Investigation of the Use of Liquid Crystal Thermography to Study Flow over Turbomachinery Blades.

Abstract

The use of liquid crystal thermography was investigated as a technique for visualizing the flow over a NACA series 65 compressor blade. The demonstration of the feasibility of the technique was conducted in the low turbulence wind tunnel at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School. Local heat transfer coefficients were obtained for Reynolds numbers varying from 100,000 to 600,000 with the angle of incidence of the blade varying from 0 degrees to 30 degrees. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA097289

Entities

People

  • Roy L. Brennon

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Boundary Layer
  • Crystal Structure
  • Engineering
  • Flow Visualization
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Gas Turbines
  • Heat Transfer
  • Isotherms
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Reynolds Number
  • Subsonic Wind Tunnels
  • Test Facilities
  • Turbines
  • Wind Tunnels

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerodynamics.
  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.