Simultaneous synthetic schlieren and PIV measurements for internal solitary waves

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 533-547

  Dalziel, Stuart B ^a   Carr, Magda ^b,c   Sveen, J Kristian ^a,d   Davies, Peter A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Vetco Aibel AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Density measurement; Internal solitary waves; PIV; Richardson number; Stratified flows; Synthetic schlieren; Velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

INTERNAL SOLITARY WAVES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); RICHARDSON NUMBER; STRATIFIED FLOWS; SYNTHETIC SCHLIEREN;

SOLITONS;

ERROR ANALYSIS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLITONS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 34247204762     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/3/001     Document Type: Article

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