{"id":174,"date":"2023-08-03T12:12:55","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T12:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fml\/?page_id=174"},"modified":"2026-06-05T05:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:44:36","slug":"facilities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/facilities\/","title":{"rendered":"Facilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our lab is equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic tools and setups, and equipment for turbulent boundary layer and cavitation research.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Instrumentation<\/strong>\u00a0includes:<\/em><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>Multi-channel pressure scanner; PCB sensors for dynamic pressure measurements over a wide range of frequencies up to 250 kHz; Setra Pressure Sensors for subatmospheric conditions.<\/li>\n<li>High-speed\/high-resolution imaging techniques (Stereo PIV system; Schlieren and shadowgraphy).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\"><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Transitional and turbulent boundary layers research setups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>Modular test section (0.5 x 0.5 m^2) in a variable-speed (up to 50 m\/s), low-turbulence (0.1%) closed-loop wind tunnel. The test sections are designed to be flexible in their use, allowing work on several projects in parallel. The test section is designed to provide flexible optical access for laser-based flow diagnostics such as PIV and surface oil flow visualizations.<\/li>\n<li>In addition, our lab has access to the\u00a0facilities of\u00a0the<a href=\"https:\/\/twtc.net.technion.ac.il\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0Technion Wind Tunnel Complex<\/a> of the Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, which allows us to conduct wind tunnel studies at a wide range of flow conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_844\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-844\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-844\" src=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide3-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide3-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide3-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide3-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide3.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-844\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Modular test section<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_866\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-866\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-866\" src=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-11-200745-300x152.png\" alt=\"PIV\" width=\"300\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-11-200745-300x152.png 300w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-11-200745-1024x520.png 1024w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-11-200745-768x390.png 768w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-11-200745-1536x780.png 1536w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/05\/Screenshot-2025-05-11-200745-2048x1040.png 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-866\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PIV experiment at <a href=\"https:\/\/twtc.net.technion.ac.il\/subsonic-wind-tunnel-15\/\">Subsonic Wind Tunnel (15)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Cavitation and bubble dynamics research setups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The lab possesses state-of-the-art cavitation and bubble dynamics setups that are used to understand complex cavitation mechanisms involving bubble dynamics in multi-component liquids.<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: circle\">\n<li>A vacuum-driven-blowdown CD-nozzle setup.<\/li>\n<li>High-pressure radial flow setup of a thin lubricating film between two overlying disks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In all setups (such as the two examples above), high-speed imaging is obtained in conjunction with the following measurements: flow rate and dissolved gas content measurements; dynamical (unsteady) pressure measurements to fully quantify the spatial-temporal behavior of cavitation collapse events and traveling shock front magnitudes; and time-mean pressure profiles will be obtained using a static pressure transducer capable of measuring sub-atmospheric pressure conditions. These measurements provide a full characterization of the cavitation behavior that would be used to improve our understanding of the bubble dynamics of non-spherical cavities and bubbly shock emission generation and evolution mechanisms in multi-component cavitating liquids.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_843\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-843\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-843 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide2-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide2.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-843\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A vacuum-driven-blowdown CD-nozzle setup<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_842\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-842\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-842\" src=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide1-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/aerospace.technion.ac.il\/lab\/fmlab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/03\/Slide1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-842\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">High-pressure radial flow setup of a thin lubricating film between two overlying disks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our lab is equipped with state-of-the-art diagnostic tools and setups, and equipment for turbulent boundary layer and cavitation research. 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