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Design of multiple channel hot wire anemometers

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Abstract

An anemometer design is presented which provides 138 channels of hot wire anemometry for simultaneous sampling of low frequency turbulent events. Each anemometer is fitted with a sample and hold circuit and an 8th order, low pass Bessel filter. There are 16 anemometers placed on a circuit board. A multiplexer is mounted on each board to select one of the anemometers for data output to an analog to digital (A/D) computer. Each board is therefore connected to only one channel of the A/D. With 16 channels of A/D and 16 anemometers on a board it is possible to measure at 256 different locations simultaneously. The cost of the individual anemometers was kept low (about $50 each) so that many anemometers could be utilized. The experiment to which this anemometer design will be applied is the simultaneous sampling of the velocity field in the mixing layer of an isothermal, axisymmetric jet. Proper care is taken to resolve the entire flow field, thereby limiting the amount of spatial aliasing of the azimuthal modes. The use of long hot wires aids in the reduction of spatial aliasing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFluid Measurement and Instrumentation
PublisherPubl by ASME
Pages67-73
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)0791813665
StatePublished - 1994
EventProceedings of the 1994 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Part 9 (of 18) - Lake Tahoe, NV, USA
Duration: Jun 19 1994Jun 23 1994

Publication series

NameAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers, Fluids Engineering Division (Publication) FED
Volume183

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 1994 ASME Fluids Engineering Division Summer Meeting. Part 9 (of 18)
CityLake Tahoe, NV, USA
Period06/19/9406/23/94

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