Magnetic Resonance Velocimetry

Magnetic Resonance Velocimetry (MRV) is an experimental method to obtain velocity fields in fluid mechanics. MRV is based on the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance and adapts a medical magnetic resonance imaging system for the analysis of technical flows. The velocities are usually obtained by phase contrast tomography techniques. This means velocities are calculated from phase differences in the image data that has been produced using special gradient techniques. MRV can be applied using common medical MRI scanners.[1] The term Magnetic Resonance Velocimetry became current due to the increasing use of MR technology for the measurement of technical flows in engineering.[2]

Applications

In engineering MRV can be applied to the following areas:

Advantages and limitations

In contrast to other non-invasive velocimetry methods such as PIV or LDA, no optical access is required. Besides, no particles have to be added to the fluid. Thus, MRV enables to analyze the complete flow field in complex geometries and components.[3] Based on the fact that common MR scanners are designed to detect the nuclear magnetic resonance of hydrogen protons, the tested applications are limited to water flows. Common fluid mechanical scaling concepts compensate this limitation. To achieve the spatial resolution, single data acquisition steps have to be repeated a great number of times with slight variations. Thus, MRV technology is limited to steady or periodical flows.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ku, D.N.; Biancheri, C.L.; Pettigrew, R.I.; Peifer, J.W.; Markou, C.P.; Engels, H. (1990). "Evaluation of magnetic resonance velocimetry for steady flow". Journal of Biomechanical Engineering.
  2. ↑ Elkins, C.J.; Markl, M.; Pelc, N.; Eaton, J.K. (2003). "4D Magnetic resonance velocimetry for mean velocity measurements in complex turbulent flows". Experiments in Fluids.
  3. ↑ Elkins, C.; Alley, M.T. (2007). "Magnetic resonance velocimetry: applications of magnetic resonance imaging in the measurement of fluid motion". Experiments in Fluids.
  4. ↑ Fukushima, E. (1999). "Nuclear magnetic resonance as a tool to study flow". Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics.

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