Optical flow algorithm to quantify the two-dimensional velocity components of a visualized air jet

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 847-856

  Van Brecht, A ^a   Vranken, E ^a   Guarino, M ^b   Berckmans, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airflow pattern; Image processing; Imperfectly mixed; Smoke visualization; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; GASES; MOISTURE; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SMOKE;

AIR JET; AIRFLOW PATTERN; HEAT DISTRIBUTIONS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

AIRFLOW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 4243196796     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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