PIV Systems
Time-Resolved Digital particle image velocimetry System
A 50W 0-30kHz 2-25mJ/pulse Nd:Yag
3 IDT v. 5.0 cameras with 1280x1024 pixels resolution and 1-10kHz sampling rate kHz frame-straddling (double-pulsing) with as little as 1 msec between pulses
2 Phantom-IV digital cameras that deliver up to 30,000 fps with adjustable resolution while with the maximum resolution of 512x512 the sampling rate is 1000 frame/sec
Digital Particle Image Velocimetry
30 Hz repetition rate (< 30 Hz) Nd:Yag dual-head laser with 50 mJ/pulse
2 1Kx1K pixel cameras
TRDPIV System Under Development
Time Resolved Stereo DPIV with Dual-head laser 0-30kHz 50mJ/pulse
2 2.3kx1.7 time resolved cameras with build-in 4th generation intensifiers
Other Fluid Instrumentation
LDV/PDA 2-D fiber-optic Laser-Doppler Velocimetry (LDV) system with dedicated 3-axis traversing mechanism
Peripheral support Equipment
2 3-D traverse systems
1 6-component load cell
1 Photron (1280x1024 pixels@3kHz sampling rate)
2 32-Channel Electronic Pressure Scanners
3 16-Channel Electronic Pressure Scanners
5 differential pressure transducer 1”H2O
5 and 7-hole probes
6 high-end PC workstations for data analysis and reduction
4 high-end data-acquisition PC’s/laptop, equipped with state of the art DAQ boards and 2 synchronization boards
1 cell culture Incubator
1 Freeze fracturing/thin film deposition unit
Wind/Water Tunnels
12" Open jet high speed tunnel 5m/s
3’x3’ Low speed ESM Water Tunnel. Maximum speed is 2/m/s and turbulence intensity ~3%.
Low speed wind tunnel
Transonic wind tunnel
Stability Tunnel