ISSN:
1089-7623
Quelle:
AIP Digital Archive
Thema:
Physik
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Elektrotechnik, Elektronik, Nachrichtentechnik
Notizen:
In conducting two-dimensional laminar and turbulence experiments, use of a vertical flowing soap film is often a good choice. However, one of the most frequently encountered and yet highly nontrivial problems is to measure the thickness of the film precisely. We propose a solution to this problem based on the strong absorbtion of infrared light by the water molecules in the film. At λ(similar, equals)3 μm, a thin sheet of water is essentially opaque. The extinction length of 0.9 μm serves as a precise ruler for gauging the film thickness. Although only the time-averaged, single-point measurements are presented, the technique is general and can be used for multipoint measurements to investigate turbulent driven spatiotemporal fluctuations of the film thickness. © 2001 American Institute of Physics.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1366634
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