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This paper describes new methods which can determine quantitatively two-dimensional temperature distributions on a surface and in a fluid from colour records obtained using a thermosensitive liquid crystal material combined with image processing. Application-type experiments have been carried out both to visualise the complex temperature distribution over a cooled surface disturbed by different solid obstacles, and also to investigate temperature and flow patterns in a rectangular cavity for natural convection.
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Stasiek, J., Collins, M.W. (1992). Liquid Crystal Thermography and Image Processing in Heat and Fluid Flow Experiments. In: Tanida, Y., Miyashiro, H. (eds) Flow Visualization VI. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84824-7_77
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