Background Oriented Schlieren technique

Background Oriented Schlieren technique

Background Oriented Schlieren (BOS) is a novel technique for flow visualization of density gradients in fluids using the Gladstone-Dale relation between density and refractive index of the fluid.

BOS simplifies the visualization process by eliminating the need for the use of expensive mirrors, lasers and knife-edges. In its simplest form, BOS makes use of simple background patterns of the form of a randomly generated dot-pattern, an inexpensive strobe light source and a high speed digital camera.

In its initial stages of implementation, it is mostly being used as a qualitative visualization method. Further research into developing the technique will enable quantitative visualization of fluid flows, in various applications including cryogenic flows, supersonic and hypersonic flows, biomedical device flow visualization etc.

See also

*Schlieren
*Synthetic schlieren
*Shadowgraph

External links

* [http://www.springerlink.com/content/x73629584517570m/ (1) Optical density and velocity measurements in cryogenic flows ]
* [http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/eserv.php?pid=UQ:8810&dsID=SreekanthRughuna.pdf (2) Visualization of supersonic flows in shock tunnels, using the Background Oriented Schlieren technique]
* [http://www.springerlink.com/content/2529612236q71278/ (3) Background Oriented Schlieren for flow visualization in hypersonic impulse facilities ]


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