Ultrasonic visualization of thermal convective motion in a liquid gallium layer

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 131-137

  Tasaka, Yuji ^a   Takeda, Yasushi ^a   Yanagisawa, Takatoshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Liquid metal; Low Prandtl number; Thermal convection; Ultrasonic wave; Visualization

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; LIQUID METALS; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VISUALIZATION;

GALLIUM LAYER; THERMAL CONVECTIVE MOTION; ULTRASONIC VISUALIZATION;

HEAT CONVECTION;

ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES; HEAT CONVECTION; LIQUID METALS; PRANDTL NUMBER; ROTATIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRASONIC WAVES; VISUALIZATION;

EID: 41449111826     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2007.06.003     Document Type: Article

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