Welcome,

this site contains files and other appended content of my:

Master Of Engineering Science (MEngSc) Project Report

on

Establishing a Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) System
for
Studying Heat Transfer Enhancements using Dimpled Surfaces

<< Report >>

The Report:

• Report. pdf
• This whole sub-website as a zip file. zip

<< Appendices 1-2 >>

Laser:

• Appendix 1 – Pulsed Laser Specifications. pdf
• Appendix 2 – Changing the Flashlamps. pdf

<< Appendix 3 >>

Labview Laser Control:

• The Labview vi's and Icon. zip

• Documentation of the main software interface. html
• Documentation of the (sub)vi used to activate the laser. html
• Documentation of the (sub)vi allowing to sending a string (command) to the laser. html
• Documentation of the (sub)vi having a drop down list of pre-written strings (commands) to send to the laser. html

<< Appendices 4-7 >>

Light Sheet System:

• Appendix 4: Light Sheet Optics Calculation. pdf mcd
• Appendix 5: Thin Lens Combination Calculator. pdf mcd

• Appendix 6 – Light Sheet Configurations pdf
• Appendix 7 – LS Mount and Mirror Alignment pdf

• Parts List pdf
• Light Sheet Design – pdf: #1 #2
• LS Mount & Mirror Design – pdf: #1 #2
• Mirror Parts (Drawings) – pdf: #1 #2 #3 #4

<< Appendix 12 >>

Matlab Image Intensity Level Conversion:

• Version 0.11 - (always adapts proportionally). pdf m-file
• Version 0.20 - (only adapts proportionally if selected range > 256). pdf m-file

<< Appendices 8-11 & 13 >>

Various:

• Adaptor camera to Scheimpflug mount. pdf
• Adaptor Scheimpflug mount to Dantec traverse. pdf

• Appendix 9 – Programming and Setting the Function Generator. pdf

• Appendix 10 – PIV Test Images. zip

• Appendix 11 – Corrosion Properties of Fogging Fluids. pdf

• Appendix 13 – Using the Redlake ES1.0 Camera. pdf

Patrick Coray, February 2005