PIV Data: Small-Scale Flow Structure around a Rushton Turbine

The data are provided in a simple columnar ascii format (*.txt). Each row of the data represents one velocity vector. The first two columns correspond to radial position r and axial position z respectively, in physical units (mm). The third and/or fourth columns correspond to either radial and axial velocities, normalized turbulence intensity, or vorticity.  All dimensional quantities are given in units of millimeters and seconds.  The data files also include a one-line header so they can be immediately read into Tecplot.

For a complete listing of filenames and column labels, see p.778 (Appendix) of Sharp, K. V. and R. J. Adrian, "PIV Study of Small-Scale Flow Structure around a Rushton Turbine," AIChE Journal, V. 47, No. 4, p. 766-778, 2001.  This table, along with a short summary of definitions and notation, may be found in the following pdf file: Sharp_Rushtondata .

Angular Position (q)
q =0 degrees	q =10 degrees	q =20 degrees	q =30 degrees	q =40 degrees	q =50 degrees
Mean velocities (radial, axial)
mean_0	mean_10	mean_20	mean_30	mean_40	mean_50
Phase-averaged Reynolds stresses (normalized by tip velocity)
uruz_0	uruz_10	uruz_20	uruz_30	uruz_40	uruz_50
Phase-averaged rms radial velocity (normalized by tip velocity)
ur_rms_0	ur_rms_10	ur_rms_20	ur_rms_30	ur_rms_40	ur_rms_50
Phase-averaged rms axial velocity (normalized by tip velocity)
uz_rms_0	uz_rms_10	uz_rms_20	uz_rms_30	uz_rms_40	uz_rms_50
Phase-averaged  azimuthal vorticity
vort_0	vort_10	vort_20	vort_30	vort_40	vort_50