New device and method for measuring thermal conductivity of thin-films

ISA Transactions

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 313-318

  Subramanian, Chelakara S ^a   Amer, Tahani ^b   UpChurch, Billy T ^b   Alderfer, David W ^b   Burkett, Cecil ^b   Sealey, Bradley ^b  

^a FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Temperature sensitive paint; Thermal conductivity meter; Thin film; Transition

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; PRODUCT DESIGN; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WIND TUNNELS;

OPERATING FEATURES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE PAINT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY METER; TRANSITION;

THIN FILMS;

PAINT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PAINT; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746253813     PISSN: 00190578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-0578(07)60214-6     Document Type: Article

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