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The effects of coincidence window and measuring volume size on two-component laser velocimeter measurement of turbulence in an isothermal liquid flow through a concentric annular channel were studied. Three different coincidence windows (100–500 μs) and three different measuring volume sizes (diameter, 5–9 wall units; spanwise length, 24–91 wall units) were used in a flow of Reynolds number 31,500 and data density spanning the high end of intermediate to the low end of high (3–6). While no significant effects of the coincidence window and measuring volume size were found on the time-mean velocity and turbulence intensities, the streamwise Reynolds shear stress measured near a wall was found to be markedly affected by both. The smallest feasible measuring volume along with an appropriate coincidence window provides good measurement of the shear stress.
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Received: 8 September 1999/Accepted: 11 July 2000
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Kang, S., Patil, B. & Roy, R. Effects of coincidence window and measuring volume size on laser Doppler velocimetry measurement of turbulence. Experiments in Fluids 30, 365–370 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000210
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480000210