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Correcting for sub-grid filtering effects in particle image velocimetry data

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posted on 2010-04-16, 13:48 authored by Adrian SpencerAdrian Spencer, David Hollis
Particle Image Velocimetry methodology results in a spatial averaging of the real velocity field into a set of discrete measured velocities: one for each interrogation cell. In the absence of measurement noise this filtering process results in a reduction of the measured turbulent kinetic energy and other second order statistics of the velocity field. The reduction in this energy will naturally be dependent upon the amount of turbulent energy at lengthscales smaller than can be resolved by the interrogation cells that make up the measurement grid. This paper investigates the effects of sub-grid scale filtering on the second order statistics of velocity. Several experiments are reported for which interrogation cell size to turbulent integral length scale ratios were varied. In addition, synthetic turbulent velocity fields with known spatial correlation functions are used to support experimental results and provide calibration for the estimation of the level of sub-grid filtering. It is suggested that to accurately capture all turbulent kinetic energy using PIV the interrogation cell should be at least of order 10 times smaller than the integral lengthscale of the flow. A method is then provided to estimate the level of sub-grid filtering should the interrogation cell be larger than this limit up to around the size of the integral lengthscale. With interrogation cells larger than this lengthscale then sub-grid filtering is such that second order statistics are reduced by over 50% and it should be considered unwise to rely on any second order statistics from such a scenario, corrected or otherwise.

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School

  • Aeronautical, Automotive, Chemical and Materials Engineering

Department

  • Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

Citation

SPENCER, A. and HOLLIS, D., 2005. Correcting for sub-grid filtering effects in particle image velocimetry data. Measurement Science and Technology, 16 (11), pp. 2323–2335.

Publisher

© IOP Publishing Ltd

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Publication date

2005

Notes

This article was published in the journal, Measurement Science and Technology [© IOP Publishing Ltd] and the definitive version is available at: http://iopscience.iop.org/0957-0233/16/11/026/

ISSN

0957-0233;1361-6501

Language

  • en