Refractive-index and density matching in concentrated particle suspensions: A review

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1183-1206

  Wiederseiner, Sébastien ^a   Andreini, Nicolas ^a   Epely Chauvin, Gaël ^a   Ancey, Christophe ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY MATCHING; DILUTE SUSPENSIONS; EXPERIMENTAL FLUIDS; HIGHLY CONCENTRATED PARTICLES; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETRY; LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE SUSPENSIONS; PARTICLE TRACKING VELOCIMETRY; PURE FLUIDS; VISUALIZATION TECHNIQUE;

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); DOPPLER EFFECT; FLUID MECHANICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETERS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; TURBIDITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; VISUALIZATION;

SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

EID: 79959538378     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-010-0996-8     Document Type: Review

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