A new hue capturing technique for the quantitative interpretation of liquid crystal images used in convective heat transfer studies

Author Information:

Camci, C.; Kim, K.; Hippensteele, S. A.

Abstract:

A new image processing based color capturing technique for the quantitative interpretation of liquid crystal images used in convective heat transfer studies is presented. This method is highly applicable to the surfaces exposed to convective heating in gas turbine engines. It is shown that, in the single-crystal mode, many of the colors appearing on the heat transfer surface correlate strongly with the local temperature. A very accurate quantitative approach using an experimentally determined linear hue vs temperature relation is found to be possible. The new hue-capturing process is discussed in terms of the strength of the light source illuminating the heat transfer surface, the effect of the orientation of the illuminating source with respect to the surface, crystal layer uniformity, and the repeatability of the process. The present method is more advantageous than the multiple filter method because of its ability to generate many isotherms simultaneously from a single-crystal image at a high resolution in a very time-efficient manner.

Publication Date:

Oct. 1992

Document ID (CASI):

19930029980

Accession Number:

93A13977

Security Classif.:

Unclassified

Restriction on Access:

Unlimited

Authorized Users:

Publicly available

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Description:

11p

Source Publication:

ASME, Transactions, Journal of Turbomachinery (ISSN 0889-504X) / 114; 4; p. 765-775.

Imprint and Other Notes:

ASME, Transactions, Journal of Turbomachinery vol. 114, no. 4 p. 765-775. Oct. 1992,ASME, International Gas Turbine and Aeroengine Congress and Exposition, 36th, Orlando, FL, June 3-6, 1991, ASME Paper 91-GT-122, p. 765-775.

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