Turbulent tip vortex measurements using dual-plane digital particle image velocimetry

Annual Forum Proceedings - AHS International

Volumn 3, Issue , 2008, Pages 1722-1744

  Ramasamy, Manikandan ^a   Johnson, Bradley ^a   Leishman, J Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADE TIPS; CORRELATION ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; DIGITAL PROCESSING; DUAL-PLANE; FLOW FEATURES; FLOW IMAGING; FLOW MEASUREMENTS; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HIGH-VELOCITY; HOVERING ROTOR; LASER SHEETS; LASER-DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; LINEAR FUNCTIONS; NON-INVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL-; ORTHOGONAL POLARIZATIONS; REYNOLDS; ROLL-UP PROCESS; ROTOR BLADES; SCATTERED LIGHT; STRESS TRANSPORT EQUATIONS; TIP VORTICES; TURBULENCE MEASUREMENTS; VELOCITY FIELDS; VELOCITY GRADIENT TENSOR; VORTEX SHEETS;

CORRELATION METHODS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; DOPPLER EFFECT; DYNAMIC POSITIONING; FLOW CONTROL; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GRADIENT METHODS; JET AIRCRAFT; LASERS; MEASUREMENTS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; OPTICAL FILTERS; POLARIZATION; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TURBULENCE; TURBULENT FLOW; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 50049109100     PISSN: 15522938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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