18.3 Large-Scale Volumetric Flow Measurement of a Thermal Plume Using Lagrangian Particle Tracking (Shake-The-Box)

Large-Scale Volumetric Flow Measurement of a Thermal Plume Using Lagrangian Particle Tracking (Shake-The-Box)

FlowFit interpolation: Iso-surfaces of Q-criterion (Q=2/s^2)

Thermal plume: particle tracks within a slice, color coded by streamwise velocity

Detail of thermal plume: particle tracks within a slice, color coded by streamwise velocity

Flow visualization of a thermal plume, as evaluated by Shake-The-Box particle tracking and FlowFit interpolation: Iso-surfaces of Q-criterion (Q=2/s^2), particle tracks within a slice, color-coded by streamwise velocity

Contributed by:
Daniel Schanz and Andreas Schröder (Institute of Aerodynamics and Flow Technology, German Aerospace Center, Göttingen, Germany)