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A new configuration for the transmitting optics of a laser Doppler anemometer has been developed in order to measure the velocity at two different points at the same time. From the simultaneous measurements at two points along the mean flow direction it is possible to evaluate the spatial correlations and to compare them with the temporal correlation to verify the validity limits of Taylor's hypothesis also known as the frozen turbulence hypothesis. The transfer function between the velocity signals at two different points has been introduced to better explain the differences between Taylor's hypothesis and non frozen flow. The analysis is carried out in a flow with high turbulence levels.
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Cenedese, A., Romano, G.P. & Di Felice, F. Experimental testing of Taylor's hypothesis by L.D.A. in highly turbulent flow. Experiments in Fluids 11, 351–358 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00211789
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