Abstract
In cold spray and thermal spray applications, one of the primary factors affecting coating deposition is the location where particles are injected into the gas jet. Therefore, a detailed knowledge of the gas flow distribution is required. Non-resonant laser scattering allows to spatially resolve the distribution of drift velocity and mass density within the flow, particularly at locations close to the injector. Based on laser scattering, this paper presents a new diagnostic that locally measures drift velocity, as well as a relative mass density distribution of a gas stream. Its application is mainly focused on cold gas flows, where velocity measurements in a supersonic nozzle, obtained by means of laser scattering, correlate well with theoretical calculations and particle image velocimetry (PIV) experimental results.
