Laser imagery technique for measuring dispersed droplets in water

Journal of Environmental Engineering

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1139-1145

  Yao, Aifeng ^a   Tan, Soon Keat ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Imaging techniques; Measurement; Turbulent flow; Wave dispersion

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LASER APPLICATIONS; TURBULENT FLOW;

DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS;

IMAGING TECHNIQUES;

DISPERSION; DROPLET; LASER; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0036900492     PISSN: 07339372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9372(2002)128:12(1139)     Document Type: Article

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