Flow visualization: a new tool for the industry.

Visualisation d'écoulements : nouveaux moyens pour l'industrie.

Type of article: Article

Summary

Visualization of phenomena is a key tool even though digital simulation is being used increasingly. The methods employed at present are being developed in order to perform quantitative measurements: flow-velocity measurement (double-pulse laser), temperature-variation or refractive-index measurements, or even phase change (liquid-gas). Visualization is becoming more accurate and more user-friendly. Thanks to laser tomography, interferometry, holography or other methods, the industry now has analytical tools at its disposal for use in widely varied fields (air-conditioning systems, cooling in thermic and electrical processes and wind-tunnel tests in civil engineering). The article provides an overview of various methods.

Details

Original title: Visualisation d'écoulements : nouveaux moyens pour l'industrie.
Record ID : 2001-1276
Languages: French
Source: Ing. Archit. suisses - vol. 126 - n. 03
Publication date: 2000/02/09
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Indexing

Themes: Other air-conditioning equipment;
Thermodynamic measurements
Keywords: Industrial application; Fluid; Measurement; Modelling; Flow; Air conditioning