Linear absorption tomography with velocimetry (LATV) for multiparameter measurements in high-speed flows

Abstract

We present a linear model for absorption tomography with velocimetry (LATV) to reconstruct 2D distributions of partial pressure, temperature, and streamwise velocity in a high-speed flow. Synthetic measurements are generated by multi-beam tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy (TDLAS). The measurement plane is tilted relative to the streamwise direction and absorbance spectra are Doppler-shifted by the gas flow. Reconstruction comprises two stages. First, the thermodynamic state is obtained by reconstructing two or more integrated absorption coefficients and evaluating local Boltzmann plots. Second, the velocity field is directly reconstructed from absorbance-weighted linecenters. Absorbance data are inferred by Voigt fitting and reconstructions are quickly computed by matrix-vector multiplication. Nonlinear parameter combinations, such as the mass flow, are more accurate when computed by LATV than estimates obtained by assuming uniform gas properties along each beam.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 14, 2020
Source ID
10.1364/oe.408588

Entities

People

  • Adam M. Steinberg
  • Samuel J Grauer

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

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Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Spectroscopy.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Bayesian Inference
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms
  • Directed Energy
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