Particle image velocimetry in a foam-like porous structure using refractive index matching: A method to characterize the hydrodynamic performance of porous structures

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1123-1132

  Butscher, Denis ^a   Hutter, Cédric ^a   Kuhn, Simon ^b   Von Rohr, Philipp Rudolf ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL DISTORTION; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; POROUS STRUCTURES; REFRACTIVE INDEX MATCHING; SOLID MATERIAL; TURBULENT STATISTICS; VELOCITY FIELD;

EPOXY RESINS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; POROSITY; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84868629866     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-012-1346-9     Document Type: Article

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