Retroreflective shadowgraph technique for large-scale flow visualization

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 4449-4457

  Hargather, Michael J ^a   Settles, Gary S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHOCK WAVES;

OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL SENSITIVITY; RETROREFLECTIVE SCREENS; SHADOWGRAM; SHADOWGRAPH TECHNIQUE; SIMPLE SYSTEM; SPACE AND TIME; TURBULENT EDDY;

VISUALIZATION;

EID: 68849092375     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.004449     Document Type: Article

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