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How to get spatial resolution inside probe volumes of commercial 3D LDA systems

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In laser Doppler anemometry (LDA) it is often the aim to determine the velocity profile for a given fluid flow. The spatial resolution of such velocity profiles is limited in principal by the size of the probe volume. The method of using time of flight data from two probe volumes allows improvements of the spatial resolution by at least one order of magnitude and measurements of small-scale velocity profiles inside the measuring volume along the optical axis of commercial available 3D anemometers without moving the probe. No change of the optical set-up is necessary. An increased spatial resolution helps to acquire more precise data in areas where the flow velocity changes rapidly as shown in the vicinity of the stagnation point of a cuboid. In the overlapping region of three measuring volumes a spatially resolved 3D velocity vector profile is obtained in the direction of the optical axis in near plane flow conditions. In plane laminar flows the probe volume is extended by a few millimetres. The limitation of the method to a plane flow is that it would require a two-component LDA in a very special off-axis arrangement, but this arrangement is available in most commercial 3D systems.

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  1. Section of Fluid Flow Measuring Techniques, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Bundesallee 100, 38116, Braunschweig, Germany

    V. Strunck, T. Sodomann, H. Müller & D. Dopheide

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Strunck, V., Sodomann, T., Müller, H. et al. How to get spatial resolution inside probe volumes of commercial 3D LDA systems. Exp Fluids 36, 141–145 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-003-0688-8

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