Flow visualization in fluid mechanics
- 1 January 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 64 (1), 1-18
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1144433
Abstract
The large field of flow visualization is briefly reviewed. Definition, purpose, and classification into subfields are outlined, and the reader is directed toward more detailed and more specialized reviews. The basic methods of flow visualization are explained and the long history of flow visualization is sketched by tracing the introduction of major methods and of discoveries made by flow visualization. Limitations and problem areas in the visual evaluation of velocity and vorticity fields are discussed, and a glimpse into the future role of flow visualization is ventured.This publication has 39 references indexed in Scilit:
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