Accession Number:
AD0744211
Title:
Utilization of Temperature Sensitive Liquid Crystals for Thermal Analysis and an Application to Transducer Investigations.
Descriptive Note:
Research rept.,
Corporate Author:
NAVAL UNDERWATER SYSTEMS CENTER NEWPORT R I
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
1972-05-30
Pagination or Media Count:
38.0
Abstract:
Cholesteric liquid crystals, because they exhibit predictable temperature-dependent color changes, are a valuable indicator for qualitative and quantitative thermal analysis, particularly the observation of varying thermal phenomena over continuous surfaces. The report describes the properties of liquid crystals, applications, and a demonstrative experiment in which liquid crystals were used to observe transient and equilibrium thermal patterns of ANSQS-26 transducers. Author
Descriptors:
Subject Categories:
- Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
- Acoustic Detection and Detectors