REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION
OF A FLOW FIELD

Maximise your wind tunnel time with
realtime visualization of flow by
immediately seeing the effects of
your dynamic optimisation.

MEASURE FLOW AROUND
PREVIOUSLY UNMEASURABLE AREAS

An automated traverse or operator may guide a
probe in the flow region of interest.
The probe’s position is precisely tracked with
a camera system.

SCAN AND PAINT
SYSTEM

The measured data is interpolated and the
flow field is instantaneously visualized to the user.

EFFICIENT DIGITAL DATA
ACQUISITION

The measured 3D data is accessible in real-time,
typically on a large screen or projected to a wall
with good visibility during testing.

Welcome to ProCap

The first Sensor Tracking Velocimetry (STV) system on the market: Access to a new world of real-time flow field measurement.

How can ProCap help you?

Real-time measurement of a flow field

Maximize the output of your wind tunnel campaign with real-time measurement of flow by immediately seeing, analyzing and understanding the effects of your aerodynamic optimization.

Measure flow around previously unmeasurable areas

Simply measure with the probe in your hands and skip all the time typically needed to setup conventional measurement systems. Easily investigate areas that are difficult to reach or close to the model surface. At all times, the probe’s position is precisely tracked with a camera system and the ProCap software takes care of reconstructing the 3D flow field. The powerful GPU rendered real-time visualization lets you analyze the measurement at the time of the measurement. If an automated traverse is used as might be required due to high speeds or safety restrictions, the real-time visualization and optical position tracking is a great help in supervising the process and analyzing the flow data.

Scan and Paint System

The seamless interaction of all components allows to use the probe like a paint brush, painting the airflow on the computer screen. This human-centered scanning approach is stunningly efficient, as most of the time is spent in areas of interest which adds data points precisely where required to reconstruct steep gradients or small vortices.

Efficient digital data acquisition

The measured 3D data is accessible in real-time, typically on a large screen or projected to a wall with good visibility during testing. Data is also available offline, using either the ProCap software or standard CFD visualization and analysis tools, for further analysis.

HOW IT WORKS

The ProCap System

At the core of the real-time STV system is the intelligent ProCap software which manages:

Data acquisition and real-time processing of probe data and tracking position
Real-time GPU processing, analysis and visualization the flow field
Data processing including spatial interpolation, correction for probe movement, data storage and import/export
Import and display of model geometry

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WHAT OUR CUSTOMERS SAY

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“In our laboratory at OTH Regensburg, ProCap makes very valuable contributions twofold: Firstly in teaching, by demonstrating students where aerodynamic drag comes from. Secondly in research, by saving a lot of time in advancing drag reduced aerodynamic shapes.”

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Lämmlein

Lab Wind-Tunnel / Flow Measurement Technology

“I would certainly recommend looking at this as a flow visualisation option.”

Richard Amunugama

Head of Aerodynamics and Simulation Apollo Future Mobility Group, London, UK

“So glad to have ProCap in the lab! All students are trained on this technique in my Advanced Fluid Flow Measurements class. Some upcoming ProCap measurements with leading industries – stay tuned.”