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Gowree, E. R., Atkin, C. J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2529-1978 and Gruppetta, S.
(2015)
A simple digital-optical system to improve accuracy of hot-wire measurements.
Measurement Science and Technology, 26 (9).
ISSN 0957-0233
Abstract
A high precision traverse mechanism with micro-resolution was designed to capture accurately the velocity profile of the very thin turbulent attachment line on a swept body. To ensure that the traverse mechanism could position the hot wire reliably, a simple digital optical system was designed to check the performance of the traverse by measuring the displacement of the hot wire: a vertical displacement of 2.4 mu m was achievable and this could be further reduced to 0.6 mu m using micro-stepping. Due to the simplicity of the set-up it was equally useful for probe wall positioning and the velocity profiles captured clearly demonstrated that the optical set-up helped in resolving the near wall flow more accurately, regardless of the thinness of the boundary layer. The captured data compare well with the results from similar investigations, with arguably higher precision achieved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | optical,hot wire,probe wall position |
| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 30 May 2020 00:13 |
| Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2022 06:15 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/75411 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0957-0233/26/9/095303 |
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