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NCPA, University of Mississippi, University, MS 38677.

Optical Lab for Fluid Flow Measurement & Insect Motion Detection

Stereo PIV system for measuring  fire ant wing-beat induced flow

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This laboratory is located in the University of Mississippi’s National Center for Physical Acoustics. It is equipped with a Photron ultima APX high-speed imaging system, a pair of PCO 2000 cameras, a New Wave Solo II-30 Nd:YAG laser system, a Questar QM 100 long-distance microscope, and many other advanced devices, with which following measurement system are built:

· A stereo high-speed imaging system for investigating wing motion details of winged insects 

· A stereo particle image velocimetry (PIV) system for measuring 3D velocity distributions induced by the flying insects

· A micro-scale, long-distance PIV system for measuring high-speed micro-scale air jet flows 

Software packages were developed and are used to evaluate image recordings for determining flow velocity and insect body motion  with high accuracy and reliability.

Lichuan Gui, Dr.-Ing.
National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA)
University of Mississippi, Coliseum Drive
P. O. Box 1848, University, MS 38677
Phone: 662-915-6745; Fax: 662-915-1235

E-mail: lcgui@olemiss.edu

Personal page : http://lcgui.net

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