Oscillating hot wire or hot film flow sensor

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G01F 1/684 (2006.01) G01F 1/692 (2006.01) G01F 1/696 (2006.01)

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CA 2462584

This invention is a flow measurement device that has high spatial (less than 1.0 x 1.0 mm2) and temporal resolution (greater than 10s to 100s kHz) to measure flow properties in unsteady and direction-reversing conditions. The present invention can have an oscillating substrate, hot wire prongs, a hot wire attached to the hot wire prong, sensor leads from the prongs to a constant temperature anemometry circuit (CTA), means for the oscillating substrate to oscillate the substrate at a frequency greater than a characteristic cycle frequency of the flow to be measured, at a frequency less than a CTA bandwidth frequency, and such that a frequency and amplitude (Aw) of oscillation are sufficiently large to be detected, and means to obtain two measurements during an oscillation cycle when the hot wire is at its maximum oscillation velocity. Alternatively, the prongs can be eliminated and a hot wire or hot film can be directly applied to the oscillating substrate.

Cette invention concerne un dispositif de mesure de débit à résolution spatiale élevée (inférieure à 1.0 x 1,0 mm?2¿) et à résolution temporelle élevée (supérieure à 10s-100s kHz) servant à mesurer des caractéristiques d'écoulement dans des conditions d'instabilité et d'écoulement inverse. Le dispositif selon l'invention peut comporter un substrat oscillant, des broches pour fil chaud, un fil chaud relié à ladite broche, des fils de détection reliant les pinces à un circuit anémométrique à température constante (CTA), des moyens faisant osciller le substrat à une fréquence supérieure à une fréquence de cycle caractéristique du flux à mesurer, mais inférieure à la fréquence d'une largeur de bande CTA, ceci de telle sorte qu'une fréquence et une amplitude (A¿w?) soient suffisamment importantes pour être détectées, et des moyens permettant d'effectuer deux relevés pendant un cycle d'oscillation lorsque la vitesse d'oscillation du fil chaud est maximale. Une autre solution consiste à éliminer les broches et à appliquer le fil ou le film chaud directement sur le substrat oscillant.

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