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dc.contributor.advisorGlezer, Arien_US
dc.contributor.authorMcCay, JoAnn Margaret, 1962-
dc.creatorMcCay, JoAnn Margaret, 1962-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-03-28T10:10:48Zen
dc.date.available2013-03-28T10:10:48Zen
dc.date.issued1987en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/276607en
dc.description.abstractA technique for measuring fluid velocities by means of neutrally-buoyant, phophorescent particles was investigated in a small-scale water jet facility. A nitrogen laser briefly illuminated the flow, exciting only those particles resident within the pulsed beam. The particles luminesce for a short while following excitation, during which time they also move with the flow. This creates a visible particle streak, the intensity of which decays along the direction of motion. A strobe illuminates the particles again a known time following the laser pulse. The magnitude and direction of a particle's velocity in the plane of view are deduced from an image of it streak captured by a video camera and recorded by a digital image processing system.
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectFluid dynamic measurements.en_US
dc.subjectGas lasers.en_US
dc.titleFluid velocity measurement by processing images of neutrally-buoyant, phosphorescent tracer particlesen_US
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dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc19335065en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.identifier.proquest1332471en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineAerospace and Mechanical Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b16757294en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-27T08:31:50Z
html.description.abstractA technique for measuring fluid velocities by means of neutrally-buoyant, phophorescent particles was investigated in a small-scale water jet facility. A nitrogen laser briefly illuminated the flow, exciting only those particles resident within the pulsed beam. The particles luminesce for a short while following excitation, during which time they also move with the flow. This creates a visible particle streak, the intensity of which decays along the direction of motion. A strobe illuminates the particles again a known time following the laser pulse. The magnitude and direction of a particle's velocity in the plane of view are deduced from an image of it streak captured by a video camera and recorded by a digital image processing system.


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