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The motion of the speckle pattern in the far field limit is uniquely determined by the velocity gradient of the light scattering medium. This is the basic physical effect of a non-invasive method that allows the measurement of velocity gradients with high spatial and temporal resolution down to 75 μm and 1 ms, respectively. We present three different measurement schemes for the analysis of the scattered light. The experimental results refer to mean gradients obtained from measurements on turbulent channel flows.
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Breyer, H., Kriegs, H., Schmidt, U. et al. The measurement of velocity gradients in fluid flow by laser light scattering. Experiments in Fluids 15, 200–208 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00189887
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