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Full-field surface pressure reconstruction using the virtual fields method

Full-field surface pressure reconstruction using the virtual fields method
Full-field surface pressure reconstruction using the virtual fields method
This work presents a methodology for reconstructing full-field surface pressure information from deflectometry measurements on a thin plate using the Virtual Fields Method (VFM). Low-amplitude mean pressure distributions of the order of few O(100) Pa from an impinging air jet are investigated. These are commonly measured point-wise using arrays of pressure transducers, which require drilling holes into the specimen. In contrast,the approach presented here allows obtaining a large number of data points on the investigated specimen without impact on surface properties and flow. Deflectometry provides full-field deformation data on the specimen surface with remarkably high sensitivity. The VFM allows extracting information from the full-field data using the principle of virtual work. A finite element model is employed in combination with artificial grid deformation to assess the uncertainty of the pressure reconstructions. Both experimental and model data are presented and compared to show capabilities and restrictions of this method.
0014-4851
1203–1221
Kaufmann, Rene
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Ganapathisubramani, Bharathram
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Pierron, Fabrice
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Kaufmann, Rene
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Kaufmann, Rene, Ganapathisubramani, Bharathram and Pierron, Fabrice (2019) Full-field surface pressure reconstruction using the virtual fields method. Experimental Mechanics, 59 (8), 1203–1221. (doi:10.1007/s11340-019-00530-2).

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This work presents a methodology for reconstructing full-field surface pressure information from deflectometry measurements on a thin plate using the Virtual Fields Method (VFM). Low-amplitude mean pressure distributions of the order of few O(100) Pa from an impinging air jet are investigated. These are commonly measured point-wise using arrays of pressure transducers, which require drilling holes into the specimen. In contrast,the approach presented here allows obtaining a large number of data points on the investigated specimen without impact on surface properties and flow. Deflectometry provides full-field deformation data on the specimen surface with remarkably high sensitivity. The VFM allows extracting information from the full-field data using the principle of virtual work. A finite element model is employed in combination with artificial grid deformation to assess the uncertainty of the pressure reconstructions. Both experimental and model data are presented and compared to show capabilities and restrictions of this method.

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Accepted/In Press date: 14 June 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 24 July 2019
Published date: October 2019

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Local EPrints ID: 432382
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/432382
ISSN: 0014-4851
PURE UUID: 12123a98-0fdc-419b-bbab-93e0807400a3
ORCID for Rene Kaufmann: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-6248-7027
ORCID for Bharathram Ganapathisubramani: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-0486
ORCID for Fabrice Pierron: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2813-4994

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Date deposited: 12 Jul 2019 16:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 08:00

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Author: Rene Kaufmann ORCID iD
Author: Fabrice Pierron ORCID iD

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