betweell the dr;~g
and
cpring-born force on this obsttuction. This cIcvi:~tic~n car1 bc collvcrt
an
clcct~ic signal. Such all
instrument
can also indicate
;I
rcvcning os5il;11ing flow. 'The s
"flo~ pcntlulum" consists of
i~
disk of
1
rnln cli;~mctcr, subpcnclccl on
;I
la~nin~~tcd
sprtng
~hrou~h
;I
.;lot in the >trcan~lincd transducer, which is attilcll~d to the will1 bj
:I
hollow shaft.
end of the sprlng is clamped in the interior of this shaft. The mc;ln part of thc spring ca~rics
corc.
,It
rcst in the zero positiorl this corc is loci~tcd symrnctricnlly bctwcen two co~lc One
is the primary
the otl?er the sccond:\ry winding of
;I
transformer. 130th the coils are connecte
other, so that in thc zero position the voltnge bctween the ends of one of these coils is c
by that of
thc other coil.
If
the disk is shifted by the flow, the resulting voltage thcn induc
as signal for thc velocity, provided the probe's exciting frequency differs from its natural one.
c) Probes using optical effects: Here only Laser anemometers are mentioned:
ca) FOCUS method: Laser beams are focussed on
2
stations a known distance from each
other. The velocity is measured by the time interval a suspended particle needs to cover
this distance.
A
2-focus Laser was developed by
Eckai-dt
for
an
air compressor in
1976
and recently has been applied on a model Kaplan turbine in water by
Brnrirl
and
Se/bach
[9.63].
cb) Interference pattern method. Here a pattern of streaks parallel to each other and
wi
known distance from each other is generated by the interference of a
Laser
beam
wi
itself after its reflection and correspondirlg phase shift. The velocity component norm
to these fringes is measured by the time interval a particle needs to cover this know
distance [9.66], [8.136].
-
Problems arising with the Laser:
An
observation window is requircd with an out
surfacc normal to the beam. For internal flow in fluid machines a back-scatter
lnerlt is needed with its weakened light radiated back, whose signal strength
i
by
wall and window flare as reportcd by Brand and
Selbnch
[9.63]. Generally see
9.65;
9.671.
9.4.3.3.
Nleasurement
of
pressure:
Fundamentals: Similar to the measurement o
sure in steady flow the dynamic measurement of pressure in unsteady flow is restrict
only to that on walls.
A
streamlined carrier of the proper ?robe, as used in steady flo
experiences in unsteady flow a greatly varying angle of incidence.
This induccs an additional unsteadiness by starting vortices originating from the rear of the
and possibly also by stall. Mainly the
piezo electric effect or the elastic deformation of
loaded membrane of low inertia are used for conversion of unsteady instantaneous pressure
electric sisnal. Here the elastic deformation induces an unsteady displacement of the flow which
do
not exist originally.
-
Piezo quartz indicator: Such probes operate by the principle, that the surface o
quartz crystal is electrostatically charged
if
a pressure acts on it. Urifortunately the pro
is rather large. It has a favorably high resistance against erosion.
-
Membrane with strain gause: By application of adequate material and not too s
a size also such probes may be very highly resistant against corrosion and erosion.
the usual
sniall models the "Kulite type micro semi conductor probe" was deve
[9.811.
It
consists of a disk, which is 2,3 mm in diameter ar,d which is soldered to a
cylindrical box so as to be watertight. The interior of this box
is
exposed to a const
reference pressure. The strain of the disk due to its pressure-induced bendir;g is measu
by
a
semi conductor fixed on the surf~ce of the disk in the region of its largest strain
un
external pressure. This generates a voltage by change of resistance.
Unfortunately the probe often shows
a
drift of its
zero
point, which has
to
be countered by
repea
calibration. Moreover the probe is not very resistant against
a
cavitating flow.
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