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Bounding ingestion stream-tube determination via a CO tracer

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 A gas tracer technique based on carbon monoxide and a commercial automotive exhaust gas analyser has been applied to wind tunnel models of waterjet propulsion systems intakes. The post-processing and interpretation of the carbon monoxide concentration signals has yielded high resolution measurements of the bounding ingestion stream-tubes.

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  1. Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, University of Tasmania GPO Box 252-65, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia, , , , , , AU

    J. L. Roberts & G. J. Walker

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Received: 27 May 1997/Accepted: 17 November 1997

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Roberts, J., Walker, G. Bounding ingestion stream-tube determination via a CO tracer. Experiments in Fluids 24, 518–520 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003480050201

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