2011 Volume 11 Issue Special_Issue Pages s141-s146
Quantitative image measurement of the flow fields in convective heat transfer is of great importance for the optimum energy consumption problems. In the natural and forced convection phenomena in fluids, the complexity of the flow field prevents us from detailed three-dimensional (3D) experimental analysis in steady /unsteady dynamics of the fluids, which have locally different density values. This paper deals with application of color-stripe background oriented schlieren (CSBOS) and Computed Tomography (CT) method to the quantitative measurement of natural heat convection.