Filament motion: characterization of the flow

• Anemometer sampling velocity fluctuations

at 10000 Hz
• Sample period is 5s
• The top view records xz plane oscillation
• The side view records xy plane oscillation
• Velocity is increased and then it is
decreased
• Velocity ranges from 0 – 15 m/s, with steps
of 0.5 and 1 m/s when increasing and
decreasing, respectively.

• Side and top view of the filament. As the velocity increases the filament
deflects, and depending on the speed and the bending moment it would
eventually oscillate periodically. Silva, 2019.
 Flow characterization: Turbulance
3.5 4

3 3.5
5 m/s NG
data1
3 data2
2.5 data3
data4
5 m/s NG 2.5
data5
2 data1
Tu (%)

Tu (%)
data2 2
data3
1.5 data4
data5 1.5

1
1

0.5 0.5

0 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
U (m/s) U (m/s)
• From the anemometer data, the turbulence and scale length can be estimated
• On the left, plots of No Grid and Fine Grid are shown. As velocity increases the turbulence
reduces.
• On the right, we compare it with Wide Grid. It has more turbulence than the fine grid. It
seems to settle for higher speeds
 Flow characterization: Scale length

16 35

14 30

12
25

10
ILS (mm)

ILS (mm)
20
8
15
6

10
4

2 5

0 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
U (m/s) U (m/s)

• On the left, the integral scale for fine grid. On the right the integral length for wide grid.
• A wider grid results in larger eddies at higher velocities
 Flow characterization: Scale length
10 -8 10 -11
1 1.2

0.9
1
0.8

0.7
0.8
0.6
ILS (mm)

ILS (mm)
0.5 0.6

0.4
0.4
0.3

0.2
0.2
0.1

0 0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16
U (m/s) U (m/s)

• On the left, the dissipation scale for fine grid. On the right the dissipation length for wide grid.
• A wider grid results in smaller scales
• As the grids get away the length increases for all velocities