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BSA Flow Software Installation and User's Guide - CSI

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Beam splitter<br />

As indicated in Figure 7-5 the measuring volume is an ellipsoid, <strong>and</strong> usually<br />

the major axis dz is much bigger than the two minor axes dx <strong>and</strong> dy, rendering<br />

the measuring volume more or less “cigar-shaped”. This makes forward <strong>and</strong><br />

backscattering LDA sensitive to velocity gradients within the measuring<br />

volume, <strong>and</strong> in many cases also disturb measurements near surfaces due to<br />

reflection of the laser beams.<br />

Focus of<br />

receiver<br />

Figure 7-6 Off-axis scattering.<br />

Measuring<br />

volume<br />

Figure 7-6 illustrate how off-axis scattering reduce the effective size of the<br />

measuring volume. Seeding particles passing either end of the measuring<br />

volume will be ignored since they are out of focus, <strong>and</strong> as such contribute to<br />

background noise rather than to the actual signal. This reduces the sensitivity<br />

to velocity gradients within the measuring volume, <strong>and</strong> the off-axis position<br />

of the receiver automatically reduce problems with reflection. These<br />

properties make off-axis scattering LDA very efficient for example in<br />

boundary layer measurements.<br />

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Front lens<br />

Receiver Back scatter<br />

Figure 7-7 Principles of backscatter LDA.<br />

Figure 7-7 shows a schematic of how a backscatter LDA equipment is built.<br />

The beam from the laser is split into two identical beams. It is important, that<br />

the beamsplitter is adjusted to give approximately the same intensity in the<br />

two laser beams produced.<br />

<strong>BSA</strong> <strong>Flow</strong> <strong>Software</strong>:Reference guide 7-9<br />

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