Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.39, No.6, 1743-1746, 2000
On the representation of complex turbulent flows: representation of large data fields on the Internet
Full-field, time-resolved, velocity vector information is often needed for the analysis of fluid process problems. However, the reporting and analysis of such information are not simple. Publishers place a premium price on authors who use color. The use of a series of pictures to represent variation with time is poor at best. It would be advantageous to be able to provide a more thorough presentation by using color, stereoscopic viewing, and dynamic representations. The only present solution is to reference Internet locations for such representations or use dynamic links in the online journals currently available. The present paper discusses such efforts that we have used for an experimental database that provides full-field, time-resolved velocity vector information for an opposed jet reactor configuration. The key driving force is to understand and represent complex three-dimensional (3D) flows efficiently, simply, and at a minimal cost. The same procedures would apply for results from direct numerical simulations. The flow system used here is a simple gravity-driven, opposed jet flow where the two jets interact with each other in the central region of a cylindrical volume. For data acquisition, a series of mirrors, a square chamber around the volume, and SVHS Video recording were used.
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