Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Single port access holographic particle image velocimetry

Conference ·
OSTI ID:90211
;  [1];  [2]
  1. USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
  2. National Research Council, Washington, DC (United States)

An optical system, which requires only a single optical window mounted on a test volume, is proposed for holographic particle image velocimetry (HPIV). The optical system is a derivative of the double-exposure, double-reference-beam, off-axis HPIV system, but the innovative idea behind the system is to use back scattered light from the particles as the object wave. A 45{degree} beam splitter inserted in front of the window serves to admit the illuminating beam and extract the back scattered light. This concept can be of great engineering interest because optical access is often limited to one window in practical devices. The preliminary results of the technique appear quite promising, with current studies aimed at defining the optical resolution capabilities.

Research Organization:
USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center, WV (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
90211
Report Number(s):
DOE/METC/C--95/7186; CONF-950853--6; ON: DE95014564; NC: NONE
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English