Surface temperature history and determination of convective heating rate are the important activity in many research programs for devising an effective cooling system in internal combustion engines or for typical high speed aerodynamic reentry vehicles. Thin film sensors have high response time (∼ few microseconds) and are invariantly used for these applications due to their precision measurement. Moreover, they can be fabricated in-house and thus cost effective. Present investigations are focused on the fabrication of such sensors and establishment of an experimental setup for calibration. Thin film sensors are prepared in-house by platinum ink mounted on an insulated substrate (Pyrex). Experiments are carried out by applying step heat load on the thin film sensor using laser light of known wattage. Recorded transient temperature data are processed for estimation of laser wattage using numerical and analytical models. For the known heating load, temperature signal is also predicted using one-dimensional transient heat conduction solver using ansys. Encouraging agreement of these predictions has demonstrated the success of the designed calibration set up and cost-effective means of in-house fabrication of thin film sensors.
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Laser Based Calibration Technique of Thin Film Gauges for Short Duration Transient Measurements
Vinayak Kulkarni,
Vinayak Kulkarni
Assistant Professor
e-mail: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039,
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Anugrah Singh
Anugrah Singh
Associate Professor
e-mail: Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039,
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Rakesh Kumar
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Niranjan Sahoo
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Vinayak Kulkarni
Assistant Professor
e-mail: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039,
India
Anugrah Singh
Associate Professor
e-mail: Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati 781 039,
India
J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. Dec 2011, 3(4): 044504 (6 pages)
Published Online: October 24, 2011
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Kumar, R., Sahoo, N., Kulkarni, V., and Singh, A. (October 24, 2011). "Laser Based Calibration Technique of Thin Film Gauges for Short Duration Transient Measurements." ASME. J. Thermal Sci. Eng. Appl. December 2011; 3(4): 044504. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4005075
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