Water Tunnel

The FRIL Water Tunnel is equipped with hardware necessary for visualization and quantification of fluid dynamics.

Water Tunnel

 

Specs

  • Speed

    Capable of reaching flow speeds of 0.85 m/s

  • Testing

    Transparent test section 1.5m long with a test section of 0.38m x 0.38m

  • Visualization

    Dye injection system allows for visualization of instantaneous and time-developing flow structures

  • Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) system

    New Wave Yag Solo laser to illuminate 8-12 μm glass beads suspended in the flow

    TSI Power View Plus camera to capture images

    Insight 4G to process the images, rendering a 64×64 element velocity field