Experimental Study of Thermocapillary-Driven Capillary Pore Flows

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Objective

 

   Non-intrusive PIV (Particle Image Velocimetry) technique has been used to measure the flow field inside a capillary pore. Fluorescence trace particles are being considered for blur-free imaging.


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Approach

 

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Particle tracers : Fluorescence seeding particle

 

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Light sources : Argon-Ion laser

 

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Light sheet optics : Combination of a cylinder lens and a spherical convex lens

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Image detector : CCD camera

 

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Vector analysis : La Vision software for PIV


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