Abstract
Laser scanning, corresponding to time-dependent deflections of laser beam across a field of interest, can provide relatively high illumination intensity of small particles, thereby allowing implementation of high image-density particle image velocimetry (PIV). Scanning techniques employing a rotating (multi-faceted) mirror, an oscillating mirror, and an acousto-optic deflector are addressed. Issues of illumination intensity and exposure, rate of scan of the laser beam, and retrace time of the scanning beam are assessed. Representative classes of unsteady separated flows investigated with laser-scanning PIV are described.
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Rockwell, D., Magness, C., Towfighi, J. et al. High image-density particle image velocimetry using laser scanning techniques. Experiments in Fluids 14, 181–192 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189509
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