Masters Theses

Abstract

"A simple optical apparatus, the Schlieren interferometer, was constructed for the quantitative investigation of free convection heat transfer from solid bodies. The photographic results, checked by using thermocouples, were used in evaluating the temperature distribution, the key to the solution of these problems. Interpretation of the photographic results was made using the simple calculation for the conventional interferogram and the Dale-Gladstone law. Although the experiments were limited to a heated flat plate and a heated wire, two dimensional test pieces of irregular configuration can be investigated by the same apparatus with simple modifications. The photographs of the conventional Schlieren, the color Schlieren, and the modified Schlieren were compared using the same apparatus and they reveal that the Schlieren interferometer is a powerful tool for compressible fluid flow investigation"--Abstract, Page iii.

Advisor(s)

Remington, Charles R., 1924-2013

Committee Member(s)

Sauer, Harry J., Jr., 1935-2008
Nelson, John A.
Wolf, Robert V., 1929-1999

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Degree Name

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering

Publisher

University of Missouri at Rolla

Publication Date

1965

Pagination

vii, 78 Pages

Note about bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169).

Rights

© 1965 Philip Ling Chen, All rights reserved.

Document Type

Thesis - Open Access

File Type

text

Language

English

Subject Headings

Thermal boundary layer
Schlieren methods (Optics)
Temperature measurements

Thesis Number

T 1708

Print OCLC #

5964426

Electronic OCLC #

846475341

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