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Schlieren Photography Principles
written by Andrew Davidhazy
This site from the Rochester Institute of Technology provides a discussion of methods used in schlieren photography, a technique to image variations in density. The site contains an explanation of a demonstration setup and the images that result.  Example schlieren photographs are also presented.
https://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-schlieren.html
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- Dynamics of Fluids
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- Geometrical Optics
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Keywords: density gradient, imaging, optic, optics, photographic
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Record Updated: Aug 22, 2016 by Lyle Barbato
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A. Davidhazy, Schlieren Photography Principles, <https://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-schlieren.html>.
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Davidhazy, A. (n.d.). Schlieren Photography Principles. Retrieved July 15, 2025, from https://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-schlieren.html
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Davidhazy, Andrew. Schlieren Photography Principles. https://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-schlieren.html (accessed 15 July 2025).
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Davidhazy, Andrew. Schlieren Photography Principles. 15 July 2025 <https://people.rit.edu/andpph/text-schlieren.html>.
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