A method of flow visualization in superfluid helium has been developed by the use of solid H2-D 2 particles and hollow glass spheres as neutrally buoyant tracers to follow the normal component flow. It is applied to the study of a thermal counterflow jet based on pattern recognition of jet profiles
Flow structure of thermal counterflow jet in He II
โ Scribed by A. Nakano; M. Murakami; K. Kunisada
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 390 KB
- Volume
- 34
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0011-2275
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โฆ Synopsis
The flow structure of a thermal counterflow jet is investigated by direct measurement of the normal fluid velocity with a laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV). The temporal and spatial variation of the normal fluid velocity is measured to investigate the detailed properties of a He II thermal counterflow jet. The velocity profile and the variation of the centre-line velocity with the axial distance are also obtained to determine the flow structure in the downstream region. It is found that the thermal counterflow jet in the far-field behaves like a fully developed turbulent jet in an ordinary fluid. However, it seems that the mode of development differs from that of an ordinary fluid jet.
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A thermal counterflow jet in stationary superfluid helium (He II) has been investigated using a laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV) with H2-D 2 solid particles as tracer elements in the flow. The average normal fluid velocity measured with the LDV agrees well with a simple theoretical prediction below
A laser Doppler velocimeter (LDV) is applied to the measurement of a thermal counterflow jet in He I1. It is capable of direct measurement of the normal fluid velocity. Detailed analysis of the velocity measurement results suggests that the normal fluid component entrains the surrounding superfluid