A Method of Studying the Thermal Properties of Highly-Viscous Fluids and Coarsely-Dispersed Media,

Abstract

Relations for the evaluation of thermal diffusivity a, thermal capacity C, and thermal conductivity Lambda = aC were derived by analysis of the differential equation describing the temperature field formed by a permanently acting cylindrical heat source. On simple laboratory equipment and using different conducting media (glycerol, Hg, and molasses) the temperature change with time on the cylindrical source axis was measured. The thermophysical properties of the tested media were evaluated. The values obtained agreed within 4% with handbook values. The possibility of determining the thermal properties of a studied medium at arbitrary moment during the experiment enables the determination of thermal properties of coarsely dispersed media. For example, the method was used for the sugar crystal magma. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0749765

Entities

People

  • V. D. Popov
  • Yu. A. Terentev

Organizations

  • National Air and Space Intelligence Center

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Conductivity
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Heat Capacity
  • Laboratory Equipment
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Thermal Diffusivity
  • Thermal Properties
  • Thermophysical Properties

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.