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Highly Efficient PIV Measurement of Complex Flows Using Refractive Index Matching Technique

  • NISHINO Koichi;KAWAGUCHI Daisuke;KOSUGI Takashi;ISODA Haruo
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.12a
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    • pp.57-63
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    • 2004
  • various applications is presented. It is based on rapid-prototyping of transparent model for flow visualization and on the use of refractive index matching that enables efficient and clear visualization of the flow inside the model. The model is immersed in the index-matching fluid in a glass tank so that any displacement and rotation of the model in the tank have no influence on the optical setup for image acquisition to be made through a glass wall. This can facilitate greatly the camera calibration for stereo PIV and 3-D PTV. As the flow model is generated directly from 3-D surface data, no laborious preparation of the flow model is needed. This approach for seamless linking of model generation and PIV measurement is applicable to various flow measurements in automobile, ship building, fluid machinery, turbine, electrical appliances, heat exchanger, electronic cooling, bio-engineering and so on.

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Refractive Index Matching and Clear Emulsions

  • Sun, James-Ziming;James W. Parr
    • Proceedings of the SCSK Conference
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    • 2003.09a
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    • pp.374-386
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    • 2003
  • Two ways of making clear emulsions\ulcornerMicroemulsion Visible light λ = 400-700 nm Microemulsion, d < 50 nmㆍRefractive Index Matching(omitted)

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Variable Optical Attenuator using Optical Coupling between a Side Polished Fiber and Refractive Index Matching Liquid (측면 연마된 광섬유와 굴절률 정합액사이의 광결합을 이용한 가변 광 감쇠기)

  • Kim, Kwang-Taek;Song, Jae-Won
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics D
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    • v.36D no.9
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    • pp.50-55
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    • 1999
  • In this paper we proposed a variable optical attenuator using the side polished fiber coupled with a refractive index matching liquid. Small variation of refractive index of matching liquid can induce very large change of optical loss due to the coupling between the fiber mode and radiation mode. The thermo-optic effect of matching liquid was used to ontrol the optical attenuation. The side polished fiber block was fabricated using the silicon V gloove. Experimental results showed that $5^{\circ}C$ temperature variation was enough to adjust full range attenuation. The polarization dependent loss and insertion loss of the fabricated devices were 0.5dB and 0.2dB respectively.

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Measurement of Refractive Index of Solid Medium by Critical Angle Method When Air Gap is Present

  • Lim, Hwan-Hong;Kwon, Moon-Soo;Choi, Hee-Joo;Kim, Byoung-Joo;Cha, Myoung-Sik
    • Journal of the Optical Society of Korea
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.210-214
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    • 2008
  • A critical angle method was used to measure the index of refraction of a solid medium when an air gap between the prism and the medium is present. The gap effect was analyzed both numerically and experimentally. Since the total internal reflection is severely disturbed by the large gap, determination of the critical angle and the resulting refractive index becomes ambiguous and inaccurate. By using an index matching fluid, we could determine the index of refraction with an uncertainty of ${\pm}2{\times}1^{-3}$ even when the gap is as large as 1 ${\mu}m$.

Experimental study of the Concentric Cylinder Flow with Various Axial Slit Wall (다양한 축방향 홈이 있는 동심원통 내부 유동에 대한 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Sang-Hyuk;Kim, Hyoung-Bum
    • 한국가시화정보학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2007.11a
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    • pp.123-127
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    • 2007
  • The effect of axial slit wall of outer cylinder on Taylor-Couette flow was experimentally investigated. The axial slits were azimuthally located along the inner wall of outer cylinder and the number of slits was 6, 9 and 18. The radius ratio and aspect ratio of the experimental models was 0.825 and 48, respectively. We used PIV method to measure the flow field and applied refractive index matching method to resolve the image distortion due to the complex model geometry. The results showed the effect of slit on the flow transition is increased as the number of slit increased. When the model has 6 slits, there were hardly the effect of axial slit wall and the flow transition happened at the same Reynolds number of plain smooth wall model case.

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Experimental Study of Axial Slit Wall Effect on Taylor-Couette Flow (축방향 홈이 있는 Taylor-Couette 유동의 실험적 연구)

  • Lee, Sang-Hyuk;Kim, Hyoung-Bum
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.31 no.10
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    • pp.889-894
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    • 2007
  • The effect of the axial slit of outer cylinder on Taylor-Couette flow was experimentally investigated. The radius ratio and aspect ratio of the model was 0.825 and 48, respectively. The depth of slits was 5mm and total 18 slits were azimuthally located along the inner wall of outer cylinder. We used PIV method to measure the flow field and applied refractive index matching method to resolve the image distortion due to the complex model geometry. The results showed the axial slit did not affect the transition from laminar Couette flow to Taylor vortex. The effect of slit wall appeared when the Reynolds number is larger than Re=143 and the slit model shows the transition to turbulent Taylor vortex flow above Re=143.

Sensing Characteristics of Uncoated Double Cladding Long-period Fiber Grating Based on Mode Transition and Dual-peak Resonance

  • Zhou, Yuan;Gu, Zheng Tian;Ling, Qiang
    • Current Optics and Photonics
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.243-249
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    • 2021
  • In this paper, the sensing characteristics of a double cladding fiber (DCF) long-period fiber grating (LPFG) to the surrounding refractive index (SRI) are studied. The outer cladding of the DCF plays the role of the overlay, thus, the mode transition (MT) phenomenon of DCF can be induced by etching the outer cladding radius instead of coating overlays. The response characteristics of the effective refractive index (ERI) of the cladding mode to the outer cladding radius are analyzed. It is found that in the MT range, the change rate of ERIs of cladding modes is relatively larger than that for other ranges. Further, based on the features of the mode transition region (MTR), the phase-matching curve of the 11th cladding mode is investigated, and the response of the DCF-LPFG to the SRI is characterized by the change of wavelength intervals between the dual peaks under different outer cladding radii. The numerical simulation results show that the SRI sensitivity is greatly improved, which is available to 3484.0 nm/RIU with the fitting degree 0.998 in the SRI range of 1.33-1.37. The proposed DCF-LPFG can provide new theoretical support for designing the DCF-LPFG refractive index sensor with excellent performances of sensitivity, linearity and structure.

PIV Measurement of Pulsatile Flows in 3D Curved Tubes Using Refractive Index Matching Method (3차원 곡관에서의 굴절률 일치법을 이용한 맥동 유동의 PIV 측정)

  • Hong, Hyeon Ji;Ji, Ho Seong;Kim, Kyung Chun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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    • v.40 no.8
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    • pp.511-517
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    • 2016
  • Three-dimensional models of stenosis blood vessels were prepared using a 3D printer. The models included a straight pipe with axisymmetric stenosis and a pipe that was bent $10^{\circ}$ from the center of stenosis. A refractive index matching method was utilized to measure accurate velocity fields inside the 3D tubes. Three different pulsatile flows were generated and controlled by changing the rotational speed frequency of the peristaltic pump. Unsteady velocity fields were measured by a time-resolved particle image velocimetry method. Periodic shedding of vortices occurred and moves depended on the maximum velocity region. The sizes and the positions of the vortices and symmetry are influenced by mean Reynolds number and tube geometry. In the case of the bent pipe, a recirculation zone observed at the post-stenosis could explain the possibility of blood clot formation and blood clot adhesion in view of hemodynamics.

Effect of PDMS Index Matching Layer on Characteristics of Mn-Doped SnO2 (MTO)/Ag/MTO/PDMS/MTO Transparent Electrode (PDMS 굴절 조정층이 Mn-Doped SnO2 (MTO)/Ag/MTO/PDMS/MTO 투명전극의 특성에 미치는 영향)

  • Jo, Young-Su;Jang, Gun-Eik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.408-411
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    • 2018
  • We fabricated highly flexible Mn-doped $SnO_2$ (MTO)/Ag/MTO/polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)/MTO multilayer transparent conducting films. To reduce refractive-index mismatching of the MTO/Ag/MTO/polyethylene terephthalate (PET), index-matching layers were inserted between the oxide-metal-oxide-structured films and the PET substrate. The PDMS layer was deposited by spin-coating after adjusting the mixing ratio of PDMS and hexane. We investigated the effects of the index-matching layer on the color and reflectance differences with different PDMS dilution ratios. As the dilution ratio increased from 1:100 to 1:130, the color difference increased slightly, while the reflectance difference decreased from 0.62 to 0.32. The MTO/Ag/MTO/PDMS/MTO film showed a transmittance of 87.18~87.68% at 550 nm. The highest value of the Haacke figure of merit was $47.54{\times}10^{-3}{\Omega}^{-1}$ for the dilution ratio of 1:130.

Fabrication and Properties of CPW Electrode for Optical Modulator (광변조기용 CPW 전극제작 및 특성)

  • 임영삼;김영준;박계춘
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 1999.06a
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    • pp.962-965
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    • 1999
  • We designed and fabricated a travelingwave CPW(coplanar waveguide) electrode for LiNbO$_3$ optical modulator. To Investigate the variation of microwave refractive index of these electrodes, we prepared the CPW electrode samples as a function of electrode thickness and measured the TDR and S-parameter. From this results, we could know the electrode conditions of index matching to 2.20 for 1550nm optical wave index for applying LiNbO$_3$ optical modulator and described. Also, we discussed the some properties of CPW electrode for applying LiNbO$_3$ optical modulator.

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