Motion-Capturing Method

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Figure. Concept of motion capturing method.

Advantages in unsteady pressure/temperature measurements in:

1.  Moving / free flight object
2. Oscillating / vibrating object
3. Deforming object
4. Time variation in illumination

Application Examples

Surface pressure over a free flight object.
Unsteady surface pressure over a rotating blade.
Unsteady surface pressure over a fluttering airfoil.
Shock detection under transient plasma as a time dependent illumination.

Related Publications

1. Kurihara, D., Gonzales, J. P., Claucherty. S. L., Kiritani, H., Fujita, K., Jemcov, A., Nagai, H., Sakaue, H., “Sub-Millimeter Resolution Pressure Measurement on Free Flight Model at Mach 1.5 Using Novel Non-Intrusive Optical Technique,” Experimental Themal and Fluids Science, Vol. 120, No. 1, 2020.
2. Kurihara, D., Saitoh, K., Sakaue, H., “Uncertainty Analysis of Motion-capturing Pressure-Sensitive Paint Method based on Unsteady Surface-Pressure Measurement on Fluttering Airfoil,” Aerospace Science and Technology, Vol. 102, 2020.
3. Hayashi, T., Houpt, A., Leonov, S., Sakaue, H., “Motion-Capturing Pressure-Sensitive Paint Method under Transient Illumination by Plasma Source,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Vol. 52, No. 32; doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ab2581, 2019.
4. Sakaue, H., Miyamoto, K., Miyazaki, T. “A motion-capturing method of pressure-sensitive paint system,” Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 113, No. 8, pp. 084901-084901-8, 2013.