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A LIGHT-SHEET FLOW VISUALIZATION SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AIR-SEA INTERACTION PROCESSES
Magdalena Anguelova
Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory, Graduate College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware 19958
Minzheng Wo
Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory, Graduate College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware 19958
Shih Tang
Air-Sea Interaction Laboratory, Graduate College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware, Lewes, Delaware 19958
Jin Wu
Institute of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China
ABSTRACT A flow visualization system has been successfully developed and used in our Wind-Wave-Current Research Facility. The system is composed of a light sheet generated by an Nd: YAG pulsed laser and an imaging acquisition. The sheet has an effective width of 0.7 m and a thickness of 1 mm. Images of the illuminated area were captured with a CCD and a film camera. These images are useful in studying air-sea interaction processes, such as wave growth, wave breaking, and spume-drop formation. Other potential uses of this light sheet are also addressed with examples from acquired images.
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