Liquid Crystal Thermography for transient heat transfer measurements in complex internal cooling systems

Heat Transfer Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-197

  Poser, Rico ^a   Von Wolfersdorf, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complex internal cooling systems; Thermochromic Liquid Crystals (TLCs); Transient heat transfer measurements

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; COOLANT FLOW DISTRIBUTION; COOLING CONFIGURATION; DIGITAL COLOR; FLOW EXTRACTION; FLUID TEMPERATURES; FOURIER'S EQUATION; GAS TURBINE COMPONENTS; HEAT TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; HUE VALUES; INTERNAL COOLING; LIQUID CRYSTAL THERMOGRAPHY; LOCAL HEAT TRANSFER DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT; PEAK INTENSITY; SCALED MODELS; SEMI-INFINITE MEDIUM; SMALL-SCALE FEATURES; SURFACE CURVATURES; SURFACE RESPONSE; TEST SPECIMENS; THERMOCHROMIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER; TRANSIENT HEAT TRANSFER MEASUREMENTS; TRANSPARENT MATERIAL; WALL TEMPERATURES;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COOLING; CRYSTALS; LIQUID CRYSTALS; SURFACES; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; TURBINES; VIDEO CAMERAS;

COOLING SYSTEMS;

EID: 79955498878     PISSN: 10642285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/HeatTransRes.v42.i2.60     Document Type: Conference Paper

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