NONISOTHERMAL FLOW DIAGNOSTICS USING MICROENCAPSULATED CHOLESTERIC PARTICLES

Authors
WOZNIAK G WOZNIAK K SIEKMANN J
Citation
G. Wozniak et al., NONISOTHERMAL FLOW DIAGNOSTICS USING MICROENCAPSULATED CHOLESTERIC PARTICLES, Applied scientific research, 56(2-3), 1996, pp. 145-156
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Mechanics,Thermodynamics
Journal title
Applied scientific research → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036994
Volume
56
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
145 - 156
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6994(1996)56:2-3<145:NFDUMC>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The temperature and the flow field of thermo-convective liquid flows a re visualized using cholesteric liquid crystal material as tracer part icles. This type of tracers offers the scientifically valuable feature of measuring the flow and the temperature field simultaneously. Three thermoconvective flow configurations have been investigated successfu lly using liquid crystals. The results are discussed in some detail. I t turns out that the liquid crystal technique is a valuable tool for t hermo-convective liquid flow analysis.