Liquid crystal measurements of heat transfer and surface shear stress

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 969-986

  Ireland, P T ^a   Jones, T V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aerospace; Automotive; Gas turbine; Heat flux; Heat transfer; Heat transfer coefficient; Liquid crystal; Mechanical engineering; Shear stress; Surface shear; Surface shear stress; Turbomachinery; Wind tunnel

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GAS TURBINES; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; SHEAR STRESS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL STRESS; TURBOMACHINERY; WIND TUNNELS;

TEMPERATURE SENSING; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT COMPUTATIONAL MODELS;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

HEAT TRANSFER; LIQUID CRYSTAL; MEASUREMENT METHOD; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS;

EID: 0034235099     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/11/7/313     Document Type: Article

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