Optical Diagnostics Group

lhasanov@ualberta.ca
Undergraduate Co-op
Biomedical Mechanical Engineering
RGL Group

Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Energy Systems, Biomedical Engineering

This summer I designed and built an experiment to measure the flow phenomena inside of a capillary tube. This experiment uses shadowgraphy to measure the flow phenomena, using a high speed camera and a Kohler illumination system for backlighting.
Designing the experiment to accurately locate the capillary tubes in order to image them was important. The holder was designed to align the square capillary against the flat faces of a notch to hold the capillary and keep it in focus. The holder and the water tank were 3D printed. With this design, I was able to capture data consistently and easily for each test.
To gain useful information from the data collected, I wrote a code that analyzes the intensity values of the captured images to determine the height of the water in the capillary with time. Using this, I was able to generate plots of height of water inside the capillary against time for the different capillaries that were tested.
In addition to building the capillary tube experiment, I assisted Faezeh Rasimarzabadi in setting up an experiment to look at flow through a slot in 3D.