nanofluids are gaining much importance over the past decade due to their enhanced thermal conductivity, specific heat, cooling capacity, electrical conductivities. novel properties of nanofluids are yet to be explored to the highest potential applications. one of the prominent applications of nanofluids is in thermal conduction. the presence of nanoparticle in a fluid can enhance the thermal co...

We describe an instrument for measuring the magnitude of birefringence of tomographic images and the principal directions of axes that use thermal-light polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography. The instrument permits full-field measurements with an axial resolution of 1.5 microm and a transverse resolution limited by diffraction. We obtained a sensitivity of 84 dB, limited by shot n...

This investigation aims to develop a quantitative model to estimate the material removal of polycrystalline diamond composites (PCDCs) by dynamic friction polishing. The model accounts for the contributions from the constitutive characteristics and thermal properties of the materials and the key polishing parameters. It was found that the material removal was dominated by six dimensionless vari...

In northern Canada, lake chub (Cyprinidae: Couesius plumbeus) have colonized a variety of thermal springs that differ substantially from the ancestral environment in both mean temperature and thermal variation. To examine whether this environmental change is associated with differences in physiological traits, we compared the thermal breadth, capacity for acclimation of thermal tolerance, and m...

Objectives: There has been no method which can measure regional myocardial blood flow in real-time and continuously. The purpose of this study was to validate myocardial blood flow measurement using a thermal diffusion method. For this purpose, myocardial blood flow measurement was performed using the thermal diffusion method and the electrolytic hydrogen clearance method. Methods: Seven pigs w...

Most conventional Raman thermometry for thermal properties measurement is on steady-state basis, which utilizes either Joule heating effect or two lasers configurations coupled with increased complexity of system or measurement uncertainty. In this work, a new comprehensive approach including both transient and steady-state Raman method is proposed for thermal properties measurement of micro/ n...

The spindles speed and feed rate of machine tools increase greatly to realize high-productivity with high accuracy. This leads to exceeding increase in heat generation and then the thermal deformation of the machine tools become serious problems. Therefore it makes necessary to measure and evaluate the thermal deformation. With these points as background, measuring methods for thermal deformati...