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Accuracy Study of a 2-Component Point Doppler Velocimeter (PDV).

Author:
James, Kelly
Published:
1997.
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1 electronic document
Additional Creators:
Ramanath, Senthil, Naylor, Steve, and Kuhlman, John
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A two-component Point Doppler Velocimeter (PDV) which has recently been developed is described, and a series of velocity measurements which have been obtained to quantify the accuracy of the PDV system are summarized. This PDV system uses molecular iodine vapor cells as frequency discriminating filters to determine the Doppler shift of laser light which is scattered off of seed particles in a flow. The majority of results which have been obtained to date are for the mean velocity of a rotating wheel, although preliminary data are described for fully-developed turbulent pipe flow. Accuracy of the present wheel velocity data is approximately +/- 1 % of full scale, while linearity of a single channel is on the order of +/- 0.5 % (i.e., +/- 0.6 m/sec and +/- 0.3 m/sec, out of 57 m/sec, respectively). The observed linearity of these results is on the order of the accuracy to which the speed of the rotating wheel has been set for individual data readings. The absolute accuracy of the rotating wheel data is shown to be consistent with the level of repeatability of the cell calibrations. The preliminary turbulent pipe flow data show consistent turbulence intensity values, and mean axial velocity profiles generally agree with pitot probe data. However, there is at present an offset error in the radial velocity which is on the order of 5-10 % of the mean axial velocity.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 19980019288.
NAS 1.26:207325.
AIAA Paper 97-1916.
NASA/CR-97-207325.
Fluid Dynamics Conference; 29 Jun. - 2 Jul. 1997; Snowmass Village, CO; United States.
Shear Flow Control Conference; 29 Jun. - 2 Jul. 1997; Snowmass Village, CO; United States.
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