El objetivo principal de este trabajo es el estudio numérico (caffa3d.MB) y experimental (PIV) de los campos de velocidad y de temperatura en dominios complejos como los encontrados en las computadoras u otros sistemas electrónicos refrigerados que contengan circuitos impresos (PCB, Printed Circuit Board). La refrigeración es uno de los principales desafíos que estos dispositivos se deben tratar. La disipación del calor de los dispositivos de circuitos electrónicos se ha convertido en una cuestión importante a tener en cuenta durante su diseño. Los PCB son circuitos electrónicos que generan calor por efecto Joule y necesitan ser enfriados. Son cada vez más pequeños y por lo tanto los problemas del calentamiento disminuyen su eficiencia y vida útil. El estudio de la velocidad y los campos de temperatura está estrechamente relacionada con el análisis de la evolución espacial y temporal de las estructuras de flujo que se encuentran en las cavidades cerradas que contiene PCB y con el entendimiento de la influencia de la geometría, la velocidad de entrada de fluido y temperatura de la placa en el proceso de enfriamiento del PCB. / The main objective of this work is the numerical (caffa3d.MB) and experimental (PIV) study of the velocity and temperature fields in complex domains like those encountered in computers or other electronic refrigerated systems with printed circuit board (PCB). Cooling is one of the main challenges these devices have to deal with. Heat removal from the electronic circuit devices has become an important issue to take into account during their design. PCB's are electronic circuits that generate heat by Joule effect and need to be cooled down. They are becoming smaller and therefore some warming problems appear that lowers their efficiency and lifespan. The study of the velocity and temperature fields is closely connected with the analysis of the spatial and temporal evolution of the flow structures found in PCB enclosed cavities and with the understanding of the influence of the geometry, the inlet fluid velocity and plate temperature in the cooling process of the PCB.

This thesis describes an investigation of the velocity field in a fluid around a solid sphere undergoing transient motion parallel to, and midway between, two plane walls. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) was used to measure the velocity at many discrete locations in a plane that was perpendicular to the walls and included the centre of the sphere. The transient motion was achieved by releasing the sphere from rest and allowing it to accelerate to terminal velocity. <p>To avoid complex wake structures, the terminal Reynolds number was kept below 200. Using solutions of glycerol and water, two different fluids were tested. The first fluid was 100%wt glycerol, giving a terminal Reynolds number of 0.6 which represents creeping flow. The second solution was 80%wt glycerol yielding a terminal Reynolds number of 72. For each of these fluids, three wall spacings were examined giving wall spacing to sphere diameter ratios of h/d = 1.2, 1.5 and 6.0. Velocity field measurements were obtained at five locations along the transient in each case. Using Y to denote the distance the sphere has fallen from rest, velocity fields were obtained at Y/d = 0.105, 0.262, 0.524, 1.05, and 3.15. <p>It was observed that the proximity of the walls tends to retard the motion of the sphere. A simple empirical correlation was fit to the observed sphere velocities in each case. A wall correction factor was used on the quasi-steady drag term in order to make the predicted unbounded terminal velocity match the observed terminal velocity when the walls had an effect. While it has been previously established that the velocity of a sphere is retarded by the proximity of walls, the current research examined the link between the motion of the sphere and the dynamics of the fluid that surrounds it. By examining the velocity profile between the surface of the sphere at the equator and the wall, it was noticed that the shear stresses acting on the sphere increase throughout the transient, and also increase as the wall spacing decreases. This is due to the walls blocking the diffusion of vorticity away from the sphere as it accelerates leading to higher shear stresses. <p>In an unbounded fluid, the falling sphere will drag fluid along with it, and further from the sphere, fluid will move upward to compensate. It was found that there is a critical wall spacing that will completely prevent this recirculation in the gap between the sphere and the wall. In the 80%wt glycerol case, this critical wall spacing is between h/d = 1.2 and 1.5, and in the 100%wt glycerol case the critical wall spacing is between h/d = 1.5 and 6.0.

Film flow of a suspension has been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. Gravity-driven free-surface inclined plane flow of a suspension of neutrally buoyant particles has been investigated using a stereoscopic particle imaging velocimetry technique. Particles have been shown to migrate away from the solid surface, and the film thickness has been shown to decrease as the fluid moves down the inclined plane. The free surface has been characterized using a light reflection technique, which shows that surface topography is affected by the inclination angle, and the particle concentration. This flow has been modeled based on a suspension normal stress approach. A boundary condition at the free surface has been examined, and model predictions have been compared with experimental results. The model predicts that the film thickness, relative to its initial value, will decrease with the bulk particle concentration. The thin film flow over the inner cylinder in partially filled Couette flow of a suspension has been experimentally investigated as well as modeled. Concentration bands have been shown to form under a variety of different fill fractions, bulk particle concentrations, inclination angles, ratio of inner to outer cylinder, and rotation rates of the inner cylinder. The banding phenomena ranges from a regime where bands are small, mobile and relatively similar in concentration to the bulk, to a regime where the concentration bands are larger, stationary, and where the space between them is completely devoid of particles. The role of the film thickness in the band formation process has been investigated, and has led to a model for the band formation process based on a difference in the rate that fluid can drain from height fluctuations relative to the particles.

This study proposed a novel design of the passive micromixer which employed several quadrilateral shaped blocks in the micro channel to enhance mixing. Both numerical and experimental investigations have been carry out. Commercial software CFD-ACE was used to simulate the flows. The simulation results showed great agreement with the measured results, implying that Navier¡VStokes¡¦ equations still effectively governs the micro-scope flows in this scale. It is effective to enhance mixing efficiency over wide flow rate ranges. Mixing performance was characterized by Laser-induced-fluorescence system (LIF system) to quantity the concentration distribution in the micro channel . In addition, Microscopic flow visualization was also setup to visualize the flow field in the micro mixer. Micro-particle image velocimetry (Micro-PIV) was used to measure the flow fields in microchannel filled with deionized water (DI water) . The system utilizes an epifluorescent microscope, 3.3 £gm diameter seed particles, and an high speed CCD camera to record particle-image fields. The vector fields are analyzed using a double-frame cross-correlation algorithm. The stochastic influence of Brownian motion plays a significant role in the accuracy of instantaneous velocity measurements.

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is an optical technique used to display and evaluate the motion of fine particles in a flow. In this experimental study, velocity profiles are examined by PIV system and basic analysis methods are compared.

Earlier investigations of Combustion Powered Actuation (COMPACT) have demonstrated its utility for high-speed aerodynamic flow control. In this actuation approach, momentary (pulsed) actuation jets are produced by the ignition of a mixture of gaseous fuel and oxidizer within a cubic-centimeter scale chamber. The combustion process yields a high pressure burst and the ejection of a high-speed exhaust jet. The present thesis focuses on characterization of the effects of the internal flow (which is altered through the fuel and oxidizer inlet streams) on mixing and flame propagation within the actuator's combustion chamber, and thereby on actuator operation and performance. A test chamber with a grid of interchangeable air and fuel inlets was used for parametric investigations of the effects of inlet size and location. Actuator performance is characterized using dynamic pressure measurements and phase-locked Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) of the combustor's internal flow field in the presence and absence of the active combustion process. Over the range tested, increased momentum of the air inlet jet for a given flow rate improves the actuator performance by increasing bulk velocities and small-scale motions within the chamber, thus yielding net higher flame propagation speed and subsequently faster pressure rise and higher pressure peak. Variation in inlet location that results in swirling flow within the chamber yields higher internal pressures while air flow over the spark ignition site yields lower internal pressures and erratic combustion. Improved refill and combustion processes will lead to enhanced performance combustor designs.

Zugl.: Berlin, Techn. Univ., Diss., 2009

A number of clinical, in vitro and computational studies have shown the potential for thromboembolic complications in bileaflet mechanical heart valves (BMHV), primarily due to the complex and unsteady flows in the valve hinges. These studies have focused on quantitative and qualitative parameters such as velocity magnitude, turbulent shear stresses, vortex formation and platelet activation to identify potential for blood damage. However, experimental characterization of the whole flow fields within the valve hinges has not yet been conducted. This information can be utilized to investigate instantaneous damage to blood elements and also to validate numerical studies focusing on the hinge’s complex fluid dynamics. The objective of this study was therefore to develop a high-resolution imaging system to characterize the flow fields and global velocity maps in a BMHV hinge. Subsequently, the present study investigated the effect of hinge gap width on flow fields in a St. Jude Medical BMHV. The results from this study suggest that the BMHV hinge design is a delicate balance between reduction of fluid shear stresses and areas of flow stasis during leakage flow, and needs to be optimized to ensure minimal thromboembolic complications. Overall, the current study demonstrates the ability of high-resolution Micro Particle Image Velocimetry to assess the fluid flow fields within the hinges of bileaflet mechanical heart valves, which can be extended to investigate micro-scale flow domains in critical regions of other cardiovascular devices to assess their blood damage potential.

The stability and turbulence characteristics of a vortex filament emanating from a single-bladed rotor in hover are investigated using proper orthogonal decomposition. The rotor is operated at a tip chord Reynolds number and a tip Mach number of 218,000 and 0.22, respectively, and with a blade loading of CT /σ = 0.066. In-plane components of the velocity field (normal to the axis of the vortex filament) are captured by way of 2D particle image velocimetry with corrections for vortex wander being performed using the Γ1 method. Using the classical form of POD, the first POD mode alone is found to encompass nearly 75% of the energy for all vortex ages studied and is determined using a grid of sufficient resolution as to avoid numerical integration errors in the decomposition. The findings reveal an equal balance between the axisymmetric and helical modes during vortex roll-up which immediately transitions to helical mode dominance at all other vortex ages. This helical mode is one of the modes of the elliptic instability. While the snapshot POD is shown to reveal similar features of the first few energetic modes, the classical POD is employed here owing to the easier interpretation of the Fourier-azimuthal modes. The spatial eigenfunctions of the first few Fourier-azimuthal modes associated with the most energetic POD mode are shown to be sensitive to the choice of the wander correction technique used. Higher Fourier-azimuthal modes are observed in the outer portions of the vortex and appeared not to be affected by the choice of the wander correction technique used. / text

Simulations are becoming increasingly popular in science and engineering. One type of simulation is Computation Fluid Dynamics (CFD) that is used when closed forms solutions are impractical. The field of Verification & Validation emerged from the need to assess simulation accuracy as they often contain approximations and calibrations. Validation involves the comparison of experimental data with simulation outputs and is the focus of this work. Errors in simulation predictions may be assessed in this way. Validation requires highly-detailed data and description to accompany these data, and uncertainties are very important. The purpose of this work is to provide highly complete validation data to assess the accuracy of CFD simulations. This aim is fundamentally different from the typical discovery experiments common in research. The measurement of these physics was not necessarily original but performed with modern, high fidelity methods. Data were tabulated through an online database for direct use in Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes simulations. Detailed instrumentation and documentation were used to make the data more useful for validation. This work fills the validation data gap for steady and transient mixed convection. The physics in this study included mixed convection on a vertical flat plate. Mixed convection is a condition where both forced and natural convection influence fluid momentum and heat transfer phenomena. Flow was forced over a vertical flat plate in a facility built for validation experiments. Thermal and velocity data were acquired for steady and transient flow conditions. The steady case included both buoyancy-aided and buoyancy-opposed mixed convection while the transient case was for buoyancy-opposed flow. The transient was a ramp-down flow transient, and results were ensemble-averaged for improved statistics. Uncertainty quantification was performed on all results with bias and random sources. An independent method of measuring heat flux was devised to assess the accuracy of commercial heat flux sensors used in the heated wall. It measured the convective heat flux by the temperature gradient in air very near the plate surface. Its accuracy was assessed by error estimations and uncertainty quantification.