An investigation of turbulent taylor-couette flow using laser doppler velocirnetry in a refractive index matched facility

Journal of Fluids Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 810-818

  Parker, J ^a   Merati, P ^b  

^a Durametallic Corporation   (United States)

^b Parkview Campus   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VELOCITY; VORTEX FLOW;

RADIAL-ACIAL COMPONENT VELOCITIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX MATCHED FACILITY; TURBULENT TAYLOR-COUETTE FLOW;

TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0030413860     PISSN: 00982202     EISSN: 1528901X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2835513     Document Type: Article

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