High Speed Cameras White Papers and Case Studies

  1. The Heat Is On: Examining Two-Phase Flow And Heat Transfer With High-Speed Cameras 1/19/2017

    We rely on air conditioning and refrigeration to operate through a heat exchanger — a transfer of heat between one or more fluids, essentially increasing heating and cooling efficiency and flow. A group of Pennsylvania State University students is studying two-phase flow and heat transfer phenomena in an effort to advance these processes and their technologies. 

  2. High-Speed Cameras Make Sound Visible And Improve Noise Absorbers 11/22/2016

    It is extremely important for the airline industry and its research groups to support and develop noise reduction strategies. In this case study high-speed cameras are used to make sound "visible" to researchers while they investigate new strategies for noise reduction on jet engines. 

  3. Explosives Engineering: High Speed Imagery For Research And Experimentation 11/22/2016

    Vision Research is in collaboration with the Colorado School of Mines in order to develop a university-level short course on the use and benefits of high-speed imaging, while experimenting with explosives and ballistic applications.

  4. Vocal Folds: High-Speed Digital Cameras Facilitate Revolutionary Research In Diagnosing Voice Disorders 11/22/2016

    Voice disorders are unfortunately not as uncommon as most people would think. Around 7.5 million Americans have trouble using their voice every day, and not enough is known about this subject to understand how to prevent these disorders. Dr. Deliyski, a researcher at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health, is committed to advancing the scientific understanding of the human voice, and plans to develop a new methodology to help diagnose voice disorders. With the help of Vision Research, this study explores the movements of human vocal folds through laryngeal high-speed video-endoscopy (HSV).

  5. High Speed Cameras Aid In Spacecraft And Astronaut Safety For NASA 11/22/2016

    At a lab in New Mexico, A team is assessing this dangerous “space trash” with the use of ultra-high-speed imaging cameras. They fire fake “space trash” no bigger than a pea at things like oxygen tanks and steel cables. Let’s just say it never ends well (everything gets ripped in half), and the scientists can’t even see the projectiles to track them. That’s where Vision Research Phantom cameras, such as the Phantom v711 and Phantom v2512, come in. With the ability to record this astronomical data, these imaging cameras reveal a new level of understanding of the destruction that something like “trash” can cause to a spacecraft or astronaut.

  6. High-Speed Infrared Imaging For Analysis Of A Diesel Engine Supplied With Premixed Methane-Air Charge 6/10/2016

    Engineers are continuously looking to improve the efficiency of internal combustion engines (ICEs). This white paper walks through this experiment and investigates the different phases of the combustion cycle using four different spectral filters in order to see the difference in the exhaust fumes.

  7. Material Deformation Kinematics Captured By High-Speed Digital Cameras at 10,000 Frames Per Second 6/8/2015

    This case study describes a study on material deformation using the high-speed camera FASTCAM SA4.

  8. Vision Research High-Speed Digital Cameras Instrumental In Teaching Construction Site Safety 2/9/2015

    There is a good reason construction workers are asked to wear hard hats, gloves, safety goggles, and various other safety equipment while on the job; construction sites are dangerous. Filled with heavy and sharp objects, platforms of varying heights, flying sparks and debris, and a number of other potentially dangerous elements, it’s no wonder so many injuries occur on construction sites.

  9. Line Scan Cameras Enable High Speed Inspection of Color Filters within Flat-Panel Display 10/25/2011
    The market of flat-panel displays (FPD) is a nearly $100 billion business that needs efficient automated optical inspection (AOI) to meet rising demand and remain cost effective. The color filters within the display represent a major inspection task, demanding both precision and speed. Inspection systems using high-speed, highresolution line scan cameras have proven themselves both equal to the present need and able to support panel technology’s evolution.