Industry Relations | Department of Mechanical Engineering

Motion Detection Equipment

Motion detection equipment will provide flow visualization and high speed motion capture.

Fluid Flow Visualization equipment and techniques

Stereo Particle Image Velocimetry system (TSI Powerview), with 120 mJ dual head Nd:YAG pulsed laser. Imaged field of view width can range from 1.5 m to 200 µm (using Leica stereomicroscope, maintaining quantitative flow field measurement).
Dantec MiniCTA hot wire anemometer.
Color schlieren system, ~18 inch diameter, includes EG&G strobe. Also (2) 4.5 inch diameter schlieren mirror pairs.
Additional equipment for air visualization: assortment of stage and water fog generators. Smoke wire apparatus.
Additional equipment for liquid flow visualization: Hydrogen bubble apparatus. Manual and automatic dye injection systems.
Assorted film and digital cameras.

Contact: Prof. Jean Hertzberg, hertzberg@colorado.edu
http://stripe.colorado.edu/~hertzber/Home.html
http://www.colorado.edu/MCEN/flowvis/
http://www.colorado.edu/MCEN/flowvis/galleries/index.html

Flow Facilities

Planar Jet Facility: 2.5 mm X 400 mm low speed ( < 10 m/s) jet apparatus.
Wind Tunnel: Aerolab High Speed open circuit tunnel, 12 inch X 12 inch cross section, 145 mph. Suitable for oil streak and fog stream visualization.
Laboratory with ventilation suitable for small combustion experiments.
Acoustic excitation systems.
Armfield open channel flume, 2.5m x 76mm x 250mm channel bed.
Small liquid flow facilities: 50 gallon fish tank, 2 10 gallon fish tanks, Stokes Reversible Flow Demonstration apparatus.
Hele Shaw cell.
Soap film tunnel, 0.5 m X 0.75 m.

High speed Olympus Camera
Olympus i-SPEED is an invaluable tool for general research and development requirements, with recording rates of up to 32,000 fps and instant playback & analysis via the CDU.
Contact: Lab Coordinator: Greg.Potts@colorado.edu