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Pressure evaluation from Lagrangian particle tracking data using a grid-free least-squares method. / Bobrov, Maxim; Hrebtov, Mikhail; Ivashchenko, Vladislav et al.

In: Measurement Science and Technology, Vol. 32, No. 8, 084014, 08.2021.

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Bobrov M, Hrebtov M, Ivashchenko V, Mullyadzhanov R, Seredkin A, Tokarev M et al. Pressure evaluation from Lagrangian particle tracking data using a grid-free least-squares method. Measurement Science and Technology. 2021 Aug;32(8):084014. doi: 10.1088/1361-6501/abf95c

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Bobrov, Maxim ; Hrebtov, Mikhail ; Ivashchenko, Vladislav et al. / Pressure evaluation from Lagrangian particle tracking data using a grid-free least-squares method. In: Measurement Science and Technology. 2021 ; Vol. 32, No. 8.

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