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20182020
most citedPIV/BOS Synthetic Image Generation in Variable Density Environments for Error Analysis and Experiment Design

35 citations · 35 across the 1 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

physics.flu-dyn2020

Meta-Uncertainty for Particle Image Velocimetry

Lalit K. Rajendran, Sayantan Bhattacharya, Sally P. M. Bane +1

Uncertainty quantification for Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is critical for comparing flow fields with Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) results, and model design and validati…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Filamentary Surface Plasma Discharge Flow Length and Time Scales

Lalit K. Rajendran, Bhavini Singh, Pavlos P. Vlachos +1

Nanosecond Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge (ns-SDBDs) are a class of plasma actuators that utilize a high-voltage pulse of nanosecond duration between two surface-mounted elec…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Vortex rings drive entrainment and cooling in flow induced by a spark discharge

Bhavini Singh, Lalit K. Rajendran, Jiacheng Zhang +2

Spark plasma discharges induce vortex rings and a hot gas kernel. We develop a model to describe the late stage of the spark induced flow and the role of the vortex rings in the en…

physics.flu-dyn2020

Weighted Least Squares (WLS) Density Integration for Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS)

Lalit Rajendran, Jiacheng Zhang, Sally Bane +1

We propose an improved density integration methodology for Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) measurements that overcomes the noise sensitivity of the commonly used Poisson solver…

physics.flu-dyn2019

Uncertainty amplification due to density/refractive-index gradients in volumetric PTV and BOS experiments

Lalit K. Rajendran, Sally P. M. Bane, Pavlos P. Vlachos

We theoretically analyze the effect of density/refractive-index gradients on the measurement precision of Volumetric Particle Tracking Velocimetry (V-PTV) and Background Oriented S…

physics.flu-dyn2019

Two Regime Cooling in Flow Induced by a Spark Discharge

Bhavini Singh, Lalit Rajendran, Pavlos P Vlachos +1

The cooling process associated with the flow induced by a spark plasma discharge generated between a pair of electrodes is measured using stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (S…