Neutrally buoyant anisotropic particles for flow visualization
- 1 April 1984
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Physics of Fluids
- Vol. 27 (4) , 759-760
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.864702
Abstract
Anisotropic flakes dispersed in certain liquids are shown to remain suspended for periods of the order of months. Such particles represent an ideal flow visualization technique, especially for thermally driven flows such as Rayleigh–Bénard convection.Keywords
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