Liu T., Sullivan J. Pressure and Temperature Sensitive Paints

Springer, 2004. — 340 p.Luminescent molecule sensors, called pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) and temperature-sensitive paint (TSP), measure factors essential for understanding the aerodynamic performance and heat transfer characteristics of flight vehicles. They provide a powerful tool for experimental aerodynamicists to obtain a deeper understanding of the rich physical phenomena in complex flows around a flight vehicle. This book helps the reader to understand the physics and chemistry and the capabilities of PSP and TSP. It provides an overview of the wide scope of applications and explains the system requirements for using these sensors. The book also includes an extensive table of properties of PTP and TSP. As such, it is a thorough and up-to-date coverage of the underlying physics and applications of luminescent molecules designed for global pressure and temperature mapping.Pressure Sensitive Paint.
Temperature Sensitive Paint.
Historical Remarks.
Basic Photophysics.
Kinetics of Luminescence.
Models for Conventional Pressure Sensitive Paint.
Models for Porous Pressure Sensitive Paint.
Thermal Quenching.
Physical Properties of Paints.
Calibration.
Typical Pressure Sensitive Paints.
Typical Temperature Sensitive Paints.
Cryogenic Paints.
Multi-Luminophore Paints.
‘Ideal’ Pressure Sensitive Paint.
Desirable Properties of Paints.
Radiative Energy Transport and Intensity-Based Methods.
Radiometric Notation.
Excitation Light.
Luminescent Emission and Photodetector Response.
Intensity-Based Measurement Systems.
Basic Data Processing.
Image and Data Analysis Techniques.
Geometric Calibration of Camera.
Radiometric Calibration of Camera.
Correction for Self-Illumination.
Image Registration.
Conversion to Pressure.
Pressure Correction for Extrapolation to Low-Speed Data.
Generation of Deformed Surface Grid.
Lifetime-Based Methods.
Response of Luminescence to Time-Varying Excitation Light.
Lifetime Measurement Techniques.
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging.
Lifetime Experiments.
Uncertainty.
Pressure Uncertainty of Intensity-Based Methods.
Pressure Uncertainty Analysis for Subsonic Airfoil Flows.
In-Situ Calibration Uncertainty.
Pressure Uncertainty of Lifetime-Based Methods.
Uncertainty of Temperature Sensitive Paint.
Time Response.
Time Response of Conventional Pressure Sensitive Paint.
Time Response of Porous Pressure Sensitive Paint.
Measurements of Pressure Time Response.
Time Response of Temperature Sensitive Paint.
Applications of Pressure Sensitive Paint.
Low-Speed Flows.
Subsonic, Transonic and Supersonic Wind Tunnels.
Hypersonic and Shock Wind Tunnels.
Cryogenic Wind Tunnels.
Rotating Machinery.
Impinging Jets.
Flight Tests.
Micronozzle.
Applications of Temperature Sensitive Paint.
Hypersonic Flows.
Boundary-Layer Transition Detection.
Impinging Jet Heat Transfer.
Shock/Boundary-Layer Interaction.
Laser Spot Heating and Heat Transfer Measurements.
Hot-Film Surface Temperature in Shear Flow.Appendix A. Calibration Apparatus.
Appendix B. Recipes of Typical Pressure and Temperature Sensitive Paints.
Appendix C. Vendors.
Color Plates.