An improved smoke-wire flow visualization technique using capacitor as power source

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2018-06-16
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Animprovedsmoke-wireflowvisualizationtechniqueusingalargecapacitorasthepowersourcewasproposed.Electriccurrentdischargedfromcapacitorswasusedtoheatafinemetalwiresuspendedintheflowfield.Theoildropletsattachedtothewirewerevaporizedandsmokefilamentsfollowedtheflowmotions.Adigitalcamerawasusedtorecordtheimagesofthesmokefilaments.Theactionsofdischargingandcamerashutterweretriggeredbysignalsfromamicrocontrollertoensuretheaccuratetiming.Clearimagesofthestreaklineswerecapturedatafreestreamvelocityupto12.9m/s,muchhigherthanthelimitsoftheexistingtechniques.