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An accurate temperature calibration of fluid-dispersed thermochromic liquid crystal (TLC) particles is an important prerequisite for quantitative liquid crystal thermometry (LCT) measurements in flows. Encapsulated TLCs are subjected to uniform and linear temperature fields and are illuminated with a sheet of white light. A digital camera records the color distribution reflected by the particles. For the first time, a telecentric objective is used to eliminate the angular dependence of the color within the image plane.
The paper systematically assesses how the temperature calibration is affected by the angle between the camera axis and the light-sheet plane, and by the properties of the working fluid. The obtained results provide design criteria for quantitative LCT measurements in situations where small spatial variations of the fluid temperature need to be resolved, namely for turbulent heat transfer problems in wall-bounded flows.
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Received: 22 January 2001/Accepted: 16 October 2001
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Günther, A., von Rohr, P. Influence of the optical configuration on temperature measurements with fluid-dispersed TLCs. Experiments in Fluids 32, 533–541 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-001-0373-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00348-001-0373-8