbstadaptive elastische Klappen - hairy flaps 77 5.1. Stand der Forschung 78 5.2. Experimenteller Aufbau 82 5.3. Ergebnisse 86 5.4. Zusammenfassung 107 6. Umströmung stumpfer elastischer Körper 109 6.1. Stand der Forschung 110 6.2. Experimenteller Aufbau 116 6.3. Ergebnisse 120 6.4. Zusammenfassung 128 7. Ausblick 131 Abbildungsverzeichnis 135 Tabellenverzeichnis 141 Symbolverzeichnis 142 Literaturverzeichnis 146 A. Anhang 155

<p>Nanosecond spark plasma actuators provide an opportunity to reduce pollutants by promoting efficient combustion in engines or provide targeted, tunable, flow control over vehicles, due to their ability to influence flow and combustion through multiple mechanisms. The plasma actuators can be physically unobtrusive, can be turned on and off and their low duty cycle, large bandwidth, and light weight make them more appealing than other control approaches. One method by which these plasma actuators interact with the environment is by inducing a complex local flow field and in order, to design scalable, high frequency actuators effectively, it is necessary to first understand the flow induced by a single spark discharge. Most experimental analysis on the flow induced by spark discharges has been restricted to qualitative descriptions of the flow field, primarily due to the difficulties associated with measuring such a transient and highly complex flow with sufficient spatiotemporal resolution. Quantitative, experimental characterization of the flow induced by a spark discharge remains lacking. </p><p> </p><p>A spark discharge produces a shock wave and a hot gas kernel with a complex flow field following the shock. In this work, combined experimental and theoretical characterization of the spark induced flow is performed through a series of high spatiotemporal resolution measurements of the density and velocity fields and reduced-order modeling. The work investigates the mechanisms driving the cooling and vorticity generation in spark induced flow and the 3D nature of the flow field. Planar (2D-3C) and volumetric (3D-3C) velocity measurements are taken using stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (SPIV) and tomographic PIV, respectively. Density measurements are taken using background oriented schlieren (BOS) and high speed schlieren imaging is used to capture the shock wave induced by the spark.</p><p> </p><p>The work shows that spark plasma discharges induce vortex rings whose vorticity is likely generated due to baroclinic torque arising from the non-uniform strength of the induced shock wave. The hot gas kernel cools in two stages: an initially fast cooling regime, followed by a slower cooling process. Reduced order analytical models are developed to describe the cooling observed in the fast regime and the role of the vortex rings in the entrainment of cold ambient gas and the cooling of the hot gas kernel. The results show that the vortex rings entrain ambient gas and drive cooling in the fast, convective regime, cooling approximately 50% of the hot gas within the first millisecond of the induced flow. An increase in the electrical energy deposited in the spark gap increases the shock strength and curvature and increases the vortex ring strength, thereby increasing the cooling rate and expansion of the hot gas kernel. The volumetric velocity measurements capture one of the two induced vortex rings and provide a framework for the improvements needed in future tomographic PIV experiments of the spark induced flow field, necessary in assessing the 3D nature of the induced vortex rings.</p><p> </p><p> The results of this work provide the first set of quantitative, experimental data on flow induced by nanosecond spark discharges that can be used for validation of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The results demonstrate that spark plasmas induce vortex ring-driven mixing flows and the results on mixing and cooling of the hot gas kernel can be extended to any passive scalars present in the flow field as well as inform pulsation frequencies and actuator designs for flow and combustion control. The results from the reduced order modeling can inform future studies and applications of nanosecond spark discharges and can be extended to a variety of other types of plasma discharges like laser sparks, long duration sparks and surface discharges with similar induced flow fields.<br></p>