Refractive-index-matched hydrogel materials for measuring flow-structure interactions

Experiments in Fluids

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Byron, Margaret L ^a   Variano, Evan A ^a  

^a Berkeley   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MODELING; AGAROSE; EXPERIMENTAL FACILITIES; FABRICATION METHOD; FLOW-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUID-PHASE; HIGH REYNOLDS NUMBER; QUANTITATIVE IMAGING;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MODELS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

HYDROGELS;

EID: 84874659892     PISSN: 07234864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00348-013-1456-z     Document Type: Article

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