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Multi-scale approach for analyzing convective heat transfer flow in background-oriented Schlieren technique

Signal Processing 2018-11-05 v2

Abstract

The paper introduces a multi-scale processing method for quantitative study and visualization of convective heat transfer using diffractive optical element based background-oriented schlieren technique. The method relies on robust estimation of phase encoded in the fringe pattern using windowed Fourier transform and subsequent multi-scale characterization of the obtained phase using continuous wavelet transform. As the phase is directly mapped to the refractive index fluctuations caused by the temperature gradients, the multi-scale inspection provides interesting insights about the underlying heat flow phenomenon. The performance of the proposed method is demonstrated for quantitative flow visualization.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1810.07928,
  title  = {Multi-scale approach for analyzing convective heat transfer flow in background-oriented Schlieren technique},
  author = {Rajshekhar Gannavarpu and Dario Ambrosini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.07928},
  year   = {2018}
}
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