Flow mapping of the mercury flow

Abstract An ultrasonic velocity profile (UVP) method has been successfully applied to the investigation of mercury flow contained in a stainless steel wall in the configuration of a liquid metal target of a spallation neutron source called SINQ at the Paul Scherrer Institute. One- and two-dimensional stationary flow has been fully investigated in the form of velocity profiles. Using velocity profiles obtained by the UVP method, a two-dimensional flow map was efficiently produced. A steady state vector map was successfully made and time dependent flow mapping is feasible.