Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
672320 Particuology 2010 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gave images of air jets from orifices in the distributor plate of a bed of poppy seeds. Attention focused on two features:(1)The interaction between nearby vertical jets from two, three or four orifices;(2)Wall effects, where one or more orifices created vertical jets near the vertical wall of the cylinder containing the particle bed.The results show that nearby jets are mutually attracted. Likewise a jet near a wall bends out of the vertical, towards the wall. For multiple adjacent jets, the jet lengths show dependence on orifice layout: the lengths are in reasonable agreement with published measurements, by other methods, for single jets. The MRI gives three-dimensional images of the single jets and of multiple jets, separate or merging.

Graphical abstractGreyscale intensity slices and 3D reconstructions of jets from a 3-hole linear distributor.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) gave images of air jets from orifices in the distributor plate of a bed of poppy seeds, showing that nearby jets are mutually attracted. Likewise a jet near a wall bends out of the vertical, towards the wall. For multiple jets, the jet lengths show dependence on orifice layout. The MRI gives three-dimensional images of the single jets and of multiple jets, separate or merging.Figure optionsDownload full-size imageDownload as PowerPoint slide

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