Contouring of a free oil surface

William Stephen Meyers; H. Philip Stahl

doi:10.1117/12.140756

5 February 1993 Contouring of a free oil surface

William Stephen Meyers, H. Philip Stahl

Proceedings Volume 1755, Interferometry: Techniques and Analysis; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140756
Event: San Diego '92, 1992, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

A non-contact (i.e., optical) technique is required to measure the deformation of a free oil surface under the influence of a localized thermal load. This deformation is caused by surface tension driven thermal convective flow inside the fluid, and can be as large as 250 micrometers. Therefore, conventional interferometry is not possible. Instead, a Ronchi technique is proposed for contour mapping the oil surface. This paper presents a two channel Ronchi instrument, and some preliminary results from the analysis of two aspheric surfaces, a diamond machined metal surface and the free oil surface.

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William Stephen Meyers and H. Philip Stahl "Contouring of a free oil surface", Proc. SPIE 1755, Interferometry: Techniques and Analysis, (5 February 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.140756

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