Ultra-sensitive high-speed density measurement of the "piston effect" in a critical fluid

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 306-310

  Ohnishi, Mitsuru ^a   Yoshihara, Shoichi ^a   Sakurai, Masato ^a   Miura, Yuichi ^b   Ishikawa, Masamichi ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroto ^a   Takenouchi, Takeyoshi ^a   Kawai, Jun ^c   Honda, Katsuya ^c   Matsumoto, Masaaki ^c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MITSUBISHI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; INTERFEROMETERS; PISTONS; REFLECTION; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT TRANSFER;

PISTON EFFECTS; PULSE PROPAGATION; SHORT HEAT PULSES; ULTRA-SENSITIVE HIGH-SPEED DENSITY MEASUREMENT; CELL WALLS; CRITICAL FLUIDS; HIGH-SPEED DENSITY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM;

DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FLUID MECHANICS;

EID: 24644517962     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02945996     Document Type: Conference Paper

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