Benchmarking particle image velocimetry with laser doppler velocimetry for rotor wake measurements

AIAA Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2622-2633

  Ramasamy, Manikandan ^a,b,c   Leishman, J Gordon ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ROTOR WAKE MEASUREMENTS;

DOPPLER EFFECT; HELICOPTERS; LASER PULSES; MEASUREMENT THEORY; WAKES;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36749061858     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.28130     Document Type: Article

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