Fractal Image Compression of Rayleigh, Raman, LIF and LDV Data in Turbulent Reacting Flows

Abstract

Fractal geometry analysis methods, analytical modeling and several experimental diagnostics were applied to an experimental reacting flow in a two- dimensional subsonic windtunnel with a backward facing step and provision for injection of inerts and combustibles through the porous floor behind the step. Experiments used laser velocimetry and Raman spectroscopy measurements for two components of the mean and fluctuating velocity and the local nitrogen concentration, which was found in this flow to be an accurate temperature sensor. The fuel used was hydrogen diluted with argon or nitrogen. Fractal geometry yielded a new nonlinear adaptive filter and an interpolation method for improving the statistics of sparsely separated data points. Analytical modeling was improved over from a prior program, and a two equation turbulent model now reproduces many of the observed features of the reacting flow.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA232237

Entities

People

  • Jechiel I. Jagoda
  • Warren C. Strahle

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adaptive Filters
  • Combustion
  • Data Analysis
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Geometry
  • Image Compression
  • Measurement
  • Raman Spectroscopy
  • Spectroscopy
  • Statistics
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Diffusion
  • Turbulent Mixing
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Adaptive Control and Estimation with Uncertainty in Dynamic Systems.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy