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A severe limitation in the application of quantitative interferometry to heat transfer problems is a lack of necessary optical property information. To extract heat transfer coefficients from interferometric records, it is necessary to know the relationship between refractive index and temperature. In the case of gases, one can determine a closed form relationship via fundamental physical laws subject to some simplifying assumptions. For liquids, however, no such simple relationship has been observed.
This work was supported by the Department of Energy.
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Schimmel, W. P., Jr., “An Optical Measurements Laboratory for Determining Heat Transfer Coefficients,” SAND76–0162, Sandia Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, June 1976.
Hauf, W., and Grigull, U., “Optical Methods in Heat Transfer,” Advances in Heat Transfer, Vol. 6, Academic Press, New York, 1970.
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Schimmel, W.P. (1978). Interpretation of Optical Interferograms Using a New Theory for Refractive Index — Temperature Dependence. In: Mirkovich, V.V. (eds) Thermal Conductivity 15. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9083-5_4
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