Development of quasi common path phase-shifting interferometer for measurement of natural convection fields
Development of quasi common path phase-shifting interferometer for measurement of natural convection fields
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自然对流场测量准共路径相移干涉仪的研制
DOI:
10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2012.07.039
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发表时间:
2012
影响因子:
5.2
通讯作者:
and S. Maruyama
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作者:
E. Shoji;A. Komiya;J. Okajima;and S. Maruyama
A quasi common path phase-shifting interferometer for convection measurement was developed in this paper. This interferometer has a large measurement area of approximately 100mm in diameter to visualize the spatial structure of natural convection. It also has a quasi common path to reduce the effects of air disturbance and vibration. In addition, a phase-shifting technique is introduced to improve the interferometer’s phase resolution and spatial resolution. Natural convection fields around a vertical flat plate with Rayleigh numbers from 1.9×106to 3.0×106were measured and the temperature profiles were estimated by the interferometer. The obtained temperature profiles were compared with the analytical solutions. Moreover, the three-dimensional effect of a thermal boundary layer was investigated. To validate the interferometer’s capability, the experimental results were compared with the calculated results in terms of changes in the optical path length of the test beam. It was confirmed that the quasi common path phase-shifting interferometer can measure the optical path length change accurately at high phase and spatial resolutions.