Quantitative Limits of Thermal and Fluid Phenomena Measurements Using the Neutron Attenuation Characteristics of Materials

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 461-472

  Mishima, K ^a   Hibiki, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digital image processing; Flow measurements; Flow visualization; High frame rate neutron radiography; Multi phase flow; Neutron radiography; Two phase flow; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

FLOW VISUALIZATION; IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY; TWO PHASE FLOW;

DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING; NEUTRON ATTENUATION; VOID FRACTION;

FLOW MEASUREMENT;

ATTENUATION; FLOW VISUALIZATION; MULTIPHASE FLOW; NEUTRON TECHNIQUES;

EID: 0030131251     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0894-1777(95)00181-6     Document Type: Article

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