Abstract

Channels with small diameters, used for example in conformal cooling, can nowadays be fabricated by laser powder bed fusion. Measurements of the mean effective diameter and surface topography are important to quantify the flow capabilities through the channel. In this paper, a new method using X-ray computed tomography is developed to obtain the mean effective diameter and mean surface topography height. The developed method is verified by determining the mean effective diameter using incompressible turbulent fluid flow simulations, whereupon the determined mean surface topography height is fed as an input to the simulation. The method is proved to offer a non-destructive and relatively fast approach to measure the mean effective diameter and mean surface topography height in circular channels.

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