Physical optics treatment of the shadowgraph

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1340-1363

  Trainoff, Steven P ^a   Cannell, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; HEAT CONVECTION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

SHADOWGRAPH;

FLUID DYNAMICS;

CONVECTION; FLOW PATTERN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT; OPTICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0036537964     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1449892     Document Type: Article

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