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A liquid jet emerging from a nozzle or an orifice whose outlet is slightly elliptic has a series of minute-amplitude waves on its surface. A quite simple technique is proposed which enables detecting such waves even if they are no longer recognizable with the aid of ordinary backlighting of the jet.
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This note describes a part of a study “Measurements of dynamic surface tension in relation to phase-change heat transfer” which was subsidized from the Ministry of Eduction, Science and Culture, Japan through Grant No. 02650167
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Takahashi, I., Mori, Y.H. An optical technique for detecting minute-amplitude standing waves on a liquid jet. Experiments in Fluids 19, 429–431 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00190261
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00190261