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Schlieren Visualization | Turbulence | Transitional Wake of a Falling Ball into Water

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Schlieren Visualization | Turbulence | Transitional Wake of a Falling Ball into Water

The transitional wake behind a falling steel ball is visualise. We can clearly observe the development of smooth ring-like vortex immediately behind the ball. The vortex gradually is subject to the instability mechanism. Eventually it dissipates into turbulent wake.

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Schlieren Visualization | Jet | Mini-Supersonic Jet from Air Duster

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Schlieren Visualization | Jet | Mini-Supersonic Jet from Air Duster

The mini supersonic jet from spray duster is visualized through Luftvis schlieren system with different magnifications, so that details of the jet can be revealed. The interesting phenomena include the shock waves and turbulent jet.

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Schlieren Fundamental | Comparing Three Commonly Used Schlieren Light Paths

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Schlieren Fundamental | Comparing Three Commonly Used Schlieren Light Paths

We are comparing three commonly used schlieren light path setups: Single-Mirror Off-Axis, Single-Mirror Co-Axis, Dual-Mirror Z-Shape. Their pros and cons are revealed.

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