Improvement of Acoustic Doppler Velocimetry in steady and unsteady turbulent open-channel flows by means of seeding with hydrogen bubbles

Flow Measurement and Instrumentation

Volumn 19, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 215-221

  Meile, T ^a   De Cesare, G ^a   Blanckaert, K ^a   Schleiss, A J ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Experiments; Hydrogen bubble seeding; Surge wave; Ultrasonic Velocimetry; Unsteady flow; Velocity measurement

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW FIELDS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; STEADY FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; UNSTEADY FLOW;

HYDROGEN BUBBLES; QUASI-INSTANTANEOUS FLOW FILED;

ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); FLOW FIELDS; OPEN CHANNEL FLOW; OPTIMIZATION; STEADY FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW; ULTRASONIC DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

EID: 41449112396     PISSN: 09555986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.flowmeasinst.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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