Characterization of the flow profile in the test section of a recirculating water channel for hydrodynamic experiments at low Reynolds number

• Grant number: 16/16766-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2016
• End date: September 30, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Naval and Oceanic Engineering - Hydrodynamics of Ships and Ocean Systems
• Principal Investigator: Gustavo Roque da Silva Assi
• Grantee: Gusttavo Nunes Freire Lourenço de Sena
• Host Institution: Escola Politécnica (EP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This is a research project that aims to investigate, analyze and then characterize the flow profile of the recirculating water channel for low-Reynolds number experiments at NDF/EPUSP. This characterization is important because this channel has never experienced such a characterization, and accuracies of data from future trials in this channel depend on this characterization. For this, experimental techniques are employed which enable the analysis of particle velocities of the fluid along the channel test section.