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Single camera time-resolved 3D tomographic reconstruction of a pulsed gas jet

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Experimental characterization of micro-jets is challenging because of the small dimensions of the micro-nozzle. In this study, we propose a new technique to visualize the instantaneous 3D structure of a pulsed gas micro-jet. Using phase-averaging of Schlieren visualizations obtained with a high-speed camera and 3D reconstruction through a filtered back projection algorithm, it is possible to follow the high-speed dynamics of the pulsed jet. The experimental technique is illustrated by a 3D reconstruction of a pulsed helium micro-jet. The technique is simple yet very useful. To our knowledge, it is the only experimental method to analyze the instantaneous 3D structure and high frequency dynamics of pulsed micro-jets.

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Acknowledgments

This research has been performed with the support of the Bernardo Houssay Program (Ministerio de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Productiva-CONICET, Republica Argentina; Ministère de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche, République Française; Ministère des affaires étrangères et européennes) and of the LIA PMF-FMF (French-Argentinian International Associated Laboratory in Physics and Fluid Mechanics) and of the French Agence pour le Développement Et la Maîtrise de l’Energie (ADEME) through the project CARAVAJE.

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  1. CONICET-Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Faculty of Engineering, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    J. M. Cabaleiro & G. Artana

  2. Microfluidics and Plasma Laboratory, Marina Mercante University, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    J. M. Cabaleiro

  3. Laboratoire PMMH, UMR 7636 CNRS, UPMC, UPD, ESPCI ParisTech, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231, Paris, France

    J. L. Aider & J. E. Wesfreid

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Cabaleiro, J.M., Aider, J.L., Artana, G. et al. Single camera time-resolved 3D tomographic reconstruction of a pulsed gas jet. J Vis 16, 263–274 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12650-013-0176-z

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