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Fiscaletti, D. (author), Westerweel, J. (author), Elsinga, G.E. (author)The investigation of flows at high Reynolds number is of great interest for the theory of turbulence, in that the large and the small scales of turbulence show a clear separation. But, as the Reynolds number of the flow increases, the size of the Kolmogorov length scale ( ? ) drops almost proportionally. Aiming at achieving the adequate spatial...journal article 2014
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Poelma, C. (author), Franken, M.J.Z. (author), Kim, H. (author), Westerweel, J. (author)Contact lines are the locations where a gas, liquid and a solid meet. From everyday experience we know that such contact lines can be mobile, for example in the case of a water droplet sliding over a glass surface. However, the continuum description of the flow towards or away from a contact line implies that the forces diverge as one approaches...conference paper 2014
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Kloosterman, A. (author)The work described in this PhD thesis has been carried out to improve insight into the relation between changing vascular network structures and their corresponding hemodynamics. Accurate quantitative information about the changing hemodynamics has been obtained experimentally from developing extraembryonic vascular networks of chicken embryos,...doctoral thesis 2013
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Heo, G.E. (author), Seo, A. (author), Kim, R.E. (author), Kim, S.W. (author), Kim, S.K. (author)Three physiological functions of nasal breathing (air-conditioning, filtering and smelling) are closely related with airflow characteristics in the human nasal airway. Since fluid mechanical properties are heavily affected by the geometry of flow passage, the changes in anatomical shape of nasal cavity by disorders or surgical treatments alter...conference paper 2013
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Shekhar, C. (author), Nishino, K. (author), Iso, Y. (author)The turbulence dissipation rate and turbulence shear stress are estimated inside a cylindrical, stirred flow mixer by carrying out Stereo PIV measurements in twelve vertical and three horizontal planes. The flow domain is vertically oriented, filled with the water. A commercially-available, three-blade impeller, HR-100, is used as the agitator....conference paper 2013
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Mosharov, V. (author), Radchenko, V. (author)New approach to surface flow visualization based on combination of oil film method with PIV approach is presented. Oil film is seeded with optically contrast particles and two or more images of these contrast particles are acquired at some time interval at desirable flow parameters. Cross-correlation analysis of these images allows to determine...conference paper 2013
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Violato, D.V. (author)To meet the increasingly stringent noise regulation, aircraft manufacturers are searching for solutions to jet noise. This, which constitutes a significant amount of the total noise emitted by civil aircrafts, is generated by the mixing processes between the exhaust flow leaving the engine and the atmosphere. A detailed understanding of such...doctoral thesis 2013
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Novara, M. (author)This research deals with advanced developments in 3D particle image velocimetry based on the tomographic PIV technique (Tomo-PIV). The latter is a relatively recent measurement technique introduced by Elsinga et al. in 2005, which is based on the tomographic reconstruction of particle tracers in three-dimensional space from a small number of its...doctoral thesis 2013
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Hussong, J. (author), Lindken, R. (author), Faulhammer, P. (author), Noreikat, K. (author), Sharp, K.V. (author), Kummer, W. (author), Westerweel, J. (author)To date, there is only a fragmentary understanding of the fundamental mechanisms of airway mucociliary transport. Application of the latest measurement techniques can aid in deciphering the complex interplay between ciliary beat and airway surface liquid (ASL) transport. In the present study, direct, quasi-simultaneous measurements of the cilia...journal article 2013
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Meijer, G.J. (author), Dijkstra, J. (author)The current paper presents a novel experimental method which is able to capture the effects of suffusion by substitution of the fines in a sample by salt of a similar grain size. The setup is tailored to optically capture the change in soil structure behind a glass window in a plane strain strongbox using a digital camera. Subsequently, digital...conference paper 2012
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Verdoold, S. (author)ElectroHydroDynamic Atomisation (or electrospraying) is a way to disperse a liquid into droplets by exposing it to a strong electric field. The resulting droplets are (highly) charged and can exhibit narrow size and charge distributions which is desirable for many applications. In this dissertation a novel method is developed to classify the...doctoral thesis 2012
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Breugem, W.A. (author)Two experiments are performed in order to investigate suspended sediment transport in a turbulent open channel flow. The first experiment used particle image velocimetry (PIV) to measure the fluid velocity with a high spatial resolution, while particle tracking velocimetry (PTV) was used to measure the velocity of individual sediment particles....doctoral thesis 2012
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Koschatzky, V. (author)This thesis deals with the problem of noise. Sound is a constant presence in our lives. Most of the times it is something wanted and it serves a purpose, such as communication through speech or entertainment by listening to music. On the other hand, quite often sound is an annoying and unwanted by-product of some other activity necessary to us....doctoral thesis 2011
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Roosenboom, E.W.M. (author)The aim of the thesis is to measure the propeller slipstream properties (velocity and vorticity) and to assess the unsteady and instantaneous behavior of the propeller flow field at high disk loadings, zero thrust and thrust reverse using the image based measurement techniques. Along with its implementation of the techniques in industrial...doctoral thesis 2011
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Mahmood, A. (author)The vertical rod/tube bundle geometry has a wide variety of industrial applications. Typical examples are the core of light water nuclear reactors (LWR) and vertical tube steam generators. In the core of a LWR, primarily coolant flows upward but their also exist a flow in lateral direction, called crossflow, in the gaps in between the sub...doctoral thesis 2011
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Ghaemi, S. (author), Scarano, F. (author)The light source budget is a critical issue for tomographic particle image velocimetry (Tomo-PIV) systems due to its requirement for large illuminated volume and imaging at small apertures. In this work, a light amplification system based on the multi-pass concept is investigated for Tomo-PIV applications. The system design is performed on the...journal article 2010
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Verdoold, J. (author)This dissertation focuses on turbulent thermal convection, which occurs in a wide range of (geo)physical situations, like in the atmosphere, the oceans, the interior of stars or planets, and engineering applications, like metal casting or crystal growth processes. In this work, a special type of thermal convection, Rayleigh-Bénard convection, is...doctoral thesis 2010
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Ghaemi, S. (author), Schmidt-Ott, A. (author), Scarano, F. (author)The potential application of aggregates of nanoparticles for high-speed flow diagnostics is investigated. Aluminum nanoparticles around 10 nm in diameter are produced by spark discharge in argon gas. Through rapid coagulation and oxidation, aggregates of small effective density are formed. They are characterized by microscopy and their...journal article 2010
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Souverein, L.J. (author)Shock wave boundary layer interactions (SWBLI) are a common phenomenon in transonic and supersonic flows. The presence of shock waves, induced by specific geometrical configurations, causes a rapid increase of the pressure, which can lead to flow separation. Examples of such interactions are found in amongst others rocket engine nozzles and on...doctoral thesis 2010
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Theunissen, R. (author)As an experimental tool, Particle Image Velocimetry has quickly superseded traditional point-wise measurements. The inherent image processing has become standardized though the performances are strongly dependent on user experience. Moreover, the arduously selected image interrogation parameters are applied uniformly throughout the image...doctoral thesis 2010