Facilities
Wind Tunnel
We have access to a low speed wind tunnel in the department of Aerospace Engineering. The open-circuit wind tunnel has a 60 cm by 60 cm test section with a maximum speed of 50 m/s.
Water Tunnel
We also have access to a 45 cm by 45 cm test section water tunnel with a maximum speed of 1.2 m/s.
Pulsatile Flow Simulators
Description
Instrumentation
Time-Resolved Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)
The time-resolved PIV system can be configured for stereoscopic and tomographic PIV, it consists of
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4 high-resolution high-speed cameras (2 - VEO 640S and 2 - VEO 4K)
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Microlens arrays to convert to Plenotpic cameras for light-field imaging
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A high-speed laser with a pulse energy of 30 mJ/pulse at 1,000 Hz
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Synchronization timing units, data acquisition, and processing software from LaVision
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Specialized seeding generators - Helium-Filled Soap Bubble generator from LaVision
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Articulated laser arm and sheet optics from ILA
Force/Torque Sensors
Loadcells of varying load range and applications are available.
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Uniaxial and biaxial force and torque transducers
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ATI six-axis loadcells - ATI Nano and ATI Mini
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Associated signal conditioning hardware for each of the transducers
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Custom-developed LabVIEW software and National Instruments DAQ
Pulsatile Flow Sensors
Ultrasound-based clamp-on transducer
- Sampling rate of 100 Hz
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Maximum flow rate of 583 cc/s (35 L/min).
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Associated signal conditioning hardware, National Instruments cDAQ systems, and LabVIEW
Unsteady Pressure Transducer
Differential Pressure transducers
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Measurement range for applications from Aerodynamics to Biofluids
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Associated signal conditioning hardware, National Instruments cDAQ systems, and LabVIEW