Laboratory Verification of the Optical Turbulence Sensor (OTS): Particulate Volume Scattering Function and Turbulence Properties of the Flow

Abstract

Our goal is an extensive tank validation of the Optical Turbulence Sensor (OTS). This sensor uses a Hartman optical wavefront sensor to determine turbulence characteristics and to characterize the particulate field. In our configuration the wavefront sensor has been able to quantify simultaneously turbulent and particulate scattering for particles larger is larger than 50 microns.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2010
Accession Number
ADA540476

Entities

People

  • Darek J. Bogucki

Organizations

  • Texas A&M University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Detectors
  • Diffraction
  • Dissipation
  • Ecology
  • Light Scattering
  • Measurement
  • Particles
  • Particulates
  • Physics
  • Scattering
  • Spectra
  • Turbulence
  • Turbulent Flow
  • Validation
  • Verification
  • Wavefronts

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.