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The application of laser-induced Rayleigh light scattering to the study of turbulent mixing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2006

William M. Pitts  and
Takashi Kashiwagi
William M. Pitts
Affiliation:
Center for Fire Research, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234
Takashi Kashiwagi
Affiliation:
Center for Fire Research, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. 20234
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Abstract

This work describes the development and characterization of an experimental system employing laser-induced Rayleigh light scattering with digital data acquisition as a time-resolved quantitative concentration probe in the turbulent flow field of a binary gas mixture. Equations for the expected signal and noise levels are given. Estimates of these parameters for the experimental system used here are in satisfactory agreement with experiment. It is demonstrated that the laser Rayleigh-light-scattering technique provides measurements having high spatial and temporal resolution for various locations within the concentration flow field. Measurements at various positions in the flow field of an axisymmetric methane jet issuing into a slow flow of air are reported and, where possible, compared with appropriate literature results. The statistical properties of the turbulent concentration fluctuations are found to be in good agreement with other independent measurements. Conditionally sampled measurements are also reported and shown to behave in the same manner as the limited number of similar measurements in the literature. The capability of calculating power spectra and correlation functions for the time behaviour of the methane concentration is also demonstrated. Raman and Rayleigh scattering techniques are compared as measurement techniques of scalar values in turbulent flow fields.

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Research Article
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Journal of Fluid Mechanics , Volume 141 , April 1984 , pp. 391 - 429
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© 1984 Cambridge University Press

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