Direct Measurement of Turbulent Dissipation Rate Using Dual Laser Doppler Velocimeters

Abstract

The analysis of two-point velocity correlation measurement, made in the anisotropic flowfield of axisymmetric sudden expansion using two-single component LDV systems, has been performed. Estimations of the Taylor microscale were made and the one-dimensional energy spectrum was determined using the spatial and auto-correlation functions from these measurements. Difficulties in estimating the Taylor microscale from spatial and auto-correlations are discussed and methods to overcome these difficulties are suggested. Calculations of the one dimensional energy spectrum from curve fits to the correlation functions are explored and some hazards of the process are highlighted.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA273740

Entities

People

  • Abdollah S. Nejad
  • Richard D. Gould

Organizations

  • Wright Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Air Force
  • Argon Lasers
  • Axisymmetric
  • Balances
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computational Science
  • Data Sets
  • Dissipation
  • Flow
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Microbalances
  • Numerical Integration
  • Reynolds Number
  • Spectra

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Fluid Dynamics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy