Particle streak velocimetry-optical coherence tomography: a novel method for multidimensional imaging of microscale fluid flows
We present a new OCT method for flow speed quantification and directional velocimetry: particle streak velocimetry-OCT (PSV-OCT). PSV-OCT generates two-dimensional, 2.5-vector component ( v x ,| v y |, v z ) maps of microscale flow velocity fields. Knowledge of 2.5-vector components also enables the estimation of total flow speed. The enabling insight behind PSV-OCT is that tracer particles in sparsely-seeded fluid flow trace out streaks in ( x,z,t )-space. The streak orientations in x-t and z-t yield v x and v z , respectively. The in-plane ( x-z plane) residence time yields the out-of-plane speed | v y |. Vector component values are generated ...
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