The Use of Bubbles in a Wind Tunnel for Flow-Visualisation and the Possible Representation of Raindrops

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Rayment, R., Hilton, M.
air flow, wind, wind tunnel
Year:
1977
Bibliographic info:
Building Research Establishment, U.K., Building Research Establishment Current Paper, CP - 41/77

The appearance of bubbles used for flow visualisation around bluff bodies in a wind tunnel is illustrated. It is demonstrated that the large diameter and low density properties of bubbles could enable them to represent raindrops in a wind tunnel.

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