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Experimental Measurements of Lagrangian Statistics in Intense Turbulence

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Advances in Turbulence XI

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We report Lagrangian laboratory measurements of fluid turbulence at high Reynolds numbers. First, the experimental techniques that have made Lagrangian measurements possible, including both optical and acoustic particle tracking, are reviewed. Then some of the laboratory flows used in Lagrangian measurements are described and a selection of new experimental results are presented.

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  1. MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, eberhard.bodenschatz@ds.mpg.de, 37077 Göttingen, Germany

    H. Xu, N. T. Ouellette, H. Nobach & E. Bodenschatz

  2. LASSP and M&AE, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

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  3. International Collaboration for Turbulence Research (ICTR), Portugal

    H. Xu, N. T. Ouellette, H. Nobach & E. Bodenschatz

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Xu, H., Ouellette, N.T., Nobach, H., Bodenschatz, E. (2007). Experimental Measurements of Lagrangian Statistics in Intense Turbulence. In: Palma, J., Lopes, A.S. (eds) Advances in Turbulence XI. Springer Proceedings Physics, vol 117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-72604-3_1

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