Applied Optical Measurements
By: edited by Markus Lehner, Dieter Mewes
Contributors: Mewes, Dieter
Series: Heat and Mass Transfer; Heat and mass transfer
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 463
ISBN-13: 9783642636202; 9783642584961
Subjects: Thermodynamics; Engineering; Physics; Chemical engineering; Mechanical engineering
Description: This book provides a compilation of important optical techniques applied to experiments in heat and mass transfer, multiphase flow and combustion. The emphasis of this book is on the application of these techniques to various engineering problems. The contributions are aiming to provide practicing engineers, both in industry and research, with the recent state-of-science in the application of advanced optical measurements. The book is written by selected specialists representing leading experts in this field who present new information for the possibilities of these techniques and give stimulation of new ideas for their application.
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Table of contents: title: From the contents: Optical methods applied to combustion research performed by F. Mayinger; title: Visual investigation of boiling phenomena in CHF subcooled flow boiling; title: An optical investigaton of the solidification process in a rectangular cavity; title: Holographic investigations applied to various engineering problems performed by F. Mayinger; title: A visualization study of jet impingement on cylindrical surfaces; title: Fibre optical sensors for measuring local quantities in gas-liquid two-phase flow; title: Optical measurement of wall temperatures during nucleate boiling; title: Development of a conductance sensor for measuring solids concentration in large diameter slurry pipelines; title: Stable vortex structures in axisymmetric flame under oscillating combustion; title: Convective heat transfer and fluid dynamics in heat exchanger applications; title: Holographic interferometry investigations applied to various engineering problems performed by F. Mayinger.